Valery Gergiev
Foto: Marco Borggreve
The Sergei Rachmaninov International Award was awarded to conductor Valery Gergiev. The Award is conferred on the individuals who take a special interest in Rachmaninov’s work and spirit and is intended to support and pay tribute to their work. Throughout the year 2015 the selection committee choose projects worldwide. After the voting and signing by the chairman of Artistic Committee, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Gergiev has been awarded the 2015 Rachmaninov International Award for his extraordinarily successful achievement in organizing several Rachmaninov Festivals and conducting all the piano and symphony works of Rachmaninov during International Music Festival in Rotterdam 10,11,12 September, 2015 and Rachmaninov Festival in Beijing – 3,4 December 2015.
