Culture and art
Culture and art
Year of Literature in Russia came to the end with the large-scale project of VGTRK “War and peace. Reading of the novel”, dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the writing of that great epic work of literature.
Music
On December 16, 2015 was the 100th anniversary since the birth of the outstanding composer, the Honoured Artist of the USSR and the winner of a set of awards, Georgy Sviridov. One of his most known works
Exhibitions
Moscow offers visitors and residents of the capital to travel to a fairy tale. The winter festival «Journey to Christmas» starts on December 18, 2015 and will last till January 14, 2016.
Culture and art
From the date of Vincent Van Gogh’s death all Europe celebrates 125 anniversary in 2015. Everywhere are held the thematic events devoted to the great Netherlands artist. Moscow didn’t stand aside
Exhibitions
The grand exhibition for the 150 anniversary since the birth of Valentin Serov was prepared by the Tretyakov gallery. Visitors will be able to see 250 works of the great artist. There are not only paintings
Exhibitions
From December 11 to December 13, 2015 in Gostiny dvor will take place the 6th Moscow international exhibition “Art of the Doll». More than 1000 artists from 26 countries of the world will participate in
Music
The 9th AVAExpo festival will be held on December 5 and 6 in Lenekspo exhibition complex in St. Petersburg. This festival is the largest annual festival of pop culture in Russia. The event gathers under
Music
The celebration of two grand musical anniversaries is held this year. First of all, it is 175 year anniversary of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s birth. Different cultural events in honor to this anniversary
Culture and art
In only 27 km from Tallinn there is a small village Keyla-Yoa. It is remarkable, first of all, with Keila river and its magnificent falls. However, not only the natural beauty attracts tourists there.
Culture and art
On Novemer 28 and 29, in the Mariinsky Theatre of St. Petersburg will be held the lecture «The magical world of opera». The script author and the host is Natalia Entelis, a musicologist, a developer of
Culture and art
In October, on the stage of «Music Hall», was presented the premiere of the musical «Onegin». The unusual format to a classic book gave the production company Makers Lab. This is not their first experience
Exhibitions
The State Hermitage Museum implements some projects in order to develop the museum, to strengthen the international cultural relations, to encourage the study of the collections of the Hermitage. One of them is “
Culture and art
On November 11 (or, upon old style on October 30) 1821 was born Russian writer Theodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky. He came from an impoverished noble family and orphaned early. The writer’
Culture and art
Cultural events are not infrequent in Italy, as spending on culture is reducing every year and currently amounts to less than 1% of the state budget. More than half of theaters were closed in the country
Culture and art
France is a wonderful country. This expression is connected first of all with francais’ mode de life and a lot of associations. One of them is Restos du coeur or its second name Restaurant of heart, cordiality.