Vladislav Shoot<\/strong><\/a>, who was formerly composer in residence at The Dartington Hall Trust [pictured], said:<\/p>\nIn the late 1980s, I lived in Moscow making a living as a composer for the local film industry. Yet my concert works, despite being quite widely performed in the West, were almost ignored in my own country, as I didn\u2019t belong to the official Soviet musical elite. Then, right after the collapse of the Soviet Empire, in what appeared as a crucial moment in my life, all our savings vanished overnight. There was no food in the stores and one had to go onto the street to sell one\u2019s possessions in order to survive.<\/em><\/p>\nUnexpectedly, I received a phone call from a publishing house in Germany. They heard my symphony entitled Ex Animo (From the Soul) and, impressed by the music, offered to bring me to Germany or France to work on a new composition for them. Around the same time, I received an invitation from John Lane, Chair of Trustees of the Dartington Hall Trust, to serve as composer-in-residence at Dartington, and with the financial help from the Germany publishers, I and my family landed on Albion\u2019s shores almost 26 years ago.<\/em><\/p>\nThe Dartington Hall estate is home to 175 independent businesses employing over 1,500 people. Since 1925 enterprise has always been an important part of the Dartington Experiment; creating a community of craftspeople, artists and specialist professionals to regenerate the estate. Potters, textile weavers, furniture designers, glass makers, craftsmen builders, artists, and makers established thriving businesses here and traded locally and nationally and internationally and earned Dartington the reputation as one of the most creative and vibrant communities.<\/p>\n
Green Table caf\u00e9, White Hart restaurant, and bar; Dartington Hall estate, TQ9 6EL |\u00a0<\/strong>25 October, 6 – 9 pm; exhibition 25 October – 7 December 18<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
https:\/\/www.dartington.org\/event\/people-make-dartington\/<\/p>\n
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