On Sunday, November 5 at 3:30 p.m. on TV ONS one can see the documentary “Raising Waves” about Maxim Shalygin.
Ukrainian filmmaker Anastasii Suprun-Zhyvodrova followed Maxim Shalygin and her team to Dniprodzerzhynsk, where he grew up in a giant apartment. To overcome the depressing view, he created for himself a world of his own that he wanted to translate into music. He went to study composition in Kyiv and became captivated by the music of Louis Andriessen. This encouraged him to continue his studies in The Hague. He has continued to live there and has become one of the most outstanding composers in our country.
The film crew followed Maxim Shalygin in The Hague, at festival Dag in de Branding, where the cameras panned along at the premiere of Severade for 9 celli. They also visited with him the Art Museum, where he likes to find inspiration, and his home, where he composes. A colorful portrait. He discusses his views on music and composing in plenty with musicologist Stanislav Nevmerzytskyi.
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