Conservatory, the Great Hall - the place of performance of world-famous musicians and young talents

The dream of any musician is to achieve a high level of skill, to receive a positive evaluation of critics and recognition of those who are not indifferent to the musical art. It is a great honor for the performers to demonstrate the possession of the instrument on the stage of the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory.

Conservatory ... Great Hall ... With these words, many have memories of a well-spent time at seasonal concerts, international competitions, festivals. Both professionals and amateurs celebrate the extraordinary acoustics of the room, as well as a successful architectural solution and a convenient location of the hall.

The Great Hall of the Conservatory: How it all began

The project of the building was proposed at the end of the XIX century by the architect VP Zagorsky. For the basis of the master took the house of Princess ER Dashkova, built in the XVIII century, but from the original appearance of the building there was only a facade with a half-rounder.

Funded the construction of Moscow patrons. On their savings it was possible to get one of the best organs in the world, as well as furniture and everything necessary for holding concerts. So the conservatory was being built. The Great Hall was placed in the main building of the building.

The grand opening of the school took place in April 1901. During the First World War (1915-1917), the premises were provided for the military hospital, and from 1924 to 1933 Muscovites and guests of the capital in the Great Hall not only listened to music, but also watched the cinema. Since 1940, the conservatory is named after P. I. Tchaikovsky.

Interior Features

The Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory is a unique room designed for a large number of spectators. Interesting design of the ceiling, reminiscent of the deck of the violin instrument. As a result of this architectural refinement, the sound becomes voluminous, and the noise of the ventilation system is also completely eliminated. The flow of polluted air is sent to the space under the guise of special grids.

The staircase leading to the lobby is decorated with ancient Greek statues. The place where visitors leave their outer clothing is decorated with a colonnade and naves. The lobby looks better when it is empty, but this is only possible during a concert.

In the foyer of the concert hall, there are wide staircases made of marble. On one of the walls is a painting by I.E. Repin "Slavonic Composers". Since 2011, the room is decorated with the stained glass of Saint Cecilia. The image was completely destroyed by the fascists and was considered irretrievably lost. The image of the patroness of music was recovered from the photograph.

On the walls of the hall are portraits of PI Tchaikovsky, MI Glinka, MA Rimsky-Korsakov, AS Dargomyzhsky, MP Mussorgsky and others. Due to the unusual acoustics of the room, the listener enjoys music, regardless of whether he is in the stalls or in the second row of the amphitheater.

The specificity of musical art is such that it is possible to speak about the genius of a work in the case of harmony of the composer's intention, mastery of the performer and the emotional response of the listener. An important role in achieving this unity is played by architectural features of the building. The Moscow Conservatory, the Great Hall of which is designed taking into account the structure of sound waves and the human ear, is a vivid confirmation of this.

The famous body

In the center of the room is the organ. The world-famous instrument of the French firm "Cavaillé-Kohl" of the year 1899 was recognized at the 10th World Exhibition in 1900 in Paris. During the concerts until 1913, calcites (swordsmen of the bellows) were used to extract the sound. Later, air was supplied by an electric motor.

A properly functioning organ has three manuals (pre - salt), the same range of pedal keypads, fifty registers, mechanical game and register tracts, twelve winlands, two paired shop and seven adjusting bellows. The surface area of the instrument is seventy square meters.

Since 1988, the conservative body is an art and historical monument.

Events

The Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory is the place for performances of orchestras, solo performers and choirs. In 1935, for the first time, the musicians of the USSR State Symphony Orchestra took the stage. Also in the concert hall, the graduates of the institution show their skills.

Fans of classical music attend concerts on subscription. Up to three hundred such events are held annually. Young talents compete at the International Tchaikovsky competitions, and musicologists take part in conferences.

Famous people about the concert hall

After the restoration of the Great Hall of the Conservatory. Tchaikovsky was covered by the graduate of the institution, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk. Vladyka compared the building of the conservatory with the temple. Indeed, spiritual music often sounds in these walls, in particular the works of JS Bach. Musical instruments and human voices praise God.

The well-known Soviet pedagogue and pianist G. Neuhaus considered the Great Hall of the Conservatory the best concert stage of the capital. Conductor Igor Markevich notes the extraordinary cosiness of the room, as well as the unique atmosphere of the hall, which has a musical and content, and form. According to Irakli Andronikov, the Conservatory, the Great Hall is not just a building for concerts, but a concept filled with a special meaning for everyone who loves music.

Since 2006, the main building of the conservatory, in which the world-famous hall is located, bears the name of the founder of the educational institution Nikolai Rubinstein.