Gergiev said that he was counting on help from the government and the Ministry of Culture

MOSCOW, December 1 The new director of the Bolshoi Theater and artistic director of the Mariinsky Theater Valery Gergiev said that he is counting on the help of the Russian government and the Ministry of Culture in his new post.
Earlier, the Russian government announced that Gergiev had been appointed to the position of general director of the Bolshoi Theater.
“Strong at home, strong in the world”: the great maestro Valery Gergiev

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“We, of course, count on the help of the government, the Ministry of Culture, and such assistance will be provided. Of course, we must expand the group of friends of both theaters. I can say with a great degree of probability: this will happen in the very near future,” Gergiev said at its presentation at the Bolshoi Theater.

Last year, Russian President Vladimir Putin, at a meeting with laureates of awards in the field of culture and art, suggested that Gergiev think about creating a joint directorate of the Bolshoi Theater and the Mariinsky Theater. A year later, on May 2 of this year, at a meeting with Putin, Gergiev admitted that he was ready for large-scale tasks in working with theaters, “a thorough analysis of the state of 20-30 theaters in Russia.” He emphasized that he could put maximum effort into solving the theaters’ problems. In addition, Gergiev told the president about the idea of ​​​​creating four large cultural centers.