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'YOU CANNOT START WITHOUT ME' *documentary about* *Maestro Valery Gergiev* *made by Allan Miller* *for sale by: www.nlstore.nl / bol.com* JANUARI 2010
	Luxemburg 16 September 2009 *Maestro Valery Gergiev* is appointed to Honorary Consul *of Luxemburg in St.Petersburg*
Maestro Valery Gergiev has received La Medalla del Palau de la Musica 2009 in Valencia Spain. *A medal awarded to outstanding world musicians who have links with Valencia.* The ceremony took place during the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra' tour of Spain , which started in Valencia on 7 January 2009
	20 YEARS MAESTRO VALERY GERGIEV and the R.Ph.O. YOU can buy the cd box and dvd film by : www.rpho.nl
Farewell Concert of Maestro Valery Gergiev of the R.Ph.O. The Mayor of Rotterdam gives him the highest decoration of the city Rotterdam: de Johan van Oldebarnevelt penning Rotterdam 25 Mai 2008.
	*World Orchestra of Peace in Rotterdam* During the Gergiev Festival 2007 Maestro Valery Gergiev conducted The World Orchestra of Peace in a Wagner, Berlioz and Prokofiev program. The Queen of the Netherlands Koningin Beatrix was also present.
Honorary Officer of the Legion d'Honneur Maestro Valery Gergiev has been made an Officer of the Legion d'Honneur on 1 April '07 in Paris. The Maestro received the award from French Culture Minister Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres in Paris after a concert at the Salle Pleyel , where the Maestro conducted the London Symphony Orchestra in a Debussy and Stravinsky program. Presenting the award, the Culture minister said that" he expressed admiration at this energetic artist, passionate toiler and champion of the contemporary and Classical Russian music".
	*Promotion Prize 2006* The Rotterdam Promotion Prize 2006 is awarded to Maestro Valery Gergiev chief conductor of the Rotterdam Philharmonisch Orchestra. The Maestro has been awarded the prize for his exceptional devotion to the Gergiev Festivals. In the eleven years of the festivals existence it has developed into a well known international festival. Moreover the festivals are known for their important contributions to the world wide good name of the city Rotterdam The award is presented to the Maestro by Mayer Opstelten on the second of March 2007 in the city hall of Rotterdam Netherlands
GERGIEV FESTIVAL 2006 ROTTERDAM 17-09-'06 Last concert of the festival Arnold Schönberg A survivor from Warsaw op.46 Ludwig van Beethoven Symfony nr. 9 in d, op.125 Yale Festival Chorus Rotterdams Philharmonisch Orchestra VALERY GERGIEV Maximillian Schell - Viktoria Yastrebova - Tania Kross Marcel Reijans - Alexei Tanovitski	*Freedom*

	*VRIJHEID*
	Basel Switserland August 2006 Maestro Valery Gergiev is appointed to artistic advisor of the Allgemeine Musikgesellschafft Basel
Presentation of the Herbert von karajan music prize On the 12th of July Maestro Valery Gergiev became the Music prize in Baden Baden (Germany) after a gala concert with violist Nicolay Znaider
	AN AWARD BY THE FINNISH CITY OF MIKKELI 7 JULY 2006 Maestro Valery Gergiev has been awarded a medal by the Finnish city of Mikkeli. The award for outstanding services to the city was presented by mayor Jyrki Myllyvirka during the yearly Mikkeli Festival in July.
*THE HERBERT VON KARAJAN MUSIC PRIZE FOR VALERY GERGIEV* *febr. 2006* Maestro Valery Gergiev has been awarded the Herbert von Karajan Prize, which was founded by the Baden-Baden Music Festival. The artistic and General Director of the Mariinsky Theatre was named : one of the most important cultural figures of our age, and it was also stated that "Valery Gergiev has set new standards for interpreting works by Italian, German and, first and foremost, Russian composers". The Herbert von Karajan Prize giving ceremony will take place the 12th of July in Baden-Baden.
	*VALERY GERGIEV HONORARY CONDUCTOR OF SWEDISH ORCHESTRA* *febr. 2006* Maestro Valery Gergiev, till August 2008 the chief conductor of the Rotterdam Philharmonisch Orchestra, is appointed to be honorary conductor of the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, with which he works regularly since 1999.
*THE SWEDISH POLAR MUSICPRIZE FOR VALERY GERGIEV* *nov.2005* Together with the British hardrock group Led Zeppelin Maestro Valery Gergiev won the Swedish Polar Music prize.The prize was founded in 1989 by Stig Anderson, manager of the pop group ABBA, and will be awarded by the Swedish Royal Academy of Music. The globe-trotter Valery Gergiev is praised for the way his unique, brilliant musical ability has deepened and renewed our relation with the great traditions. *The prize will be presented the22 nd of May 2006 in Stockholm by King Carl Gustaaf of Sweden*
	*GERGIEV FESTIVAL ROTTERDAM* *sept. 2005* Saturday the 10th of September 2005, after the opening concert of the10th Gergiev Festival in Rotterdam Mayer Opstelten conferred a Knighthood upon Valery Gergiev. Maestro Valery Gergiev was made Knight in the Order of the Dutch Lion, owing to the exceptional character, the international importance and the worldwide allure of his musical activities.
jubilee box a collection of 4 cd's *sept. 2005* To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Gergiev Festival a bewitching collection of 4 cd's has been released with Valery Gergiev's personal choice of the festival-tapes. Besides close attention for the romantic and early twenties Russian school (Tchaikovsky- Prokofjev and Shostakovich), also the mystic music of Debussy and Ravel with la Mer and the Dapfne and Cloé suite nr.2 have their turn. That is music which is equally exclusive as the way of conducting of Valery Gergiev. Where von Karajan accentuated every instrument separately as a link in a mosaic, Valery Gergiev's recordings remind you of spontaneous accounts in a marvelous morning mist. Now and then the rising lights fight with a solar eclipse from the basses, then follows a tempest of percussion, or the sunrise with the violins. This all takes place between the limits of the famous lowering and rising hand motions, his fluttering fingers and his compelling facial expressions. *Label:RPHO 2005-1* *time 215 minutes* *You can buy the jubileebox by: www.gergievfestival.nl* :