Гидон Кремер и Саулюс Сондецкис: в поисках путей формирования новой художественной реальности

LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Bendradarbiavimas; Gidonas Kremeris; Muzika; Saulius Sondeckis; Cooperation; Gidon Kremer; Music; Saulius Sondeckis.

ENThe violinist Gidon Kremer and the conductor Saulius Sondeckis are two musicians who have done much for the transformation of the vision of musical culture of their time. The distance between where they started and where they came is vast, and their artistic communion and cooperation became one of the elements of those wonderful achievements. In which forms did this communion take place and in what did it result - these are the questions engendering lively interest and presenting an interesting aspect for study. The history of Sondeckisí and Kremerís friendship lasted more than fifty years. Naturally, over such a long period their cooperation took different forms. The first period of their communion could be characterized by the formulae "teacher-student" or "fathers and sons". During that period the difference in their ages was most acutely felt (Sondeckis is older than Kremer by almost twenty years). Sondeckis, having begun his pedagogic activity at the beginning of the 1950s, formed professional and personal contacts with Riga violin pedagogues, first and foremost with the wonderful teacher Voldem‚ rs St˚resteps, in whose class Kremer studied. Sondeckis met the wunderkind back at the end of the 1950s. He quickly noted the future great violinist, followed his development, and even organized Kremerís first solo concert in Vilnius. Sondeckis took a "fatherly" interest in Kremer up through the latterís sparkling victories in prestigious musical competitions.The second period of the creative communication of Sondeckis and Kremer took place in the 1970s, and it could be characterized generally as the model ëconductor ñ soloistí. That was the time of unforgettable creative searches, experiments, and achievements. Kremer was a soloist with whom Sondeckis performed quite a lot. It was then that they prepared the premieres of works by Alfred Schnittke and Arvo Part, introducing them to the musical world. The third period was the second half of the 1990s. That period could be called ëkremerataí. Kremer turned specifically to Sondeckis, the outstanding teacher of orchestra performance, with a proposal to participate in the creation of an orchestra of a brand new type. Sondeckis accepted, and the orchestra Kremerata Baltica began its star-lit history. The fruitful artistic cooperation between Sondeckis and Kremer gave a push to the formation of a new artistic reality and a renewal of the musical landscape. [From the publication]