(KZN.RU,
September 28). Today Rustam Minnikhanov, the President of the RT, visited the
renovated building of the Union of Composers of the RT at Lobachevsky Street,
№10.
Asgat
Safarov, the head of the Presidential Administration of the RT, Ilsur Metshin,
the Mayor of Kazan, Leila Fazleeva, an assistant to the President of the RT,
Alexey Frolov, the first deputy minister of Construction, Architecture and
Housing of the RT, and others accompanied him.
The
building of the Union of Composers is part of the M. Podurueva-Staheev estate,
built in 1906, and is an architectural monument. Rashid Kalimullin, the chairman
of the Union of Composers of Russia and Tatarstan, gave explanations during the
inspection.
Rustam
Minnikhanov was told about the repair and restoration work and further tasks.
In particular, it was noted the need to allocate additional funds for the improvement
of the adjacent territory and repair of the facade. The President of the
Republic of Tatarstan instructed the designers to work through this issue and
approve the final estimated cost.
The
President of Tatarstan inspected the updated classrooms and the concert hall.
Rashid Kalimullin demonstrated a collection of ancient Turkic musical
instruments in the museum room, which one were used by the Tatars: kylkubyz,
saz, dumbyra and others. According to him, it is time to revive the tradition
of playing these instruments. “The folk musical culture of the Tatars is very
original, they used a variety of musical instruments. However, today only kurai
is well-known. It is necessary to restore our musical traditions”, noted Rashid
Kalimullin.
He thanked
Rustam Minnikhanov for repairing the building of the Union of Composers. “We
got a very nice building. All conditions are created for working with young
people and holding various meetings. Today, a busy cultural life is taking
place here”, said Rashid Kalimullin.
After that,
the guests listened to one of the musical compositions, performed on wind and
stringed instruments of the Turkic peoples, reports the press service of the
President of the RT.