Monday, July 29, 2013

Pelagia: Folklore must back our memory

It is unlikely that more than singer-rich and diverse creative life. Next week Pelagia on "International Winter Festival" Yuri Bashmet sing. A little later, will perform in concert "Sing The Beatles". And then you will also play a leading festival "chart the Dozen" in St. Petersburg, annually collects the best rockers of Russia. - Go to your domestic scene someone is not the way Joining folk music with rock and electric guitars. On which this genre is best for you? - I was surrounded by a childhood folk songs - I have the "singing" ancestors - Russian newspaper said the singer. - Mom was too early to plant my people sound production, as the most natural and safe for a child's voice. Then when I had the opportunity to listen to other artists, good, authentic folk groups and such great performers as Ruslanova, Nina Matvienko, I have only reinforced the confidence that Russian and Slavic folklore -. Brilliant in its simplicity and brevity And speaking of technology, the technique of singing the folk song - is a treat ... We now have the tools in the group of classic rock guitar, bass, drums, accordion and even present. And in the arrangements of folk songs, they are the most in our view, an organic sound. This is especially true Cossack folklore - is a real "people's" Rock 'n' Roll. And since I have the good fortune to work with a very talented and "flexible" musicians, these tools can be delicate, his thin frame and the most delicate, the Russian lyrical songs. It is not adapted for younger audiences. We are its members, the same youth. We are interested in the old music, but also fun to experiment, try to introduce folk to the present, in order to combine it with a stylish, up to date music. - Several surprise fans is that you on the 10th February sing at the festival by Yuri Bashmet, and in a few days - at a concert in honor of the Beatles? - We have the offer of Yuri Abramovich with pleasure accepted as long familiar. Participated in its design to the "culture" in this New Year's night. We played together, and the combination of folk songs, rock bands and classical composition tool was (though not a classical arrangement was) very interesting! As for the Winter Festival, I am honored to be in the same project with world artistic values, such as. Bashmet and the Orchestra Pyotr Fomenko But to speak of the future joint projects is difficult. We have to focus on our own work - slowly a thought about the new program and the next album ... Well, the Beatles - in some ways - the standard for me! I know a number of their songs by heart catastrophic! My friends and I arranged an evening quiz about the Beatles, and I won all - remember, singing the most! So when we received an offer, we did not hesitate to agree. And what about the combination of folk songs from the Beatles - we have interesting ideas. A will or not - it turns out at the concert. - You want to promote in the West, there was a piece of information about the interest on the part of world music creator Peter Gabriel. - There were other proposals also associated with Western labels, but with my mother, and then voted with the group many years ago, the way that we continue our musical life. This path is in Russia, and we still think it's the right decision. - Your mother is a producer Svetlana - himself a great singer and musician with a conservatory education. What you and mother never argue - make sure that it still okay? - We have passed it - I was in a family where a man be born and so would anyone producer. I accept the authority of the mother first. And to get the older the, the more I appreciate it, "feel", the musical taste and completely trust her. Mother - a professional musician and director. She knows everything about the scene. However, we have no bondage, where all decisions are made by a manufacturer despots. I and a child were not forced to play music, but the terrible threat from the mouth of my mother's work was not the promise of more to me! Pelagia's why I'm the early years of this opportunity, I appreciate the nature of -. Reading their work - and I'm very sensitive to all their advice and ideas For me there is an authority in music, he is also a member of our group - Pasha Deshura. Incredibly talented musician, composer and arranger. Always full of ideas, original, but in the spirit of the time. - You were one of the artists touring Russia almost no ester and supports the major TV and radio stations in the country. They think that it is right and normal? - Russian folklore was destroyed during the Soviet era - it was impossible to "big brother" to remain somehow against the tiny republic. And we have lost our original folklore almost. Gave nuggets that should be maintained. Personally, I do it every night, I generally devoted their careers to the task. But pure folklore has not been in our house each. But as a story, as a sign of Russia's character, he has to go back to our store. No choirs pearls grandmothers in identical red kokoshniks - it will never listen to young people. It can again be brought to life, infusing creativity of young people, combined with contemporary musical trends. That's where government support - programs on TV and radio. How much can you hear from the program directors that such music "format"? In his concerts, I see young people interested in roots music. You not only get to hear the music, but also felt for her pride. We must invent some grants. Festivals are needed, they should can to a variety of people and speakers ... Miraculously, it's a "Sayan Ring" from Abakan - the biggest event of our time. In Kazan, now there's "The Creation". And then - barely survive anything ... In Moscow, three years ago we started the festival "MARGIN-MUSIC" to make where my hosts - Russia combined with the music of different cultures. That's right, on the basis of Russian songs and improvisation, where you can see how we are like other people, are different and how good our songs! With the enthusiasm of the audience takes these ideas enthusiastically respond musicians. But the scale to do it to me, never happened.

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