Participants' Experiences & Thoughts

Participants' Experiences & Thoughts

Ja-Nae Duane / Джа-Нае Двэйн

9/23/08 Ja-Naé Duane, singer, May 2003 participant

My experience in St. Petersburg and working with the faculty at the Mariinsky Theatre has been one of the highlights of my professional and personal life. I learned so much about who I was as a musician and who I wanted to be. Thank you Educational Bridge Project (and Ludmilla) for allowing me to be a part of such a great program.

Ja-Nae

Ja-Naé is a true success story. Growing up in poverty, working at the age of 13 to support her siblings, Ja-Naé is now an international opera singer and president/founder of the fastest growing women's community: Wild Women Entrepreneurs.

Linda Werbner / Линда Вербнер

11/14/08 Linda Werbner referring to the concert of the Mariinsky Theater soloists, Anastasia Kalagina and Daniil Shtoda, under the direction of Larissa Gergieva, on November 13, 2008

Hi Luda,

I wanted to thank you again for kindly extending the invitation to my friend Leeza. We both enjoyed the concert immensely and were swooning the entire evening afterward. Such cosmic talent and to be so close. Thanks for putting this once-in-a-lifetime experience together for so many others to share

Alla Tsybulskaya / Алла Цибульская

11/14/08

Alla Tsybulskaya, Journalist, Boston

Dear Ludocka,

Please, accept my congratulations with your so successful mission!

I enjoyed yesterday evening by Russian chamber music, performed with such a great quality and subtle taste. I wish you good luck on the field of your Educational Bridge!

Alla Troyanoskaya / Алла Трояновская

11/14/08

Alla Troyanovskaya, pianist, Boston Ballet,

Милая Люда! Браво! Браво ! Браво! Концерт был замечательный! Я до сих пор хожу под впечатлением! Певцы просто замечательные Спасибо Вам большое за такой прекрасный вечер. Обязательно сообщайте о новых гостях. Еще раз спасибо. Всего Вам наилучшего . С уважением. Алла Трояновская.

Мaрия Кук (Петренко) / Maria Cook (Petrenko)

12/14/08

Бостон, октябрь 2001 года - солнечный осенний город, замечательные люди и музыка-музыка-музыка: концерты и встречи в Бостонском университете, опера "Der Kaiser von Atlantis" Виктора Ульмана, незабываемая служба в Emmanuel Church с кантатой Баха под руководством Seiji Ozawa... Бесконечные разговоры о музыке и не только - с моими спутниками и с новыми американскими знакомыми... Прогулки по городу с заходом во все нотные магазины - каждый из нас привез домой небольшую нотную библиотеку... В небольшой отрезок времени вместилось невероятное количество событий, новых впечатлений, эмоций. Спасибо всем тем, кто придумал и осуществил этот проект, особенно идейному вдохновителю и душе "моста" - Людмиле Лейбман!

Мария Кук (Петренко)

Boston, October 2001 – A sunny autumnal city, wonderful people, and music-music-music … Concerts and meetings at Boston University, the opera Der Kaiser von Atlantis by Victor Ullmann, an unforgettable service at Emmanuel Church with Bach’s cantata led by Seiji Ozawa ... Endless conversations about music and everything else with my companions and new American friends … Walks around the city and visits to many sheet music stores—everyone brought home a precious collection of scores … An unbelievable amount of events, new impressions, and emotions were packed into several days … ‘Thank you’ to everybody who created this wonderful project, especially Ludmilla Leibman, the Educational Bridge’s architect and inspiration!

Maria Cook (Petrenko)

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