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😉 Welcome new and regular readers! Maya Plisetskaya and Rodion Shchedrin are great people in world art! This story is about them and about eternal love. Dear reader, if you doubt that there is true love in the world, then this article is for you! Read to the end.
The great ballerina has always been frank in life and on stage. In 1995 she published a book of memoirs “I, Maya Plisetskaya …”. In those years, there was no Internet and information could only be found in books or the press.
I subscribed to this book by mail and was looking forward to the book parcel. Expectations did not disappoint me! From an exciting book-interlocutor, I learned all the details from the life of my beloved ballerina: from birth to the present day. An entire era! Plisetskaya’s book is a guide to success.
Plisetskaya is my favorite ballerina and Man. Her moral lessons taught me a lot.
Maya Plisetskaya: a short biography
She was born in Moscow on November 20, 1925. In 1932-1934, she lived with her parents on the Svalbard archipelago in the Arctic Ocean. There her father worked as the head of the Soviet coal mines. In 1937 he was repressed and shot.
Mother – Rakhil Messerer-Plisetskaya, a silent film actress, was arrested a year after her husband and sent to Butyrka prison along with her youngest son. Then she was sent to Kazakhstan, to Chimkent. She managed to return to Moscow only in 1941, two months before the start of the war.
Maya and her other brother were taken by their aunt and uncle – Shulamith and Asaf Messerer, prominent dancers of the Bolshoi Theater.
Thus began the life of a world star – a Soviet and Russian ballerina, choreographer, choreographer, teacher, writer and actress. Maya Mikhailovna – Prima ballerina of the State Academic Bolshoi Theater of the USSR.
People’s Artist of the USSR (1959). Hero of Socialist Labor (1985). Lenin Prize Laureate. Full Commander of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland. Doctor of the Sorbonne, Honorary Professor of Lomonosov Moscow State University. Honorary Citizen of Spain.
Maya Plisetskaya in the film “Anna Karenina”
Maya Plisetskaya in the ballet “Swan Lake”
The ballerina had citizenship in the countries: Russia, Germany, Lithuania, Spain. Zodiac sign – Scorpio, height 164 cm.
“You shouldn’t be afraid of yourself – your appearance, thoughts, abilities – everything that makes us unique. In an effort to imitate someone, even a very beautiful, intelligent, talented, we can only lose our individuality, lose something very important and valuable in ourselves. And any fake is always worse than the original. ” MM. Plisetskaya
Rodion Shchedrin: a short biography
Rodion Konstantinovich Shchedrin was born into a family of professional musicians on December 16, 1932 in Moscow. Soviet composer, pianist, teacher. People’s Artist of the USSR (1981). Laureate of Lenin (1984), USSR State Prize (1972) and RF State Prize (1992). Member of the Interregional Deputy Group (1989-1991).
In 1945, Rodion entered the Moscow Choral School, where the father of the future composer was invited to teach the history of music and musical-theoretical subjects. The first notable success of Rodion can be considered the first prize, which was awarded to him by the jury of the competition of composers’ works headed by A. Khachaturian.
In 1950 Shchedrin entered the Moscow Conservatory at the same time in two faculties – piano and theoretical composer, in composition. The first piano concerto, created by Shchedrin during his student days, became the work created by Shchedrin the composer.
Rodion Shchedrin is one of the most sought-after and world-famous Russian composers. His music is readily performed by the best soloists and collectives in the world. Already half a century ago, the then young composer became famous for the song about installers – not stokers and not carpenters – from the film “Height”.
He and she
The married couple Maya Plisetskaya and Rodion Shchedrin are one of the most stellar in the world, a union both creative and loving. Lived in Munich and Moscow. On October 2, 2015, the famous ballerina Maya Plisetskaya and the outstanding composer Rodion Shchedrin would celebrate the 57th anniversary of their wedding!
Maya Plisetskaya and Rodion Shchedrin met in the house of Lily Brik in 1955 (he was 22, she was 29) at one of the receptions held in honor of Gerard Philip’s arrival in Moscow. But a fleeting meeting only three years later grew into true love. They started dating and spent a vacation in Karelia. And in the fall of 1958 they got married.
What’s interesting: they are of the same color – red! They were initially thought to be brother and sister. They have no children. Shchedrin protested, but Maya did not dare to give birth to a child and leave the stage.
Maya Mikhailovna:
“When I first saw him – he was 22 years old. He was beautiful and extraordinary! He played great that evening: both his songs and Chopin. Played in a way I had never heard in my life.
You know, in art, a small drop sometimes decides everything. Here he turned out to be a little more inspired, higher than other musicians. He was also naturally elegant. A gentleman by nature.
He kept me afloat. Rodion wrote ballets for me. He gave ideas. He was inspiring. This is unique. It is a rarity. Because it’s rare. It is unique. I just don’t know people like him. So holistic, so independent in thought, so talented, even brilliant.
I have admired my husband all my life. He never disappointed me in anything. Maybe that’s why our marriage has gone on for so long.
It doesn’t matter who is a husband and wife by profession. Either they coincide as human individuals, or absolutely alien, not touching each other. Then they reject, begin to annoy each other, and there is no getting away from this. And this is, apparently, pure biology.
Shchedrin has always been in the shadow of the spotlights of my tumultuous success. But to my delight, I never suffered from this. Otherwise, we would not have lived together without clouds for so many years. My only dream is that Shchedrin would live longer.
Madame Shchedrin
Without him, life loses interest for me. I would go to Siberia for him at that very second. I would follow him anywhere. Wherever he wants.
Each person has their own shortcomings. And he doesn’t have them. Honestly. Because he’s special. Because he’s a genius. In general, I think if our meeting had not taken place, I could have been gone for a long time.
You know, he still gives me flowers every day. It’s even uncomfortable for me to somehow tell, but it’s true. Every day. All life…”
When asked if they knew the feeling of jealousy, Plisetskaya replied: “I love him so much that I’m not jealous. I love more than life. I can’t imagine my life without him. I don’t need it. ”
The ballerina likes to be called “Madame Shchedrin”. “I love being called that. Not only do I not take offense, but gladly respond. I like to be his madam ”
Rodion Konstantinovich
“The Lord God simply brought us together. We coincided. I can’t say that we both have an angelic character. This would not be true. But it’s easy for me and Maya.
She has one amazing quality – she is easygoing. Remarkably easy-going! In my opinion, this is one of the basic conditions for a long family life: a woman should not hide a grudge against a loved one.
What is she like in life? In my life? Quite unassuming. Thoughtful. Sympathetic. Good. Affectionate. Nothing at all from Prima, accustomed to standing ovations.
Being Maya Plisetskaya is not easy. Yes, and the husband of Maya Plisetskaya is difficult. But I have never been burdened by Maya’s problems. Her worries and resentments always touched me more than her own … Probably, you will not find an explanation for this, except for the word “love”.
I don’t know how long the Lord will let us have more life on this magical land. But I am immensely grateful to Heaven and Fate, who linked our lives with her. We have known Happiness. Together they cognized Love and cognized Tenderness.
I want to declare my love to my wife. To publicly say that I love this Woman. That for me Maya is the best among the most beautiful women on our planet ”. Maya Plisetskaya and Rodion Shchedrin are examples of true love.
Sad news
Maya Plisetskaya, ballerina, People’s Artist of the USSR, died on May 2, 2015 in Germany at the age of 90. She died of a severe heart attack. The doctors fought, but could not do anything … May took Maya away …
Maya Plisetskaya’s testament
The famous ballerina bequeathed to cremate her body and scatter the ashes over Russia. According to the will of both spouses, their bodies should be burned.
“This is the last will. Burn our bodies after death, and when the sad hour of the passing away of one of us who has lived longer comes, or in the event of our simultaneous death, combine our ashes together and scatter over Russia, ”the text of the will says.
The general director of the Bolshoi Theater, Vladimir Urin, said that there would be no official memorial service. Farewell to Maya Mikhailovna Plisetskaya took place in Germany, in the circle of relatives and friends.
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