Concerts of Fedoseyev and his orchestra have, probably, been most interesting in terms of music this year. Their Russian and western repertoires were equally impressive, wit the orchestra consistently displaying their own view of Russian and western musical traditions accrete with performers' cliches and perception stereotypes.
The conductor believes that spirituality and conscientiousness in music are quickly fading away.
"However, our orchestra is a small island to which we cling," he said.
According to Fedoseyev ,"certain Russian orchestras play Mozart and Schumann in a manner that is too Russian", while the maestro believes that one should play as close to the style conceived by an author as possible, while introducing "profound Russian sense" to one's vision. He thinks Beethoven may be played in a museum-like, traditional fashion, or with passion, sensing his tender soul and a grandiose atmosphere of forte and pianissimo.
"This is what we strive to do. For this reason, we are allowed to play Beethoven and Mahler in the West," the conductor said.
At the same time, maestro Fedoseyev failed to name a single European orchestra that had succeeded in grasping the gist of the Russian soul.
