People started calling him ‘Georgy Alekseyevich’ too early: he has taught since his nineteenth year. Now the stars of the Belarusian Bolshoi who have worked with Karant for decades tend to address him as… ‘Gerocka’. Last year the Honored Artist of the Republic of Belarus celebrated his artistic anniversary, 40 years in the theatre. On 1 June Georgy turned 70. On 15 June, a concert will be given as a tribute to the eminent accompanist.
It’s been a long time since the audience of the Chamber Hall saw a whole galaxy of the Bolshoi Theatre stars on one stage! The People's Artists of Belarus Nina Sharubina, Sergey Frankovsky, Vladimir Petrov, Vasily Kovalchuk, the Honoured Artists of the Republic of Belarus Elena Shvedova, Elena Bundeleva, Aksana Yakushevich, Elena Salo, Vladimir Gromov, Stanislav Trifonov, Andrei Valentii, Oleg Melnikov, winners and participants of international competitions Tatiana Tretiak, Elena Zolovo, Alla Guba-Ploskina, Ekaterina Golovleva, Anna Gurieva, Natalia Akinina, Yuri Gorodetsky, Vasily Mingalev, Aleksey Mikutel, Alexander Zhukov, Alexander Mikhniuk, Victor Mendelev, Alexander Gelakh, Ilya Silchukov, Alexander Krasnodubsky, Dmitry Kapilov, Dmitry Trofimuk will gather on 15 June to tell the maestro: ‘Bravo, Karant!’