On September 10, 2022 Novorossiysk saw the first
open-air classical music festival "Novorossiysk Chimes". The event
held on Forum square was arranged by Caspian Pipeline Consortium and the
autonomous non-profit organization “Black Sea Symphony Orchestra”. Andrei
Kravchenko, the head of the hero city, and Mikhail Grishankov, CPC-R Deputy
General Director, RF Government Relations, spoke at the opening ceremony. "This festival is a cultural bridge that
integrates Novorossiysk into the nation-wide Russian cultural life. We are
grateful to CPC for putting its faith in us, thank you for the opportunity to
be at the center of city life again, to make music part of the life of every
citizen of Novorossiysk, to find new listeners in the city and beyond" -
said Konstantin Mileshkin, conductor of the “Black Sea Symphony” orchestra.
The festival began with the musical piece
"Novorossiysk Chimes” by Dmitry Shostakovich that the outstanding Soviet
composer wrote specifically for the “Heroes' Square” memorial complex in memory
of Soviet soldiers fallen in liberating Novorossiysk during the Great Patriotic
War. Music by Tchaikovsky, Sviridov, Saint-Saëns, Vivaldi, Bizet, Puccini, as
well as works by famous contemporary composers were also performed.
More than two hundred musicians, singers and
young dancers took part in the four-hour marathon concert. They presented about
fifty orchestral, operatic and ballet performances. Together on stage came
virtuoso soloists Sergey Pospelov (violin, Moscow), Tatiana Breslavskaya (violin,
Moscow) and Andrey Vinnitsky (drums, Moscow), opera singers Tatiana Eremina
(soprano, Krasnodar) and Kirill Chursin (tenor, Rostov-on-Don).
It is worth noting that the festival partner,
Caspian Pipeline Consortium, traditionally supports city cultural life projects
in Novorossiysk. The CPC to Gifted Children Festival held annually encourages
the creativity of young talents and opens up a big stage opportunity for young
performers. In 2021 CPC supplied concert and stage equipment for city festivals
to the Maritime Cultural Center of Novorossiysk. CPC has also supplied
present-day concert equipment and musical instruments to the Novorossiysk City
Theater, L.A. Gergieva Children's School of Arts, N.I. Sipyagin Palace of
Children and Youth Creativity and the Kuban House of Culture over the last
several years. In 2018, the latter had its building completely renovated at the
CPC’s expense.
For
reference:
CPC Pipeline
System is one of the major investment projects with foreign capital in energy
sector in the CIS. The length of the Tengiz – Novorossiysk pipeline is 1,511
km. This route transports over two-thirds of all Kazakhstan export crude, as
well as crude from Russian oil fields, including those in the Caspian Region.
CPC Marine Terminal is equipped with three Single Point Moorings (SPM) that
allow to load tankers safely at a significant distance offshore, also amid poor
weather conditions.
CPC Shareholders: Federal Agency for State
Property Management represented by Transneft (trust management) – 24%, CPC
Company – 7%, KazmunayGas – 19%, Kazakhstan Pipeline Ventures LLC – 1.75%,
Chevron Caspian Pipeline Consortium Company – 15%, LUKARCO B.V. - 12.5%, Mobil
Caspian Pipeline Company– 7.5%, Rosneft-Shell Caspian Ventures Limited– 7.5%,
BG Overseas Holding Limited– 2%, Eni International N.A. N.V. S.ar.l. – 2% and
Oryx Caspian Pipeline LLC – 1.75%.