The myth of Teodor Currentzis: an attempt at deconstruction

Abstact. The article deals with the mythological structures that exist in modern culture, especially musical. The author of the article assumes that the conductor Teodor Currentzis forms a myth with the help of an appeal to the media, which is characterized by the image of a creator making a new musical world. The concept of A.F. Losev is used as the basis of the research. It implies a “mythical view of the myth”, where the myth is not a fiction, but represents the most intense reality. Based on the thesis that a myth is a personal story given in words with elements of the miraculous, the author makes an attempt to deconstruct it. In order to determine the specifics of myth-making, a qualitative analysis of the biographical discourse and creative activity of the conductor is carried out through a contextual analysis of Internet resources.