“It is an enormous honor for me to perform before the president in the restored conservatory, in the Glazunov Hall, that one might say I opened today, in musical terms, with Rachmaninoff’s fifth G minor prelude – which I consider one of the most patriotic works”, Papaian emphasized. – “Rachmaninoff, as I have already said in many interviews, in my opinion, is the most Russian composer. Therefore, emotions, of course, cannot help but overwhelm. The main feelings are a feeling of delight and a feeling of trepidation. I am very grateful to the St. Petersburg Conservatory, Alexei Nikolaevich Vasiliev, the rector, for the opportunity to perform before Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin.”
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