Maestro Valery Gergiev is one of the brightest conductors of our time, whose art is in demand all over the world. For more than thirty years he has headed the Mariinsky Theater, which through his efforts has turned into a large-scale theater and concert complex that has no analogues in the world. Since 2015, Valery Gergiev has also been the chief conductor of the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, and before that he led the London Symphony Orchestra for eight years. One of the main experts on Russia in Japan, for many years, shares a unique view of the maestro’s fate through the prism of epoch-making events in our country and the world Kazuo Kobayashi, who worked as a correspondent for the Japanese television company NHK in Moscow. The author of the book’s friendship with Valery Gergiev lasts more than 25 years. Over the years, the journalist made two documentaries about his hero, visited the conductor’s homeland in North Ossetia, followed his work and creativity both in Russia and abroad - be it brilliant international tours or a performance full of risk and dedication in Syrian Palmyra. Here is an almost reportage narration of a person who is part of Gergiev’s close circle, who has a keen sense of the character and aspirations of his talented friend, for whom this frank biography is permeated with admiration and gratitude. The publishing layout is saved in PDF A4 format.