Wednesday saw the beginning of a 6-day world tour by a handful of noted Russian art groups, reports the Voice of Russia's Olga Bugrova, adding that destinations include several European and South American countries.
Thursday will witness a performance of the Kazan National Drama Theater in the Colombian capital, Bogota - an event that is taking place within the framework of the 12th Ibero-American festival. The audience is all but sure to appreciate Spanish playwright Pedro Calderon's Life Is A Dream, staged by the Tatarstan-based Drama Theater, which also plans to present the play in Spain late this year.
In a separate development this week, acclaimed Russian orchestras are giving concerts in ten major European cities.
The beginning of the week saw a series of concerts the Russian National Philharmonic Orchestra gave in Madrid, Barcelona and Saragossa. Directed by prominent Russian violinist Vladimir Spivakov, the Orchestra made a splash among local audiences by brilliantly performing musical pieces by prolific Russian composers Peter Tchaikovsky and Dmitry Shostakovich.
The Moscow Great Symphony Orchestra named after Tchaikovsky and headed by Vladimir Fedoseyev, in turn, hit the stage in Luxembourg and Vienna earlier in the week.
The St.Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra jointly with maestro Yury Temirkhanov are currently on tour to Rome, Milan, Parma, Bologna and Palermo. Part of the tour will be a string of performances by eminent Russian pianist Nikolai Lugansky.
Meanwhile, a cultural presentation of the Russian republic of Tuva is under way in Helsinki, Warsaw, Vienna and Berlin - an event that will hopefully help Westerners to get a better understanding of what is situated on the junction of Central Asia and Russia's Siberia.
One of Central Asia's most ancient ethnic communities, the Tuvan people thoroughly preserve their unique culture, our correspondent says. Aside from Buddhism, shamanism remains the Tuvan republic's other religion, helping attract more foreign tourists to Tuva .
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