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Miracle on Ice After a successful career in the NHL, Barry
Smith has found a new challenge: coaching a Russian team
Russia to Debut at
Renowned Music
NHL Moving to
Competition
St. Petersburg?
Since the late 1980s, many Russian Kasparaitis, Oleg Tverdovsky and Alexei isfied with the game you
hockey players have pursued their Yashin have trickled back to their home- played, feeling people behind
dreams in the National Hockey League. land. We spoke to one unusual individual, you. It’s good when they feel
Their journeys to the U.S. were sometimes who went to coach the St. Petersburg SKA that you try as hard as you
dangerous, and often caused quarrels team after a shining career in the NHL. can in every game. It’s work-
between NHL and Russian teams. How- What sets Barry Smith apart from others ing with children in different
ever, buoyed by the 2004-05 lockout, a who have left the NHL for Russia is that hockey schools and seeing WWW.CHAMBERMUSICCOMPETITION.ORG
number of players have returned to Rus- he is an American and one of the most re- smiles on their faces.
sia’s own Super League. Stars like Darius spected coaches in the NHL. The Chesapeake Chamber Kronos Quartet, the Orion
Have you had any difficult mo- of Music Competition has String Quartet, the Barcelo-
ments? announced the five finalist na Symphony and the Brook-
hockey. When I was a be the same as in the States. accept mediocrity, don’t ac- I think the hardest thing is ensembles that will compete lyn Philharmonic.
college hockey coach But the food here is very good. cept playing at a lower level. being alone in my apartment at the Avalon Theatre Pianist Lydia Artymiw has
in 1976, I came to Mos- One of the best restaurants When you play together, you at night, watching Russian in Easton, Maryland on appeared with more than one
cow to study at the In- in St. Petersburg is at our are stronger. The team prac- TV. I can’t even phone home Saturday, March 29. This year, hundred orchestras through-
stitute of Sports and club. I eat there almost every tices very hard. And they are because the time difference the Russian Credo Quartet out the United States, Europe
Physical Training for a day. The restaurants on a very good group of guys to is so big, and I just sit there will make its debut at the and Asia, including the Bos-
few weeks along with a Nevsky Prospect – the main work with. I respect every thinking: What am I doing? prestigious competition. ton Symphony, Cleveland Or-
number of other Ameri- street of St. Petersburg – are player on the team. Why am I here? Especially chestra and New York Phil-
can coaches. I went back fantastic. after losing a hockey game, I The finalists were chosen harmonic. She has also given
to the U.S. with some new Have you ever felt that Russian can get a little bit down. I from a field of 56 ensembles solo recitals at major concert
ideas for my team. When Do you have a Russian teacher? referees were unfair? look out the window, and it’s from 16 American states and halls throughout North Amer-
the offer to coach SKA No. I never got one, and I re- Yes. There were instances dark, gray and cold. Canada, Germany, Russia, ica and Europe, and has per-
came up, I thought it was gret that. when I felt that the referee France and the United King- formed at many festivals and
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the most adventurous thing or the linesman was unfair. There are rumors that the Swiss dom. They will compete for in many chamber group per-
that I could do. Regarding your work, I must hockey club Lugano has offered a Gold Medal Award of formances.
say that you’re full of energy as Do you have any team leaders? you a contract. What are your $10,000 and a Silver Medal Marcy Rosen is a founding
When was that, exactly? a coach. You make your players We have a “leadership group” plans for the future? Award of $5,000. All five fi- member of the world-re-
They made the offer in Feb- work very hard. How do you com- that I use quite a bit. These I’m not thinking about the nalists will also appear at var- nowned Mendelssohn String
ruary 2007, and I made my municate with the Russian play- are the guys who have good next season because my focus ious venues on the East Coast Quartet and La Fenice. She
decision in April. ers who don’t speak English? leadership skills – Maxim Su- is on today and what I can and the Gold Medal winner is the Co-Artistic Director of
I have three assistants – a shinsky, Darius Kasparaitis, do tomorrow. Some things are will also appear at the 23rd the Eastern Shore Chamber
What influenced your deci- goalie coach, Oleg Bratash, James Huard, Sergei Moska- out of my hands, like how we Eastern Shore Chamber Music Music Festival and is current-
NIKOLAI DOLGOPOLOV
sion? Igor Larionov, who is my as- lev, who used to be captain, finish and what Gazprom will Festival’s opening night on ly Assistant Professor of Cello
ROSSIYSKAYA GAZETA I knew I had a chance to build sistant and Edvard Zank- and Dmitry Ryabykin, who do at the end of the season. June 6 in Easton, Maryland, at the Aaron Copland School
ST. PETERSBURG – MOSCOW
something. We want to try to ovetz. Edvard is probably the used to be the assistant cap- on June 7 in Chincoteague, of Music at Queens College,
build a better program. Not most multilingual. My assis- tain. Is it the same as in the NHL? Virginia and on June 8 at the New York. She appears reg-
Who invited you to work in St. Pe- just as a team, but a hockey tants have been very helpful. Not quite. In the NHL, they Candlelight Concert Series in ularly at the Santa Fe, Ra-
tersburg? Had you ever heard of school that would benefit the We all have the same philos- Have you ever had any conflicts don’t change coaches as Columbia, Maryland. vinia, Saratoga and Bridge-
the SKA Sports Club before you team. I also came here to ophy, and we all care about with the players? often. hampton Festivals and
arrived in Russia? learn, for new experiences. the team. No conflicts. I’m very fortu- The Judges: records on many labels.
Yes, I had. I was invited by It’s all about the exchange of nate. Do you think it is the Russian ea- David Krakauer, an interna- The Chesapeake Chamber
Alexander Medvedev, the ideas, working together. Do you direct them when they are gerness to win faster, or is it that tionally acclaimed clarinetist Music Competition is advised
deputy chairman of Gazprom Hockey doesn’t really have playing a game? How high do you expect to go in they tend to make spontaneous who is a master of myriad by a panel of distinguished
(the Russian corporation fi- any political background – No, they don’t like that. I the playoffs? decisions? musical styles, including musicians and educators: J.
nancing SKA), and I was also hockey is hockey. think that the players should We still have a couple of good I think that the Russian man- chamber music, klezmer Lawrie Bloom, Catherine
in talks with Igor Larionov. be allowed to focus on the players who are injured. If agement has to understand the music (traditional eastern Eu- Cho, Leon Fleisher, Miriam
And where do you live now? game. they recover, we’ll have a benefit of maintaining our ropean Jewish folk music), Fried, Michael Kannen, Maria
And you already knew Igor? I live in an apartment. Two chance at the top spot. A lot technique, regardless of minor jazz, and avant-garde impro- Lambros, Katherine Mur-
I coached him, Slava Fetisov, bedrooms, a living room and It seems the team has finally bro- will also depend on if we can setbacks. Just because we lose visation. His recent guest per- dock, Peggy Pearson, Todd
Slava Kozlov and Vladimir a kitchen. ken its prolonged losing streak improve our goalkeeping. a game or two, we’re not going formances include with the Phillips, Marcy Rosen, John
Konstantinov for three or four this season. SKA is now second to change our strategy. We’ll Tokyo String Quartet, the Steinmetz, Diane Walsh and
seasons when they played I imagine you had some trouble in the National Championship, What have been your happiest stay on track. If we have the Robert Yekovich. It is one of
with the Detroit Red Wings. adapting to your new environ- and this has been an utter sur- moments in Russia? same vision and they contin- the few ensemble competi-
I was on good terms with all ment. How is the food? prise, even for its biggest fans. It’s not just winning a hock- ue to believe in me, we’ll have
my Russian players, and have The first thing I told myself How did you do it? ey game, it’s feeling the pub- a chance to work together to
The Finalists
tions of international stature
that invites instrumental en-
great respect for Russian was not to expect things to I always tell my players: don’t lic’s support. It’s feeling sat- build a better team.
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sembles of any kind and that
• ATTACCA QUARTET also seeks to broaden the ho-
VLADIMIR FEDORENKO_RIA-NOVOSTI VLADIMIR FEDORENKO_RIA-NOVOSTI
U.S. New York rizons for chamber ensembles
• CREDO QUARTET and provide performance op-
RUSSIA Moscow portunities for young profes-
• GRACIEUX TRIO sionals. Arnold Lerman, co-
U.S. New York chair of the Competition,
• N-E-W TRIO remarked, “This group of fi-
U.S. New York nalists exhibit the superb art-
• VIM SAXOPHONE QUARTET istry and talent of young en-
U.S. Washington D.C. sembles.”
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or call 410-819-0380
Photos and bios available on request.
For Festival information: view www.musicontheshore.org
Maxim Sushinsky of SKA St. Petersburg scrambles to get the the
Barry Smith, head coach of the St. Petersburg hockey team SKA, with his players during a match against puck past Canadian goalkeeper Tom Lawson of CSKA Moscow at the
Contact: Don Buxton 410-819-0380
Moscow CSKA at the Russian Hockey Championship. Russian Hockey Championship. CSKA won 4-2.
or Patricia Barbis 410-745-2312
Global Russia
Golden Mask Theater Festival, seventh annual festival, which will coincide this Carmen at the Bolshoi
March 27-April 14, Moscow year with the 135th anniversary of composer Sergei April 22, Moscow
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Russia’s national theater festival brings in the best of Rachmaninov’s birth. The composer’s granddaugh- Russia’s world-famous company, currently in its
talent from across Russia and beyond. ter, Natalie Wanamaker-Javier, will be a member of 232nd season stages a premiere of Bizet’s fiery opera.
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of the board of the International Rachmaninov
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April, Los Angeles, U.S. eng.visitnovgorod.ru April 24-27, St. Petersburg
The Tsar’s Silverware – Masterpieces of Music, cinema, theatre and the arts in the sixth annual The St. Petersburg Book Fair is rapidly establishing
Augsburg Goldsmithery from the Moscow West Coast display of Russian culture. Russian Auction, Sotheby’s itself as one of the biggest book shows in Central and
Kremlin Museums www.russiannightsfest.com April 15-18, New York, USA Eastern Europe.
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See the consummate skills of the Augsburg gold- Rachmaninov Classical Music Festival sian art. Sotheby’s two “Russia days” in New York
smiths, whose work found its way to Moscow as gifts April 2; April 28-May 15, Veliky Novgorod, alone brought in $50 million and exceeded the sales of
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