valery gergiev gave me a tour. here is my conversation with him at the new opera house. this is a new home and an old home because we are sitting in the new mariinsky theater. when you first came as a man in your 20's, what was the attraction and what was the history of the place? valery: so great to have you here, first of all. welcome to st. petersburg. welcome to one of the mariinsky theaters. long ago, i was a student in the leningrad conservatory of music. tchaikovsky studied here and was one of the most famous and now overall the most famous musician. charlie: and the famous tchaikovsky competition. valery: i'm chairman of that committee and i'm responsible of inviting the international jury, organizing the orchestral performance and participation. it's a big register goal issue. it is expensive but very important since we started. it is now watched in 144 countries. he was an honorary chairman, an honorary leader, a great american legend. that continues to live in this country. very few people like gregorian. charlie: a young man from fort worth, texas. valery: by

charlie: valery gergiev has been the artistic and musical conductor and he became the musical directoronducted the london symphony orchestra. in 2000, he had a vision for a new opera house which, after several technical set backs, finally opened on his 60th birthday in 2013. the new mariinsky is one of the

on june -- i visited where valery gergiev gave my a tour of the campus. here is my conversation with him at the new operahouse am thank you for allowing us to come into your new home. >> my pleasure. >> rose: it is a new home and an old home. because we are sitting in the new mariinsky theater. i want to talk about that. but tell me about coming here, when you first came as a man in his --, what was the attraction and what was the history of the place? >> first of all charlie it is so great to have you here first of all. welcome, to sait petersburg to the mariinsky theatre one of the mariinsky theatres to be precise it was long ago i was a institute in then leningrad conserve tore tchaikovsky is one of the most famous and now maybe overall most famous musicians. >> . >> rose: the famous chy confiski competitionness which is now taking place. >> i'm a chairman of the committee, i'm responsible for inviting international jury and organizing process and organizing the orchestra pansion and year all. >> it is very important it is watched now in 144 countries.