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Gary Takes The Golem for A Walk in Moscow and St. Petersburg
Russian Rolling Stone, Aug. 2005
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Gary just returned from a week's tour in Russia (his 4th appearance
there, from July 20-27th) where he performed his original solo guitar
score accompanying screenings of the 1920 silent horror film classic
"The Golem" in spacious and beautiful theaters in Moscow and Saint
Petersburg. While there he was interviewed and performed on the
national tv program "Good Morning Russia" before an audience of 50
million viewers, and was profiled and photographed for the Russian
edition of Rolling Stone, Time Out Saint Petersburg, the English
Language newspaper The Saint Petersburg Times and many other Russian
culture and music magazines.
Time Out St. Petersburg, July 2005
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On his first night in Moscow Gary sat in
with avant-guitarist and former SKIF director Alexei Pliousnine at
Moscow's B2 club in a reunion of Alexei's band The Lolitas as part of
an ongoing Moscow rock festival, and he jammed with Alexei and the
drummer from famed Russian rock group Aquarium at an incendiary solo,
duo and trio gig at the intimate underground Club Moloko in Saint
Petersburg. His 2 Golem shows were extremely well attended and
promoted, and Gary thoroughly enjoyed playing in the well appointed
35MM Theater in Moscow and the historic art deco cinema palace Dom Kino
in Saint Petersburg.
The St. Petersburg Times, July 22, 2005
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After his Moscow show he treated delighted fans
who remained to an impromptu solo acoustic concert on his National
steel guitar to the wee hours of the morning in the lounge of the 35MM
Gary has performed with The Golem in over 16 countries around the world
since debuting the work with co-composer/keyboardist Walter Horn in
1989 at the BAM Next Wave Festival, from the Venice Biennale to the old
Yiddish theater turned music club called the Roxy in Prague (home of
the Golem) to the Noga Theater in Tel Aviv—but these Russian
performances stand out as incredibly special and among Gary's best
ever.
page from a Russian entertainment guide, July 2005
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Gary loves performing in Russia, and the excited reaction of the
fans who attended his performances made for some of his most inspired
improvisational playing ever. Thanks to Andrey Borisov and Exotica
Music for making the dream a reality.
Read a review of Gary's Russian concerts here.