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Olga Bugrova Zubin Mehta’s Moscow luggage20 мая 2012 13:38On May 20, the one and only concert of the Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of prominent Indian conductor Zubin Mehta is to take place at the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall in Moscow. Maestro Mehta has been at the helm of the Israeli Symphonic Orchestra since 1977. Stravinsky Week opens in London11 мая 2012 20:16Valery Gergiev’s Stravinsky Festival has opened in London. On May 11th the London Symphony Orchestra and its head Maestro Gergiev began a week-long musical marathon dedicated to Igor Stravinsky, one of the most brilliant composers of the 20th century. A similar event took place in 2010 when Valery Gergiev put on the Stravinsky Festival in New York. Russian season starts in New York10 мая 2012 18:18The Russian season starts in the U.S. with the opening of a fine art exhibition at the ABA Gallery in New York on Thursday. The ABA gallery presents an exhibition of Russian Art from Private Collections: Borovikovsky to Kabakov - from portrait-painter of the 18th century to conceptualist of the 20th century. London-New York : "Read Russia" programme launched2 мая 2012 18:48A global programme for the advancement of modern Russian literature on the world market, “Read Russia”, has finally been launched. St. Pete hosts 1st International Festival of Amateur Ensembles1 мая 2012 18:00On May 2-4, St. Petersburg hosts the 1st International Festival of Amateur Ensembles “From the West to the East”. The festival is expected to become an annual event focusing every year on a different kind of amateur art. In the future the festival will also present amateur ballet companies, choirs or circus performers. Alexander Solzhenitsyn Prize goes to Oleg Pavlov26 апреля 2012 15:23The ceremony of awarding Alexander Solzhenitsyn Prize, which bears the name of the great writer, thinker, public figure, and a Nobel Prize winner, is being held in Moscow on April 26th for the 14th time now. This year the Alexander Solzhenitsyn prize has been awarded to writer and publicist Oleg Pavlov. A night at the library20 апреля 2012 16:23Be sure you take a flashlight and a sleeping bag with you if you are going to participate in the Biblio-night action to be held in 90 cities across Russia on Friday night. American Seasons in Russia: seasons of hope18 апреля 2012 21:09Russian audiences are looking forward to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under maestro Riccardo Muti. Its tour kick starts in Moscow on April 18 and then will move to St.Petersburg to end the American Seasons in Russia. The American Seasons is a large-scale cultural project organized by the US-Russia Presidential Commission. Tarkovsky: visualization of soul4 апреля 2012 17:35“To me, filmmaking has always been a moral occupation rather than a trade,” outstanding Russian film director Andrei Tarkovsky used to say. He would have turned 80 on April 8th. “Discovering Tarkovsky was like a miracle,” acclaimed Swedish moviemaker Ingmar Bergman wrote later. Protecting the past to protect the future3 апреля 2012 16:57On April 2, an exhibition devoted to the history of an international treaty on protection of cultural monuments and to the treaty’s initiator Nikolay Roerich opened in UNESCO’s headquarters in Paris. Nikolay Roerich was a Russian philosopher and artist who lived in India for a long time. Red Star Ensemble tours US to inspire interest in Russian culture1 апреля 2012 16:23“All tickets sold out”-this notice appeared at the Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts in New York long before April 1, the day when the Red Star Army Chorus and Dance Ensemble from Russia was scheduled to perform there. Impulsion in granite and bronze29 марта 2012 16:48A monument to Mstislav Rostropovich, a musician recognized by many as an outstanding one, was opened in Moscow’s center on March 29. One of the honorary guests at the opening ceremony was Vladimir Putin, Russia’s soon-to-be president and current prime minister. Foreign nominees for Golden Mask27 марта 2012 17:22The 27th of March, International Theatre Day, is traditionally the beginning of Russia’s largest theatrical festival, The Golden Mask. This year, 183 participants will be competing for Russia’s main theatrical prize. Mariinsky label: recommended for listening26 марта 2012 16:57The competent British BBC Music Magazine has called the latest disc with the Mariinsky label ‘the best opera music disc in March’. The famous Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg has had its own music-recording label for several years. Queen of fine arts20 марта 2012 17:10‘The Museum Muse’, ‘the world’s most elegant Iron Lady’ and ‘the Queen of fine arts’ are just some of the names used to describe Irina Antonova, the famous director of the Moscow Museum of Fine Arts. Irina Antonova is celebrating her 90th birthday on the 20th of March. Master and Margarita15 марта 2012 20:55Popular British actor and director Simon McBurney has confirmed his reputation of an expert in classical Russian literature. The 15th of March is the first night of a performance at his Theatre de Complicite based on the most well-known and favourite 20th century novel in Russia, The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov. Treasures of Glinka Museum11 марта 2012 20:20On March 11th the State Central Museum of Musical Culture in Moscow that was named after the Russian composer Mikhail Glinka marked its 100th anniversary. Two large collections are the “visiting card” of the Glinka Museum. Russian animation – century-old but young5 марта 2012 20:47Russia has been producing animated cartoons for over 100 years, and it may be said that the cartoon festival which finished on March 4 in the Russian city of Suzdal, in a way, summed up the century-old history of cartoon making in Russia. Prominent Russian singers conquer world opera stage29 февраля 2012 19:06All over the world opera theaters’ billboards carry more and more names of Russian operas, Russian singers and Russian stage directors. "The Artist" sweeps prize at 84th Academy Awards27 февраля 2012 17:47The French-Belgian production The Artist was named the best film and garnered half a dozen other awards at the 84th Academy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles on Sunday. Even though The Artist, directed by Michel Hazanavicius, is at odds with mainstream cinema, its victory came as nothing unexpected for many in Los Angeles. |
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