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September 13, 2012

Contemporary French Music Concert Takes Place with Support of METROPOL Group of Companies at Moscow Conservatory

The first concert of contemporary French music from the series “Spectra of Time. French Music Today” took place in the Rakhmaninov Hall of the P. I. Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory on 12 September 2012. The concert was held with the assistance of METROPOL Group of Companies and with the participation of the French-Russian Dialogue Association and French Institute in Moscow.

A.O. Rodzyanko, Chief Executive Officer of IFC METROPOL, greeted the audience and noted the importance of French-Russian cultural relations, stressing that the company has always been striving to support educational activities.
The concert series includes three art sessions with major French composers. Composer Philippe Leroux was the first to please the Moscow audience with his works. During the preparation of the concert he held several master classes for students at the Moscow Conservatory.
Philippe Leroux is one of the most famous composers of our time. It is much simpler to name ensembles and orchestras that have never played his compositions than those whose repertoire contains Leroux’s music. In Russia, Leroux’s music is less known, and his concert has become a major music event not only for Moscow, but for entire Russia.