Day: May 31, 2017
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The Third Congress of the Society for Theory of Music “Revolutions in the History of Music Culture”
25 September 2017 – 29 September 2017 Russia’s Society for Theory of Music Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory The Third Congress of the Society for Theory of Music “Revolutions in the History of Music Culture” (Dedicated to the Centennial of the Russian Revolution of 1917) International Scholarly Congress 25–29 September 2017 It is well known that…
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Why the Kids Are Bastards (Op-ed)
You’re probably expecting a chat about the hurricane that tried to flatten Moscow—likely an answer to Mike Pence’s prayers. But no.
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III International Nikolay Rubinstein Competition of Chamber Ensembles and String Quartets
23 September 2017 – 28 September 2017 The competition founder and organizer: Moscow State Conservatory P. I. Tchaikovsky Jury of the Competition Well-known musicians, both performers and pedagogues from all over the world are invited to the Jury of the Competition. This year the Jury consists of: Tigran Alikhanov (Russia) — Chairman Alexander Bonduryansky (Russia) Gauchar…
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The Composers’ Competition for the Ninth International Competition of Performers on Winds & Percussions
28 August 2017 – 31 August 2017 The Composers’ Competition within the Frameworks of the Moscow Conservatory’s Ninth International Competition of Performers on Wind & Percussion Instruments 28–31 August 2017 The competition is founded by Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory. The order of submitting the application and the holding of the competition The competition shall be…
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The International Summer School of 2017
01 August 2017 – 21 August 2017 The International Summer School of 2017 1 August — 21 August 2017 Program of the International Summer School 1 August — 21 August 2017 The International School of Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory offers an intensive program of individual lessons, lectures, master classes and performances in the following majors:…
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The III International competition for voice and piano duos «Pianovoce»
26 June 2016 – 30 June 2016 The III International competition for voice and piano duos «Pianovoce» June 26 – 30, 2016 The competition founder: Moscow State P.I. Tchaikovsky Conservatory Jury The Jury to be announced. Applications the competition is open to contestants born before June 1st, 1998 and after June 1st, 1980 (for vocalists)/…
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From Extravagance to Exile: What to See at the Chekhov Theater Festival
From May 24 to July 20, the Chekhov International Theater Festival is bringing 21 productions from 14 different countries to Moscow, with highlights including a ballet based on the life of Rudolph Nureyev.
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It’s a Small World: Children in Moscow
June 1 is the International Day for Protection of Children, when more than 50 countries across the world honor their younger generations.
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Deadly TU-154 Christmas Day Plane Crash Caused by Human Error, Says Russian Defence Ministry
The December 25 plane crash which killed 92 people, including members of Russia’s renowned Red Army Choir, was caused by human error, a new report has found.
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Waiting for a Miracle: Muscovites Line up to See the Remains of St. Nicholas
Russians from all walks of life line up to visit a saintly relic.
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Lecture “Between the Greeks and the Arabs.” Early medieval art of Central Asia
31 may 2017 Dear visitors! June 6 welcome to the lecture “Between the Greeks and the Arabs.” Early medieval art the Middle Asiais cycle “Archeology: journey through time”. After a tumultuous political events of the III-V centuries ad, which were partly associated with the “Great migration of peoples” in the territory of Central Asia…
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The concert “Charming sounds of the oboe”
31 may 2017 Age category: 16+ Dear visitors! On 1 June we invite to the concert “Charming sounds of the oboe” teacher’s orchestral Academy at the Central Conservatory of music in Beijing Loongana Lee. In the program: F. Poulenc, B. Britten, A. Dorati, Jazzopen, Zhu Dun, Lee Guochuan Accompanist: Svetlana Voronova The concert starts at…
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Russia’s Yandex Unveils Self-Driving Car
Russian tech company Yandex has unveiled their autonomous, self-driving vehicle.
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Welcome to The Machine: Inside the Secretive World of RT
RT is often accused of being a propaganda agency, but a culture of secrecy has made insider accounts difficult to come by. The Moscow Times spoke with several sources to get a rare glimpse inside.
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EXHIBITION “SPRING IN OCTOBER”
07.04.2017-27.11.2017 The project is the central event of the program “Born of October” within the framework of the 100th anniversary of the 1917 revolution and is dedicated to a bright period in the development of Soviet decorative and applied art of the second half of the twentieth century: artistic glass and ceramics of the 1960s-1980s.
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“DECORATIVE RUSSIAN ART 18 – EARLY 19TH CENTURIES”
26.04.2016 — 31.12.2017 The basis of the concept of the permanent exhibition is the principle of exhibits as unique art objects united in systems that consider not only the possibility of the collection, but reveals its advantages, and what is the most important – offers to look at the piece of decorative art out of the common…
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After ‘Hurricane,’ Muscovites Ask Why They Weren’t Warned
A fatal storm that swept Moscow caught residents off guard. Now they want to know why they weren’t warned.
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Bear stories
21.04.2017-27.08.2017 From April 21 to June 19, the All-Russian Museum of Decorative and Applied Art will host an exhibition entitled “Bear Tales”, which will display items of decorative and applied art and folk art representing the image of a bear in Russian culture
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Anne de Carbuccia One Planet One Future
Date: June 21 — September 10, 2017 Venue: MMOMA, Gogolevsky Boulevard 10/4 The Moscow Museum of Modern Art presents «One Planet One Future» — the first solo exhibition of French-American artist Anne de Carbuccia to take place in Russia. For the past three years de Carbuccia has been travelling to the most remote and inaccessible…
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SERGEI BORISOV. ZEITGEIST
Date: May 18 — June 18, 2017 Venue: MMOMA, Ermolaevsky 17 Curator: Catherine Borissoff The Moscow Museum of Modern Art in partnership with the RuArts Foundation presents a retrospective exhibition of Sergei Borisov titled «Zeitgeist», which is held in celebration of the 70th anniversary of one of the most sought-after photographers of the turn of the century. The term Zeitgeist translates from German as «spirit of the time»…
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Antoni Gaudí. Barcelona
Date: May 24, 2017 — September 10, 2017 Venue: MMOMA, Petrovka 25 ABOUT EXHIBITION Curator: Charo Sanjuán The Moscow Museum of Modern Art in partnership with AUREA Cultura I Art presents a large-scale exhibition «Antoni Gaudí. Barcelona». The project aims at tracing the artistic journey of Antoni Gaudí (1852-1926) through his major architectural achievements while revealing the influence of his work on contemporary…
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32% of Russians Support Physical Punishment for Teens — Poll
Almost a third of Russians believe that parents should have the right to beat their teenage children.
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Izborsk, State Historic, Architectural and Natural-Landscape Open-Air Museum ‘Izborsk’
29 May 2017- 31 August 2017 Izborsk, State Historic, Architectural and Natural-Landscape Open-Air Museum ‘Izborsk’ Organized by The Moscow Kremlin Museums Ivanovskaya Square of the Moscow KremlinThe exhibition of photographs from the collection of the Moscow Kremlin Museums held at the State Historical, Architectural and Natural-Landscape Open-Air Museum ‘Izborsk’ is organized within the framework of…
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Legends of Danish design
12.04.2017 – 11.06.2017 On April 12, 2017 “The Legends of Danish Design” exhibition will open at the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, set up by Moscow Design Museum in collaboration with the Royal Danish Library (Copenhagen) and Dansk Møbelkunst Gallery (Copenhagen), supported by the Royal Danish Embassy in Moscow and the Ministry of Cultural…
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Giorgio Morandi. 1890–1964
After more than 40 years since the 1973 exhibition of Giorgio Morandi’s works at The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, the Museum organizes an extensive retrospective show dedicated to the oeuvre of Morandi (1890–1964) – one of Italy’s leading artists of the 20th century and an iconic figure of European art. Morandi’s art is…
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Putin and Abe to attend Tokyo’s Russian Seasons opening ceremony
The amount of VIP state guests indicates the “level of trust” between the two countries Top Russian and Japanese officials will attend the Russian Season’s opening ceremony on June 4 in Tokyo, Russian State Secretary and Deputy Culture Minister Alexander Zhuravsky told TASS in an interview. “Russian President Vladimir Putin has invited Japanese Prime Minister…