Opening of the classical music festival SV Rakhmaninov and a concert by Xenia Nesterenko. Ten questions to the winner of the "Big Opera" Ksenia Nesterenko Ksenia Nesterenko personal life

Young, talented, beautiful and very purposeful - this is how the rising Saratov opera diva can be described in a few words. The owner of one of the lightest and most mobile female voices - lyric soprano - Ksenia Nesterenko is only 19 years old. Despite her youth, the student of the Faculty of Secondary Specialized Education of the Saratov Conservatory has dozens of prestigious competitions and awards behind her. Since October of this year, our fellow countrywoman has been testing her strength in the popular TV project "Big Opera" on the "Culture" TV channel and not only tested it, but became its finalist. Eminent professional theater artists from Russia and neighboring countries competed for the title of the best. From the first performances, beautiful, like the overflow of nightingale trills, Xenia's voice became a favorite in terms of the number of praises from the jury. Even the piano on the top notes is given to our fellow countrywoman easily and naturally. However, as the girl admits, this is not a natural talent, but the result of a lot of hard work.

Listening to Ksenia Nesterenko and looking at her is a real pleasure. "Big Opera" is, first of all, very beautiful project. Luxurious outfits and a delightful performance of the world's best opera arias - all this looks like a fairy tale. It is hard to believe that after the performances, the fairy-tale princess Xenia turns into an ordinary Saratov student who is easily lost in the crowd of classmates. It is not surprising that the majority of Saratov residents know practically nothing about the successes of our countrywoman. The Bolshoi Opera project is not well known in the regions. And it's a little embarrassing. For example, the finalist from Belarus, tenor Yuri Gorodetsky in home country almost a national hero. Although this situation has its advantages. Ksenia Nesterenko does not suffer from star fever.

The girl has a love for high-quality music since childhood. She never listened to pop music, but she knew by heart the parts of her idols Anna Netrebko and Olga Peretyatko.

Everyone in Xenia's family loves to sing. And although her parents did not manage to do what they love professionally (Ksenia's mother is an economist), there are opera stars in their family. They say that her paternal relative is the famous opera singer, teacher of the Vienna Academy of Music Yevgeny Nesterenko, who is called the second Chaliapin.

Grand opera

A pupil of the Engels School of Arts immediately in the 4th grade - piano, ballet, folklore and academic vocals - Ksenia Nesterenko continued her studies at the department of choral conducting at the Faculty of Special Education of the Sobinov State Conservatory.

I wanted to do vocals, but my mother and my choir teacher convinced me that it was dangerous for the voice - says Ksenia. - Previously, they were admitted to the conservatory from the age of 18, so as not to injure the ligaments. Still, vocals are the main part of my career for me.

Even before entering the music school, Ksyusha listened to the recordings of Galina Kovaleva and Anna Netrebko for hours and tried to make her voice on her own. But the main note in Xenia's vocal experiments was made by her vocal teacher Arkady Filippov. A few months later, Nesterenko took 1st place in a prestigious music competition. It was Arkady Filippov who sent the recordings of his talented student to the Bolshoi Opera project. The abilities of the student of the Saratov College of Music amazed the most experienced masters of opera art, and she was invited to the casting.

Recall that the next season of the Bolshoi Opera project started in October on the Kultura TV channel. To date, this is the only professional television competition for young opera performers in Russia, which, in fact, is the opera "Star Factory". The main goal of the project is to discover new names of talented vocalists and attract Russians to the big opera.

The program of the contestants includes the most famous arias and duets from classical Russian, Western European, Soviet works, as well as duets from popular musicals and operettas. At the same time, all foreign works are performed in the original language.

This year about 1,500 young performers from Russia and neighboring countries applied for participation in the Bolshoi Opera. The jury selected only 12 people. These are professional and titled theater artists. Among them was our young compatriot Ksenia Nesterenko. Her voice data was highly appreciated by Dmitry Bertman, director and artistic director of the Moscow musical theater"Helikon-Opera" and concurrently one of the members of the jury.

Starting from the second broadcast, the contestant with the lowest number of points leaves the project, explains Ksenia. - Arkady Vladimirovich and I assumed that I would reach the 2nd, well, maximum, the 3rd round, and we prepared only two programs. But I scored points and moved on.

The judges were struck not only by the talents of the Saratov student, but also by the amazing professional calmness with which she went on stage under the guns of dozens of television cameras. However, Ksenia herself admits that there are emotions, she just manages to hide them.

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Ksenia Nesterenko was born in Engels. Laureate of the I degree of the VII regional festival-competition "The Way to Success" (Saratov, 2014) Laureate of the III degree of the IV international competition-festival "Spring Chime" (Saratov, 2014) Laureate of the I degree of the international competition-festival "On the Wings of Talent" (Saratov, 2014) Winner of the Grand Prix and the title of "Prima opera" of the international competition-festival "Chorus Inside" (Budapest, 2015). Performs solo at the Saratov Conservatory, as well as with various groups and musicians.

The hardest part for me is waiting to go on stage,” she says. - Excitement can affect the voice, I am very strong man and I can't show it.

Getting an education is my goal!

Like every TV project, the "Big Opera" is fraught with many difficulties that the audience is not aware of. It happens that the recording of programs stretches until late at night, but the artists, despite being tired, need to look and sing perfectly. The approval of the jury added strength to our countrywoman. The judging panel of the Bolshoi Opera 2016, along with Dmitry Bertman, included Romanian opera singer Nelli Miricioyu, Belgian tenor Axel Eiverart and Honored Artist of Russia Marina Meshcheryakova. The project is led by Sati Spivakova and Andrejs Jagros.

In the 9th edition of the project, Ksenia performed the most difficult aria "Norma" Casta diva "from the Bellini opera of the same name, and for the first time the jury reproached her for the wrong choice. The young girl still lacks experience and age for this work.

I sang this aria two years ago at a competition in Hungary and then received the Grand Prix, - says Ksenia. - Therefore, I took, as it seemed to me, for proven material. The compressed and strict conditions of the project do not allow to correct the program. Even the recommendations that I received from the jury, we did not have time to apply. But I tried. I learned Antonida's aria from A Life for the Tsar in two weeks, and Juliet's waltz in 3 hours.

Light and airy Juliet performed by Ksenia again made her the favorite of the jury. Thus, our countrywoman reached the final of the project, where she became the youngest and only representative of the weaker sex and, moreover, the only Russian woman.

For the final, Ksenia, together with Arkady Filippov, prepared an ideal program for a young performer - an opera hit - Juliet's romance from Bellini's opera "Montagues and Capulets" - and an arietta of the Snow Maiden from Rimsky-Korsakov's opera of the same name.

In the hall of the capital's Bolshoi Theater, where the project was completed, our countrywoman was supported by her mother and fiancé. By the way, mother Elena Viktorovna is the main ideological inspirer and PR manager of Xenia from the very beginning of the project.

The final gala concert was to be broadcast on live December 26, but due to mourning for those killed in the Russian Tu-154 aircraft, the live broadcast was canceled. The program of the concert has also changed. Maestro Vladimir Spivakov began the evening with a moment of silence, after which "Lacrimosa" sounded. Opera diva Khibla Germzava performed before the audience. Behind the scenes, Khibla admitted that she admired the "Big Opera" and was very sympathetic to Ksenia Nesterenko

Wonderful girl! This is my energy! This is the purest spring that will sound for many, many more years. God bless her!" she said.

Recall that SMS voting ended on December 26. On Tuesday morning it became known that our Ksenia Nesterenko became the winner. The audience saw the finale of the project in the recording on November 27th. By the way, while the audience was choosing the winner of the Bolshoi Opera, our compatriot managed to act together with the master Vladimir Spivakov in the New Year's Blue Light on the Kultura channel.

In creative harmony

The young opera diva will spend her winter holidays with her family in Engels. Now Xenia is preparing for the wedding. Her chosen one is a young artist of Saratov opera house Andrey Potaturin. By the way, after the success of his soul mate in the Bolshoi Opera, he is also thinking about participating in the project. The winter session is not far off for the student Nesterenko, where she also has to work hard, so the girl’s rest will not be long.

Despite the fact that opera masters unanimously recommended Ksenia to participate in the most prestigious international opera competitions, she herself believes that she still has a lot to learn from Saratov teachers. Marina Meshcheryakova advised Ksenia to build her career in accordance with the repertoire suitable for her voice and age. The winner of the project has already decided to enter the conservatory and dreams of further conquest opera stage.

There are a lot of soprano owners, and in order to succeed, you need to make an incredible amount of effort. - Therefore, my primary goal for today is to get a decent musical education, and then I'm ready to work hard! I don't dream, I set goals! Of course, I have purely feminine dreams of a large and friendly family, for example. What will happen in my career, I don’t know, but I’m ready to work hard, look for my repertoire. As Axel Eiverrath told me: "It's better to sing the right arias at LaScala than the wrong ones in the bathroom." The ideal of an opera singer is a performer who perfectly knows her voice and knows how to handle it correctly, who can both dance and make laugh, but does not lose her creative harmony.

Biography:

She studied at secondary school No. 12, graduated from secondary school No. 18 of Engels.

Graduated from the Engels School of Arts No. 1.

In 2017 she graduated from the Faculty of Secondary Vocational Education of the Saratov State Conservatory with a degree in Folk Choir Conductor.

Since 2017 she has been a student of the vocal faculty of the Saratov State Conservatory. L.V. Sobinov, conductor-choir department. Vocal teacher - Filippov Arkady Vladimirovich.

In 2017, she was admitted to the Saratov Academic Opera and Ballet Theater as an artist-vocalist (soloist). Possesses a lyrical soprano of a beautiful timbre of a full range.

Conducts active concert activity, participates in competitions and festivals.

At the end of 2016, she became the winner of the international television competition "Big Opera" on the channel "Culture".

On February 3, 2017, she took part in the Moscow Virtuosos concert in Saratov conducted by Spivakov. Received first prize at the Manhattan International Competition in New York, completed an internship at the Academy of Lyric Opera in Monte Carlo.

In 2018, she won the Grand Prix of the 5th Minsk International Christmas Vocal Competition.

In 2019, she was accepted into the troupe of the Moscow Novaya Opera Theatre. E.V. Kolobov.

Married. Husband - Andrey Potaturin, opera artist of the Saratov Opera and Ballet Theater.

Source: tvkultura.ru, operabalet.ru

Blitz interview (2017)

How has your life changed after winning the Bolshoi Opera TV project? When I came to Saratov before, I took a break from the Opera, from the people who shoot me, interview me. And now it’s the other way around: it ended there, but it started here. Here everything is perceived as if I won Eurovision! People's attitudes have changed. Some, it would seem, who have nothing to do with this at all, are very hurt by “why not us, why her ?!”.

How did your participation in the TV project start? It started without my participation. Even the application for me was sent by my teacher Arkady Vladimirovich Filippov. When I found out, I was taken aback, but I thought that I would not pass anyway. And two weeks later I got a call from the Kultura TV channel and they said that I had passed the preliminary audition and I had to come to the casting. The teacher said: "Okay, go and hang out." Seventy people gathered there, who were chosen from a thousand and a half. And 12 participants were selected from them.

What can and cannot be a professional vocalist? Everything is possible and nothing is impossible. For example, I don’t drink alcohol at all, and some, on the contrary, “50 grams - and on stage!”. Ideally, you need to observe the voice mode, two days before a serious performance - not only do not sing, but generally be silent. How to communicate? Write SMS or carry a notebook with you. Do not be nervous…

It turns out not to be nervous? On the last programs of the Bolshoi Opera, nerves were already giving out. Behind the scenes of the 11th issue, they brought me so that I couldn’t think about anything else. I went out, disgraced myself, sang it wrong, didn’t answer the question, I still can’t forget.

In those moments when you are not a singer, you? .. Conductor - "choir", student-triple student. I am also a loving daughter, a loving wife… for a week, I think! It's already wow! I have wanted to get married for a long time. I want a big family, many children. At the same time, I see myself in the opera industry. And it should organically intertwine with the family. I've been talking to my mom about this since I was ten years old.

Are you aware that the Internet is discussing the connection between your victory and your relationship with the soloist of the Bolshoi Theater Yevgeny Evgenyevich Nesterenko? My dad told us from childhood that the outstanding bass Evgeny Evgenievich is our relative. Then, when we were already older, and I went to musical environment found out that he is my great-uncle. We honor and respect him in the family, but there was no more talk on this topic. In general, at the conservatory we have a phrase that according to Evgeny Evgenievich one can study vocal art. Because he sings so well that his videos can be used as Toolkit. I have not seen a singer with a more correct voice, with a more pronounced technique. In general, there are family ties, but I do not impose my relationship.

Are you good at managing people? It does not always work. I am a very peaceful person, I hate scandals. But if people do not win over immediately, then I do not love forever. Here I'm all in my mother, like a locomotive - if you start, you can't stop it.

What is the role of the family in the life of Ksenia the artist? If it wasn't for my family, I wouldn't even go into music. I have an older sister, a person who encouraged me by her example. I went first to the ballet, then to the piano, because I wanted to be like Liza. Mom and dad always supported me. Therefore, in music school I received four musical educations: ballet, piano, academic vocals and solo and choral folk singing.

All your life in music? Even in the yard did not have time to misbehave? I succeeded, how! Between classes at the music school. It was an ordinary post-Soviet childhood, I managed to play hide-and-seek, and "war" and "Cossack robbers."

What would you like to radically change? I would like to bring more justice to all areas. Because now there are a lot of custom-made things that simply should not exist in some areas. And this is very hindering, does not give way to the young and strong people who could and would like to achieve a lot.

March 17 2018 (Saturday) at 16:00 in MAUK TSKIIOI "Dialogue" the Festival of Classical Music to them. S.V.Rakhmaninov. The renewed festival will open solo concert young but very talented singer, laureate international competitions, soloists of the Saratov Opera and Ballet Theater KSENIIA NESTERENKO(soprano).

KSENIA NESTERENKO gained all-Russian fame a year ago after a brilliant victory in the BIG OPERA project on the Kultura TV channel. The Grand Prix in the fourth season of the Bolshoi Opera turned out to be a kind of double record for the singer, because she became the youngest participant in the history of the project - she was only 19 years old then. In addition to the magnificent lyric soprano, which evokes the legendary Galina Kovaleva (who, by the way, studied at the same Saratov Conservatory as Ksenia) and wonderful technique, the singer has an outstanding artistry and a delicate musical taste.

Ksenia is the 1st Prize winner (Gold Prize) of the 2nd Manhattan International Music Competition (New York), she trained at the Académie lyrique de l'Opéra de Monte-Carlo (Monaco).
The young singer performs at various concert venues in the country with leading conductors and orchestras, including the Moscow Virtuosos and the National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia conducted by V. Spivakov, the orchestra " New Russia"conducted by D. Vlasenko, Chamber Orchestra of the St. Petersburg state theater"Music Hall" under the direction of F. Mastrangelo and others.

At the Saratov Opera and Ballet Theatre, Ksenia performed the parts of Donna Anna ("Don Giovanni" by W. A. ​​Mozart), Arsena ("The Gypsy Baron" by I. Strauss), Prilepa ("The Queen of Spades" by P. I. Tchaikovsky), Caroline (" Secret Marriage" by D. Cimarosa), Antonida ("Life for the Tsar" by M.I. Glinka), Violetta ("La Traviata" by G. Verdi).
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The concert program includes vocal compositions by M.I. Glinka, N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov, S.V. Rakhmaninov, I.O. Dunaevsky, Ch. Gounod, G. Verdi, G. Puccini.

Fame came to Ksenia Nesterenko after winning the television project "Big Opera" in 2016. Being the youngest participant in the competition (at the time of the competition, Xenia was only 19 years old), she became a laureate and owner of the Grand Prix, having won the audience vote.

In 2017, Ksenia Nesterenko received the 1st prize at the Manhattan International Music Competition in New York, and in the same year she completed an internship at the Academy of the Lyric Opera of Monte Carlo (Monaco).

She is currently a first-year student at the Saratov State Conservatory named after L.V. Sobinov, and is also a soloist of the Saratov academic theater opera and ballet. In the theatre, she performed roles in Mozart's Don Giovanni (Donna Anna), Cimarosa's Secret Marriage (Caroline), Glinka's A Life for the Tsar (Antonida), Verdi's La Traviata (Violetta), Tchaikovsky's The Queen of Spades ( Prilep), in the operetta "The Gypsy Baron" by Strauss (Arsen). The singer's concert repertoire includes works by Bellini, Verdi, Puccini, Gounod, Delibes, Massenet, Donizetti, Mozart, Strauss, Glinka, Rimsky-Korsakov, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, Dunaevsky, Khrennikov and other composers.

Ksenia Nesterenko leads an active concert activity. Her performances were held with well-known ensembles of our country: the National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia, the State Symphony Orchestra "New Russia", the Symphony Orchestra of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the State Chamber Orchestra "Moscow Virtuosi" and the orchestra of the St. Petersburg State Theater "Music Hall". The singer collaborated with Vladimir Spivakov, Denis Vlasenko, Felix Aranovsky, Fabio Mastrangelo and other conductors.

Tigran Ohanyan

Tigran Ohanyan became one of the winners of the Bolshoi Opera TV project in 2016, by that time he already had experience in stage performances and participation in competitions. Tigran is the owner of the special prize of the Delphic Games in Yerevan (2010), the bronze medalist of the Delphic Games in Astana (2012). He was awarded a special prize at the Competition for Young Opera Singers in St. Petersburg (2013) and the title "The Most Promising Young Tenor" at the J. Vitols International Opera Singers Competition in Riga (2015). In 2016, he received a special prize at the Galina Vishnevskaya International Competition in Moscow, won the Grand Prix at the International Christmas Vocal Competition in Minsk, and was also awarded the Prize of the President of Armenia. At the Grand Opera competition, in addition to the title of laureate, Tigran Ohanyan was also awarded a special jury prize.

Tigran was born in 1994 in Yerevan. In 2016 he graduated with honors from the Yerevan State Conservatory after Komitas (class of Rafael Hakopyants). He took part in the Young Artists Program of the Houston Grand Opera (2014), participated in the master class of Montserrat Caballe (Yerevan, 2014). Currently, Tigran is an artist of the youth program of the National Academic Opera and Ballet Theater named after A. Spendiarov (Yerevan).

In 2015, he performed the part of Stepanos Shahumyan in A. Tigranyan's opera David Beck at the B. Britten Theater of the Royal College of Music in London. In 2016, he made his debut with his first major role on the stage of the Yerevan Philharmonic, singing Rudolph in Puccini's La Boheme with the State Philharmonic Orchestra of Armenia under the direction of Eduard Topchyan. This was followed by the role of the Young Gypsy in Rachmaninov's "Aleko" on the stage of the Yerevan Opera House, the performance of Dvorak's "Requiem" in the concert in memory of the Armenian Genocide, and participation in the solemn concert on the occasion of the arrival of Pope Francis in Yerevan. In 2017, Tigran Ohanyan performed in Bolshoi Theater Belarus (part of the Duke in Verdi's Rigoletto), the St. Petersburg State Capella (tenor parts in Mozart and Verdi's Requiems), opened the concert season at the G. Verdi Theater in Trieste, singing Lensky in Tchaikovsky's opera Eugene Onegin (conductor Fabrizio Maria Carminati).

National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia

National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia was established in January 2003 by the Ministry of Culture of Russia on behalf of the President Russian Federation V. V. Putin. The NPR unites the best representatives of the orchestral elite and talented young musicians. During the years of active creative life The NPR has managed to become one of the leading symphony orchestras in Russia, to win the love of the public and the recognition of professionals in their country and abroad.

The orchestra is headed by the world famous violinist and conductor Vladimir Spivakov. Outstanding conductors of different generations collaborate with the orchestra, including Michel Plasson, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Krzysztof Penderecki, James Conlon, Okko Kamu, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Alexander Lazarev, John Nelson, Jan Latham-Koenig, Alexander Vedernikov, Tugan Sokhiev, Ken- David Mazur, Simon Gaudenz, Stanislav Kochanovsky, Alexander Solovyov and others.

Stars of the world opera stage and renowned instrumental soloists took part in NPR concerts: Jesse Norman, Placido Domingo, Kiri Te Kanava, Dmitry Hvorostovsky, Juan Diego Flores, René Fleming, Ferruccio Furlanetto, Marcelo Alvarez, Mattias Goerne, Ildar Abdrazakov, Violeta Urmana, Ramon Vargas, Evgeny Kissin, Vadim Repin, Gil Shakham, Arkady Volodos, Martha Argerich, Renault and Gauthier Hoods, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Victoria Mullova and many others. Anna Netrebko, Khibla Gerzmava, Albina Shagimuratova, Vasily Ladyuk, Dmitry Korchak, Denis Matsuev, Alexander Ghindin, John Lill, David Garrett, Alexander Gavrilyuk, Vadim Gluzman, Sergey Dogadin, Nikolai Tokarev, Alexander Romanovsky, Alexander Ramm perform regularly with the NPR.

The orchestra's repertoire covers the period from the early classical symphonies to the latest contemporary writings. Over the course of 16 seasons, the orchestra presented many extraordinary programs, unique season tickets and concert series, performed a number of Russian and world premieres. Confirming its status and name, the National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia gives concerts and holds festivals not only in Moscow, but also in various regions of the country, laying routes to its most remote corners. Every year the NPR takes part in the Vladimir Spivakov International Music Festival in Colmar (France). The orchestra regularly tours in the USA, Western Europe, Japan, China, CIS and Baltic countries.

In May 2005 the firm Capriccio released a CD and DVD with a recording of Isaac Schwartz's Yellow Stars concerto for the orchestra performed by the NPR under the baton of Vladimir Spivakov, to whom the composer dedicated this work. In 2010–2015 NPR recorded several albums for the firm Sony Music with works by Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, Rimsky-Korsakov, Grieg and others. In 2014–2018. released a number of recordings of Russian music under the label Spivakovsound, including the opera "Eugene Onegin" by Tchaikovsky (in the main roles - Khibla Gerzmava, Dmitry Korchak, Vasily Ladyuk).

A special area of ​​NPR activity is support of talented young musicians, creation of conditions for their creative realization and professional growth. In the 2004/05 season, on the initiative of the director of the NPR, Georgy Ageev, a group of trainee conductors, which has no analogues in the orchestral world, was created in the orchestra. Many members of the group have achieved great success in the professional field, have taken leadership positions in leading creative teams and won prestigious awards. In the 2017/18 season, the conductor-trainee group of the new convocation was headed by Alexander Solovyov and Georgy Ageev.

In 2007 NPR became the owner of a grant from the Government of the Russian Federation. Since 2010, the National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia has received a grant from the President of the Russian Federation.

Vladimir Spivakov

Outstanding violinist and conductor Vladimir Spivakov brightly realized his multifaceted talent in the art of music and many areas of public life. As a violinist, Vladimir Spivakov went through an excellent school with the famous teacher, Professor of the Moscow Conservatory Yuri Yankelevich. The outstanding violinist of the 20th century David Oistrakh had no less influence on him.

In the 1960s and 1970s, Vladimir Spivakov became a laureate of the prestigious international competitions named after Marguerite Long and Jacques Thibaud in Paris, named after Niccolò Paganini in Genoa, named after P. I. Tchaikovsky in Moscow and a competition in Montreal. In 1975, after triumphant solo performances in the United States, a brilliant international career as a musician begins. He performed as a soloist with the best symphony orchestras world under the baton of outstanding conductors of the twentieth century - Evgeny Svetlanov, Kirill Kondrashin, Yuri Temirkanov, Mstislav Rostropovich, Leonard Bernstein, Seiji Ozawa, Lorin Maazel, Carlo Maria Giulini, Kurt Mazur, Riccardo Chaily, Claudio Abbado and others. Since 1997, Spivakov has been playing on a violin made by Antonio Stradivari, which was given to him for life use by patrons - admirers of his talent.

In 1979, with a group of like-minded musicians, Vladimir Spivakov created the Moscow Virtuosos chamber orchestra, becoming its artistic director, conductor and soloist. He studied conducting with Professor Israel Gusman in Russia, took lessons from Leonard Bernstein and Lorin Maazel in the USA. Bernstein, as a sign of friendship and faith in the future of the musician, gave him his conductor's baton, with which Spivakov performs to this day.

In 1989, Vladimir Spivakov headed the International music Festival in Colmar (France). Since 2001, the festival "Vladimir Spivakov Invites" has been held in Moscow every two years with the participation of leading figures in the world of performing arts and rising stars (since 2010, the festival has also been held in the regions of Russia). The musician repeatedly took part in the jury of famous international competitions (in Paris, Genoa, London, Montreal, Monte Carlo, Pamplona, ​​Moscow), in 2016 he organized the International Violin Competition in Ufa.

For many years, Vladimir Spivakov has been engaged in social and charitable activities. In 1994, the Vladimir Spivakov International Charitable Foundation was created, whose activities in 2010 were awarded the Prize of the Government of the Russian Federation in the field of culture. Modern composers have repeatedly dedicated their works to the musician, including Alfred Schnittke, Rodion Shchedrin, Arvo Pärt, Isaac Schwartz, Vyacheslav Artyomov.

In 2003, Vladimir Spivakov became the artistic director and chief conductor of the National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia, which he created, and the president of the Moscow International House of Music. In 2011 he became a member of the Council for Culture and Art under the President of the Russian Federation. The extensive discography of the musician includes more than 50 CDs; most records released by firms BMG Classics, RCA Red Seal And Capriccio. Many recordings have received prestigious awards, including Diapason D'Or And ChocdelaMusique. Since 2014, the maestro has been releasing records with NPR under his own label Spivakovsound.

Vladimir Spivakov - National artist USSR, Russia, Armenia, Ukraine, Republic of Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria, Republic of Bashkortostan. He was awarded the State Prize of the USSR, the Order of Friendship, the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, III, II and IV degrees, the highest orders of Kyrgyzstan, Ukraine, Armenia, Italy, France (including the Order of the Legion of Honor), as well as many other honorary awards and titles . In 2006, Vladimir Spivakov for "outstanding contribution to world art, activities for peace and the development of dialogue between cultures” was recognized as an Artist of Peace by UNESCO, in 2009 he was awarded the UNESCO Mozart Gold Medal.

In 2012, Vladimir Spivakov was awarded the State Prize of Russia “for outstanding services in the field of humanitarian activity” (the awards were awarded in different years to His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Russia, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Valentina Tereshkova, King of Spain Juan Carlos I and French President Jacques Chirac ).