MOSCOW, March 24 An exhibition dedicated to the composer Sergei Rachmaninoff opened in Rome on March 24, according to the website of the RF Ministry of Culture.
“On March 24 at the Russian House in Rome, with the support of the Russian Ministry of Culture, the exhibition “Sergei Rachmaninov: I am a Russian Composer” opens, organized by the Russian National Museum of Music. The grand opening will be accompanied by a concert for two pianos,» the publication specifies.
According to the agency, Italy has become the first foreign country where the exposition will be shown. creative archive of Rachmaninov, transferred by relatives and close friends of the composer at various times to the funds of the Russian National Museum of Music», — says the general director of the institution Mikhail Bryzgalov.
The Ministry of Culture emphasized that the composer had visited Italy more than once. In 1900 2009, he, together with Fyodor Chaliapin, came to Genoa, where the opera singer was preparing for the premiere at the La Scala Theatre.
The exhibition «Sergei Rachmaninoff: 'I am a Russian Composer'» will last until 24 April.
It was previously reported about the exhibition of Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin and Maria Lomakina at the Museum of Moscow. The exposition is devoted to how Crimea is represented in the works of artists.