Maria Divova
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This is an important event in the life of a young family. The child goes to kindergarten for the first time! And the young mother, who spent five years on maternity leave, encounters a feeling of freedom for the first time. Not knowing where to apply herself now, she falls in love. The daughter witnesses an innocent flirtation and, misinterpreting the situation, tells everything to her father... Until recently, an absolutely happy “unit of society” begins to collapse. And young parents have to grow up before our eyes in order to be able to save their family.
Cell of Society

In the music world the outstanding pianist Alexander Toradze (1952–2022) is also known as Lexo, as he was often called by his relatives, friends, and colleagues. He graduated from the Moscow Conservatoire in 1977. In the 1980’s, he emigrated to the USA, taught at Indiana University, and later launched his own piano studio. Toradze was a brilliant interpreter of the works of Shostakovich, Mussorgsky, Scryabin, and Stravinsky. The recordings of Prokofiev’s concertos performed by Alexander Toradze with the Mariinsky Theater Orchestra conducted by Valery Gergiev are considered a gold standard. The pianist also appeared frequently with leading orchestras of Europe and the USA.