Valery Gergiev: You Cannot Start Without Me

Yefim Bronfman, Renée Fleming, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Leonidas Kovakos, Uliana Lopatkina & Anna Netrebko, Valéry Gergiev

Gramophone DVD of the Month - August 2010
Directed by academy award winner Allan Miller, 'You cannot start without me' offers viewers an intimate look into the demanding life of Valery Gergiev, widely acclaimed as one of the leading conductors of our time. This rich musical film offers rare insight into the talent training and concentration required of a great conductor and reveals how Gergiev combines an impossible international conducting schedule with his job as director of the legendary Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg. The film includes scenes with London Symphony Orchestra, the Metropolitan Opera, Gergiev’s boyhood home in the Caucasus mountains, Moscow, cities along the Volga river and performances by Yefim Bronfman, Renée Fleming, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Leonidas Kovakos, Uliana Lopatkina and Anna Netrebko. This film presents a penetrating portrait of Gergiev the man and artist.

Price: $35.98