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European Selection: best films of 21st century Europe at the New Tretyakov Gallery
The New Tretyakov Gallery is currently presenting a series of films in connection with its exhibition ‘Variety. Unity. European Contemporary Art. Berlin. Moscow. Paris’.“Toma” (2021)The selection is based on critically acclaimed…
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Weapons and Artwork from Tsarist Russia at Bruun Rasmussen Auctioneers
Interest in Russian art and antiques is growing at auction. Therefore, Bruun Rasmussen Auctioneers is expanding the schedule with an additional Russian Online Auction and will host a total of five theme auctions this year. It begins with…
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BALLET ICONS GALA 2022: 13 March
The annual BALLET ICONS GALA, presented by Ensemble Productions, celebrates the 150th anniversary of Sergei Diaghilev, the legendary creator of the Ballets Russes, at the Coliseum on 13 March 2022 with most memorable moments from the…
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“It’s more fun to keep running”: an interview with Alisa Zotimova
The book “From Moscow to London. Notes on happiness and business” by a new Russian-British author Alisa Zotimova launched in Moscow in December last year. A non-fiction hardcover was published in Russia by Alpina Pro (part of the prominent…
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Kensington Symphonic Orchestra Performs Gershwin, Korngold & Prokofiev
Prokofiev conjures romance and tragedy with startling artistry in his ballet Romeo and Juliet, in scenes performed by Kensington Symphony Orchestra (KSO). Although he initially completed the work for the Kirov Ballet in 1935, Prokofiev…
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BBC SO/Stasevska Before the Iron Curtain – 4 February
BBC Symphony Orchestra Principal Guest Conductor Dalia Stasevska presents music from two titans of Russian music – separated by continents, but not yet the iron curtain. Dalia Stasevska @Barbican By the time Sergei Rachmaninov began his…
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Classics for Kids: Tchaikovsky with Yulia Chaplina
Classics for Kids is a specially designed series of concerts for children 5+ years old, created by award-winning pianist and our regular contributor Yulia Chaplina with the aim of introducing children to the best of the world’s…
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TAKOY THEATRE’S “IRAN CONFERENCE” Play by IVAN VYRYPAEV
Stage Russia and Pushkin House are proud to present an online screening of Takoy Theatre‘s Iran Conference by Ivan Vyrypaev followed by a Q&A with the playwright, in conversation with Prof Michael Earley. The recording will be…
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FUTUROMARENNIA in Kiyv till 30 January
Last few days to visit or view the virtual tour of the Futuromarrenia exhibitor at Mystetsky Arsenal in Kyiv, Ukraine. Futurism is an outstanding phenomenon of world art history originated in Italy. Bacila futuryzmu, “bacteria of Futurism,”…
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Online Talk: Rivals on Bond Street: Fabergé and Cartier – 8 February
Join curator Kieran McCarthy and author Francesca Cartier Brickell online for a look at the relationship between the two master jewellers of the era. ©V&A In conjunction with the V&A exhibition ‘Fabergé in London: Romance to…
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Alim Beisembayev performs at Royal College of Music concert
We welcome conductor Sir Antonio Pappano back to the RCM to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of Vaughan Williams, with a performance of his gentle and reflective Symphony no 5. ©Royal College of Music Vaughan Williams travelled…
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Ilya Repin’s Russian Soul in Paris
Posters for the Ilya Repin exhibition at the Petit Palais, Paris, refer to him as a ‘painter of the Russian soul’ and there is certainly ample evidence of his capacity to both record and construct a particular sense of ‘Russian’ identity…
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Ivan and Mikhail Morozov’s Art Collection: From Paris to Moscow and Back Again
Within the Bois de Boulogne, the Fondation Louis Vuitton sits like a recently landed spaceship, a mass of glass and steel designed in Frank Gehry’s trademark style and planted in the woods where the real-life Parisians who inspired Balzac…
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Soviet 60s: A Turning Point in Cinema: Interview with Sam Goff
Kino Klassika presents SOVIET 60s: A TURNING POINT IN CINEMA, a monthly film series at the Ciné Lumière spotlighting a stunning selection of auteur films. On 18 January 2022 Kino Klassika in partnership with the Institut Français will…
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Snow on Grass: exhibition by the animator Yuri Norstein and the artist Francesca Yarbusov
Since the beginning of his artistic life, Yuri Norstein has been the mythmaker of the animation, a visionary who treated his art as creation of universes at the intersection of painting and literature. Inhabitants of his worlds — characters…
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