It is not unusual that musicians are often given the job of boosting the moral of people during hard times. Throughout history this has been the case. Estelle Winters is joined by Soviet pianist Polina Osetinskaya who would like to see all musicians spreading love and peace through music.
Estelle Winters find out why Polina Osetinskaya prefers to be called a Soviet and not a Russian pianist. Polina also speaks about the annual Levitan's Festival of Classical Music took place in the town of Plyos in Volga river. Each year in the festival take part leading artists from Moscow and St. Petersburg and makes it their duty to continue building a tradition of musicevents in Russia. The festival is addressed to a wide audience, a respectable public, traditionally resting at this time in Plyos, the metropolitan bohemians, music lovers from the nearby regional center of Ivanovo, many tourists on cruises on the Volga.
Within this edition of Anytime a whole range of musical topics are discussed from pianos to performances she gave as a child up until this present day. Polina also speaks about the place of musicians in our world today and the role of music as art and way of communication.
