An Act of Political Accomplishment or Mere Music –

Posted on by Melanie Nathan

From the International Summer School’s 2009,  International Cultural Evening.  Music composed and performed by Alex Molchanov (Russia) who celebrates being able to come out since his great-grandfather  – Tchaikovsky could not.

A STUNNING PIECE – A STUNNING PERFORMANCE –
 
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My Friends Comment:-
Firstly Brit, living in Norway who brought this to my attention and Madison who is a Binational living in hell in the US until his partner can join him – another casualty of USA inequality
BRIT – “I got to see this live at the International Summer School in Oslo. What struck me most was how when they were announcing the piece and the history behind it there were many in the room who laughed, snickered and were less than receptive by the time that the piece had ended the room was silent. The student body mind you was 500 students from 83 countries and some people had never actually met an LGBT person. This man, my peer, and now my brother stood up in front of many of the worlds young leaders and said this is who WE are an this is what OUR struggle sounds like.  It made me weep. It helped me mourn my own struggles and helped me be proud of the woman that I am. Alexy is my brother, as is every young LGBT person in the world they let me know that I will never be alone no matter where I am, and that I must live in solidarity always with them.”
Madison – “Russia’s soul is intense. I am so attracted to that intensity, which is their way of expressing their deep feeling. Americans have been so wrong about Russian-Slav people. Their intensity and total non-B.S approach to life frightened us, but theirs was for very different reasons; not at all because they do not feel very deep love.  They need us to love them and understand them, and we really need them to help us understand ourselves and learn about another dimension of love.”

4 thoughts on “An Act of Political Accomplishment or Mere Music –”

  1. Russia’s soul is intense. I am so attracted to that intensity, which is their way of expressing their deep feeling.

    Americans have been so wrong about Russian-Slav people. Their intensity and total non-B.S approach to life frightened us, but theirs was for very different reasons; not at all because they do not feel very deep love. They need us to love them and understand them, and we really need them to help us understand ourselves and learn about another dimension of love.

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  2. I got to see this live at the International Summer School in Oslo. What struck me most was how when they were announcing the piece and the history behind it there were many in the room who laughed, snickered and were less than receptive by the time that the piece had ended the room was silent. The student body mind you was 500 students from 83 countries and some people had never actually met an LGBT person. This man, my peer, and now my brother stood up in front of many of the worlds young leaders and said this is who WE are an this is what OUR struggle sounds like.

    It made me weep. It helped me mourn my own struggles and helped me be proud of the woman that I am. Alexy is my brother, as is every young LGBT person in the world they let me know that I will never be alone no matter where I am, and that I must live in solidarity always with them.

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  3. Not a blood-relative of Tchaykovsky but a descendant of his composing tradition through genegations of Tchaykovsky’s students. 🙂

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  4. amazing…to be gay in russia…outgay…the soul, the talent, the courage and the power of Truth. thanks mel.

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