Please, forgive me for keeping silence these days: I was under the impression from what happened here. I am in Sochi from the day of the opening of the Olympic games. I am overwhelmed with emotions right now, and I want to talk about what I see here. ...

I want to congratulate everyone on the New Year and merry Christmas! For me, these celebrations this year were especially touching, because I for the first time in 21 years, celebrated them at home in Irkutsk. Christmas meetings were warm in all respects. ...

In the evening I performed a concert with the famous Dutch Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and a brilliant maestro Mariss Jansons, its chief conductor for many years already. ...

Denis broadcasts from Asia during his tour with Valery Gergiev and the London Symphony Orchestra. This blog depicts everyday life: dinner in Chinese restaurant, going for a walk, elections day. Please be indulgent toward the “cameraman’s” (Denis Matsuev’s) work: small technical failures will not repeat next time, because one learns from one's mistakes. Anyway, there is some charm in tiny mishaps. ...