The message reads, in part:
“You have won the well-deserved respect of your colleagues and numerous theatre lovers in Russia and other countries as a talented and independent stage director and as the artistic director of the famous Vakhtangov Theatre.
I am confident that your exceptional professionalism, creative energy and the courage of a true master will serve as the basis for your creative future and the successful implementation of your striking and unconventional ideas and plans.”
Rimas Tuminas is a Russian/Lithuanian theatre director and winner of the State Prize of the Russian Federation and the Lithuanian National Culture and Art Prize.