Valery Abissalovich Gergiev Video interviews - from the video “Catching up with Music” “I'm Caucasian, to be more precise, I'm Ossetian” “this boy is absolutely ungifted” “You will become a conductor” “It was important for me to meet Briskin” “My real hero is Fürtwängler” “You will be my assistant” “It was something to do with the Gorbachev era that I became music director” “The Mariinsky Theatre employs about 1000 people” “My responsibilities” Shostakovich: Symphony No.7 Shotakovich against Stalin. View rare footage detailing the genesis of the mighty Symphony no.6 - includes Valery Gergiev, The Kirov and Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestras joining forces for the live recording. **NB film features disturbing images.