Piano artist Denis Matsuev talked about his friendship with composer, pianist, music teacher, public figure Rodion Shchedrin, who died in the 93rd year of life.
Musicians and composers are friends in a quarter of a century, respectively, exchange voice messages and music videos. The last time Shchedrin called Matsuev after opening the festival in Suzdal, about a month ago.
I never feel the difference in this age … It is a very profound person of the highest model, an intellectual, a encyclopedia, an excellent talent, and is still the simplest person, very kind, spiritual and sophisticated,, Rg.ruAdd that their communication will be forever in his memory.
The head of the Maya Plisetskaya Oksana Karovich museum calls Shchedrin's death with an irreversible loss of world culture.
An excellent composer, a man with an uppercase word, in the golden word that has entered his name in a world culture, currently orphaned, she commented on news for the newspaper. “News”.
Earlier, the journalism service of the Bolshoi Theater said Rodion Shchedrin died in the hospital after a long time of illness.