A unique case. Why Vasko Vassilev cursed a Russian teacher

He is one of the prides of modern Bulgaria – the concertmaster of the Royal Opera in London Vasko Vassilev.

“Yes, I am a product of the Russian school. For ten years I was in Moscow at the Central Music School, the elite school where all musicians were trained. Lyudmila Zhivkova wanted to send me to the United States, but then she died and my father was called to the Central Committee. of the PA.

There Alexander Lilov told him to forget about the United States, but he could send us to Moscow. They gave my father a car and an apartment and his job was to watch me go to classes, it was a subsidy from the state, “Vasko Vassilev told Na Focus.

“I was expelled from the Moscow Conservatory, I was 17, I just won a competition in France, I came back and didn’t pass an exam on the history of the CPSU, I had cursed the teacher in this subject, but the truth is that I had not taken a gift from France. the foreign department in the school “, the musician continues.

Then Vasko Vassilev left for London, initially with his father.

Vasko Vassilev shared that his father has always been a central figure.

“But my teacher in Russia, Maya Samuilovna Glezarova, changed me the most. She told me: ‘Now you are a good violinist, it is more important to be a good person.’

“Many of my colleagues are Ukrainians and Russians. I immediately started doing concerts in support of Ukraine, with orchestras of musicians who are Ukrainians and Russians. I think Putin is a jerk, a word about politics. But he, in the interest in truth, it helps a lot in culture, “said the musician.

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