The dream of any musician is to achieve a high level of skill, to receive a positive assessment of critics and recognition of listeners who are not indifferent to musical art. It is a great honor for performers to demonstrate possession of the instrument on the stage of the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory.
The Conservatory ... The Great Hall ... With these words, many have memories of a great time spent at season tickets, international competitions, festivals. Both professionals and amateurs note the unusual acoustics of the room, as well as a successful architectural solution and a convenient location of the hall.
Great Hall of the Conservatory: how it all began
The design of the building was proposed at the end of the 19th century by the architect V.P. Zagorsky. The master took as a basis the house of Princess E.R. Dashkova, built in the 18th century, but only the facade with a half-tube remained from the original appearance of the building.
Moscow sponsors financed the construction. On their savings, they managed to acquire one of the best organs in the world, as well as furniture and everything necessary for concerts. So the conservatory was built. A large 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 a 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 a movie. Since 1940, the conservatory has been 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. An interesting design of the ceiling, reminiscent of the deck of a violin instrument. As a result of such an architectural refinement, the sound becomes surround, the noise of the ventilation system is also completely eliminated. Streams of polluted air are directed into space under the cover of special grilles.
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 are wide stairs made of marble. On one of the walls hangs a painting by I. Ye. Repin “Slavic composers”. Since 2011, the room has been decorated with a stained glass window of St. Cecilia. The image was completely destroyed by the Nazis and was considered irretrievably lost. The image of the patroness of music was restored from the photograph.
On the walls of the hall are portraits of P. I. Tchaikovsky, M. I. Glinka, M. A. Rimsky-Korsakov, A. S. Dargomyzhsky, M. P. Mussorgsky and others. Thanks to the unusual acoustics of the room, the listener enjoys the 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 the genius of a work can be spoken of in the case of harmony of the composer's design, the skill of the performer and the emotional response of the listener. An important role in achieving such unity is played by the 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.
Famous organ
In the center of the hall is an organ. The world famous instrument of the French company Cavailier-Col, 1899, was recognized at the X World Exhibition in 1900 in Paris. During concerts until 1913, calcanths (bellies of fur) were used to extract the sound. Later air began to be supplied thanks to the electric motor.
The organ that is still working properly has three manuals (do-salt), a pedal keyboard of the same range, fifty registers, mechanical game and register trajectories, twelve vinlandas, two paired storeflight and seven adjusting bellows. The surface area of ​​the instrument is seventy square meters.
Since 1988, the conservative body is an artistic and historical monument.
Events
The Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory is the venue for performances by orchestras, solo performers and choral groups. In 1935, musicians of the USSR State Symphony Orchestra first appeared on stage here. Also in the concert hall graduates of the institution demonstrate their skills.
Classical music lovers attend concerts by 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 a graduate of the institution, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk. Vladyka compared the building of the conservatory with the temple. Indeed, sacred music often sounds in these walls, in particular, the works of I. S. Bach. Musical instruments and human voices praise God.
The famous Soviet teacher and pianist G. Neygauz considered the Great Hall of the Conservatory the best concert venue in the capital. Conductor Igor Markevich notes the unusual cosiness of the room, as well as the unique atmosphere of the hall, which is conducive to playing music 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 special meaning for everyone who loves music.
Since 2006, the main building of the conservatory, which houses the world-famous hall, bears the name of the founder of the educational institution Nikolai Rubinstein.