ECG Productions

A powerful moment for "Dmitri Hvorostovsky: The Last Concert"🎬✨

Yesterday (April 20) in New York 🇺🇸, we filmed a pivotal interview with Constantine Orbelian.

One of the most distinguished musicians of our time 🎹, Orbelian shared a deep artistic bond with Dmitri Hvorostovsky spanning over two decades. Together, they recorded 23 albums — including four Grammy-nominated works, two during Dmitri’s lifetime and two more after his passing 🏆

Dmitri Hvorostovsky — a legendary baritone whose voice captivated audiences around the world 🎼 — left an unforgettable mark on classical music before his life was cut short by cancer 🤍

Directed by Maxim Kravchinsky 🎥

Our film about Virsky has grown by one more day.

It was a meeting that will stay much longer than just footage. A meeting with Volodymyr Tymoshenko — a performer of the legendary Virsky Ensemble. A return to a life that is almost gone.

The 1960s. A time when the ensemble lived as a single organism — with extraordinary discipline, inner strength, and absolute devotion to the stage.
The 1970s. Virsky’s final years — and the first years after him.

Stories about tours, about life behind the scenes, about what turned this vast group of people into a family.

At some point, the feeling that you are making a film disappears.
You simply listen.
And you realize that in front of you is not just a witness, but a part of that era.

And also — a few still frames from archival footage that I managed to find last autumn in the Kyiv archives.

A meeting at the train station after a tour: Virsky standing nearby, and Volodymyr being welcomed by his wife and his little daughter Yulia.

A moment that holds everything: the road, the stage — and the life that was waiting at home.

Before the Curtain Rises

The theatre hall is still empty.
The stage is waiting.

Kolya is preparing for another performance of the Snow Show.
Here he is — still without makeup. Just a man in front of a mirror.

Slowly, the image begins to appear.
First the funny clown eyebrows.
Then the eyes — slightly more open, slightly more astonished.
Then the mouth.

And, of course, the famous red nose.
And the torn gloves.

But this is not just makeup.
It is a passage.

Each time before stepping onto the stage, the same thing happens:
a person gathers himself anew —
into the one who will speak without words.

The mask does not hide.
It reveals.

A clown is not someone who simply makes people laugh.
He is someone who allows himself to be fragile in front of everyone.

Our film is about what happens before the applause.
About the moment when a grown person chooses to become a child again —
and walks toward the audience without protection.



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