Word: konovalov
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...yesterday afternoon were treated to the sounds of five undergraduate klappermeisters honing their bell ringing skills. High above in the belltower, students pressed footpedals as others pulled at an intricate web of ropes above. Their teachers included none other than the bell ringer of the Kremlin, Igor Konovalov, and Hierodeacon Roman Ogryzkov, chief bell ringer of the Danilov Monastery in Moscow. The Russian musical duo is teaching three master classes to the five undergraduate members of the Lowell House Society of Russian Bell Ringers. Their visit is the result of a long saga centered on the acquisition of the bells...
...Father Roman, the bell ringer at the monastery, said through a translator. “They were witnesses to many historical events.” Lowell organized multiple events to greet the Russians. Father Roman taught a master class along with two bell ringers for the Kremlin, Igor Konovalov and Konstantin Michourovski, on Tuesday, and another will be offered at 6 p.m. tonight. Konovalov spoke about Russian bell ringing yesterday, and Michourovski will host a class on Friday afternoon. The Vera Foundry, which is making Lowell’s new bells, showed videos yesterday to a group of Harvard officials...
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