One day a statue will be raised in honour of Valery Gergiev (pictured right), since 1988 the artistic director of the Mariinsky theatre in St Petersburg. It will stand between the old imperial Mariinsky theatre, a birthday gift from Emperor Alexander II to his wife, Maria in 1860, and the new one, which cost $7oom and which Mr Gergiev opened on May 2nd, his 60th birthday. A powerful presence with dark hooded eyes, Mr Gergiev is a gift to the sculptor, even if it is hard to imagine the conductor ever being still.
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