Posted on 24/03/03
Kirov's white knight
NEW YORK -- When Valery Gergiev opens the door to his temporary New York home -- a borrowed flat a stone's throw from the Metropolitan Opera -- he's on the telephone. "I have to speak to Moscow," he apologizes. Surprisingly, he peppers his Russian-language phone conversation with the English word "fundraiser" -- one of many post-Soviet concepts that the renowned conductor has assimilated.
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