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READ: Announcing the launch of the National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America, a major new initiative that will bring together the most talented young orchestral players from across the United States.
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READ: Clive Gillinson, our executive and artistic director, reminisces about an early meeting with a prescient Valery Gergiev.
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WATCH: As our month-long celebration of Tchaikovsky continues through the end of October, it's a good time to remind you that our Tchaikovsky in St. Petersburg website is brimming with video, audio, and written material related to the great Russian composer.
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WATCH: Music director and conductor of the Mariinsky Orchestra, Valery Gergiev discusses discusses the emergence of St. Petersburg as the jewel in Tsarist Russia's crown.
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WATCH: Music director and conductor of the Mariinsky Orchestra, Valery Gergiev discusses which of Tchaikovsky's predecessors and contemporaries were an influence, and which composers he, in turn, influenced.
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