this fall, the munich philharmonic.e had a vision for the opera house which opened on his 60t 60th birthday in 2013, the new mariinsky which stands along the historic plins can i theater is one of the largest opera houses in the world. june 20th, i visited st. petersburg where valery gergiev gave me a tour of the plinssk --mariinsky campus. here is my conversation with him at the opera house. let's start when you came to the mariinsky because you were in your 20s, what was your first job? >> assistant conductor. i was asked to assist and then conduct public performances of famous war and peace, sergei, another composure. we share production which was shown here 15 years ago, then brought it to new york. i conducted roughly 20 times in new york city a. great, great opera. if there is anything written on a grand scale, war and peace will be there immediately. together in the ring cycle, with the trojans of hector barrios, the french composure, and the russian composure. it's a grand open ravment so the beginning was not m

the los angeles philharmonic is experimenting with virtual reality. the l.a.en demonstrating the equipment in a special bus dubbed the van beethoven. the music is by von beethoven. get it. >> viewers will experience a symphony as if sitting in the concert hall. the philharmonic's director of digital initiatives says "yes" is the title is an experiment, and they're hoping to change the minds of people who don't like classical music. >> who doesn't like classical music? >> i don't know? kanye's pretty classical. "friday rewind" coming up. >> i don't know. >> kanye? kanye's pretty classical. "friday rewind" coming up. for my frequent heartburnmorning because you can't beat zero heartburn! ahhh the sweet taste of victory! prilosec otc. one pill each morning. 24 hours. zero heartburn. we've been changing things up witoh yeah.ve. it's a pleasure gel that magnifies both our sensations. it gives us chills in places we've never gotten chills before. yeah, it makes us feel like... dare to feel more with new k-y love. ♪balance transferot to othat's my game♪ ♪bank you nev

lenny did travel with the new york philharmonic. he did travel to other orchestras as well.enny was there to conduct when the berlin wall went down. charlie: he was in washington? valery: and isaac was there to defend carnegie hall, the life of it. i know jim was there as well to give his tremendous support. there were many others. charlie: there were all there for the fall? valery: there would be hole anymore. there was someone who could make a decision. the hall should go down as something built. shops, whatever. it was a symbol of the musical world. the music of the world overall. and so, yes, you need leaders. i do not know if i was a born leader, but i was born most probably in the right place and the right time. look, there were great conductors here. changing from [indiscernible] to a large space. carnegie hall needed leaders to save it. in my own small way, maybe this city our country needed a leader who would make sure that the ballet opera orchestra would not disappear like the soviet union. no more. we do second, they say, there is a problem outside the walls. i t

he played with the philharmonic on carnegie hall. during that time he saved up a lot of money. so what's the problem, he died in 2013 at the age of 96 with a $4 million to his name, and no will. i tracked down down a former coworker of his to find out more about this mysterious man who left so much behind ending if anything away. i went to the home of a friend who he played with for over 20 years. >> he had a lot of money. you know i he had a? because he didn't spend a mcnichol. he was a frugal person. >> if it goes on client, it will go to the authority of new york city and the man had an administrator's office. this happens more than you think so we have in our studio kurt who is an expert. >> thank you for having me. so it's more common than you think. today over $42 billion of unclaimed money. >> there's a website you can go to write. >> absolutely. unclaimed.calm as well as a missing money.com are two great resources to go to to find out if you do have a claim. if you do then work with the state to file the claim and paperwork. if paperwork. if your claim for someone who h

changing from [indiscernible] -- [indiscernible] you see -- but lenny was there to help the philharmonicut also the met. to a large space. immediate leaders. carnegie hall needed leaders to save it. in my own small way, maybe this city our country needed a leader who would make sure that the ballet would not disappear. no more. wait a second, there is a problem. i thought in 1988 and especially in 1999, i will make whatever it takes. , -- i dider happens my best to make these matters work. ♪ charlie: riccardo muti is here, when the preeminent conductors working today. he has led some of the world's best orchestras including the he became atlan's the 10th conductor of chicago orchestra. a look at the performance of beethoven's v. ♪ charlie: he led in a three concerts but beginning january 30, i am pleased to have you back at the table. welcome. is that the happiest moment for you when you are there with a good orchestra, music and composers you like leaving them? riccardo muti: this is a good question. people feel happy on the podium. that to conduct a great orchestra in front of the publ

it was held during the opening of the new york philharmonics 2015-2016 season. >> if i give you $100 million, you better put my name on it! you know? >> good for him! good for us! street. i walk through the lincoln center every single time, and i'm coming and going to work, and there's so many free programs, and i'm a patron of the free programs at lincoln center, and i just say thank you. that's what i say. it's so beautiful and so fun. i can only dream as a parent forcing my children now to do their musical instructions and practice every day, but some day they could be in the pit or on the stage at lincoln center. that's just a dream. >> they will thank you, you know what i mean? >> tiger's daddy put a golf club in his hand young, and serena had a racket. you could be raising a protege. >> kate, get your harp out. >> she plays? the harp? >> she does. >> practice until your fingers bleed. >>> super moon this weekend. it's kind of interesting. a super moon eclipse is what we are looking for. sunday night into monday, and that will be one of the celestial features we hope to catch a

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he was interested in me because of my friend, normy greenspan and i loved -- i just heard the philharmonict week play the second symphony. gringglass, an electronics expert, had constructed an amplifier using -- forgive me -- parts from the electronic storeroom at los alamos. he built an amplifier, and it was a really good amplifier. we had a speaker somewhere, and we put -- we placed it in richard bellman's office. he had an office. of course, he was a theorist. experimentists didn't have offices, but he was a theorist, so he had an office. we had the amplifier, the loud speaker and the record player set up in richard bellman's office. norman greenspan and i decided to form a society, where we could listen to classical music. we called it the mushroom society because it could only meet at night when there was nobody there. we would play music very loud. beethoven, all of the classics. very late at night and really enjoying it. ted hall heard about it, i guess. he invited himself to become a member. so we were glad to have him as a member, and he would come to hear the class cam muical mus

he was interested in me because of my friend, normy greenspan and i loved -- i just heard the philharmonict week play the second symphony. gringglass, an electronics expert, had constructed an amplifier using -- forgive me -- parts from the electronic storeroom at los alamos. he built an amplifier, and it was a really good amplifier. we had a speaker somewhere, and we put -- we placed it in richard bellman's office. he had an office. of course, he was a theorist. experimentists didn't have offices, but he was a theorist, so he had an office. we had the amplifier, the loud speaker and the record player set up in richard bellman's office. norman greenspan and i decided to form a society, where we could listen to classical music. we called it the mushroom society because it could only meet at night when there was nobody there. we would play music very loud. beethoven, all of the classics. very late at night and really enjoying it. ted hall heard about it, i guess. he invited himself to become a member. so we were glad to have him as a member, and he would come to hear the class cam muical mus