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Dance, Music, Performance, Theatre

Golda. A musical story of love, loss and resilience

BY Russian Art & Culture POSTED 21/11/2023 8:47 PM

Bird&Carrot Productions proudly presents the world premiere of GOLDA, a heartfelt and immersive musical story that follows the inspiring journey of a Ukrainian artist and refugee as she fled her home to find hope in a foreign land. The heroine’s life took an unexpected turn when war shattered her world. Once brimming with joy, love, […] Read More

Gift Shop

Handmade Designer Necklaces: Retro-Futurism by Marina Lutsky

PRICE: £180 + packing and postage depending on location

We are delighted to bring you a range of handcrafted accessories created by artist Marina Lutsky with your festive needs in mind. Whether you’re looking for the perfect gift or a statement piece to complete your look, these are a must-have. Marina Lutsky is an international designer who creates custom-made hand-crafted necklaces and bracelets. The […] More Information

Music, News, Performance

The Cleveland Orchestra to release recording of Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4

BY Russian Art & Culture POSTED 02/11/2023 7:53 PM

The Cleveland Orchestra to release recording of Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4, led by Music Director Franz Welser-Möst, on December 1, 2023 CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Orchestra will release a new audio recording of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4 in F minor on Friday, December 1, 2023. Led by Music Director Franz Welser-Möst, the recording […] Read More

Music, Performance, Reviews

Wagner at Mariinsky Theatre

BY Yulia Savikovskaya POSTED 27/10/2023 5:53 PM

Richard Wagner as a source of visual splendour: the premieres at Mariinsky Theatre It seems that there are special kinds of music lovers in this world – those who can be called Wagnerites, Wagnerfiles, Wagneromans. Those who cannot get enough of Wagner, even if each of his masterpieces usually lasts about 4-5 hours. Those who […] Read More

Art, Exhibition

Tour Frans Hals at the National Gallery with Irene Kukota

BY Irene Kukota POSTED 23/10/2023 2:58 PM

We’ve got an opportunity for you to book a tour of the new exhibition at the National Gallery and discover the stories behind Frans Hals portraits! Travel back in time to the 17th-century Dutch Republic and enjoy paintings of the Dutch Golden Age. Our tour will take 3 hours and we will start by looking […] Read More

Art, News

Master gilder Maria Ruzaikina: Breathing new life into traditional craft

BY Russian Art & Culture POSTED 14/10/2023 3:54 PM

There is a story that shortly after the end of World War II, Joseph Stalin, inspired by the triumph and hungry for every possible manifestation of grandeur, ordered to have one set of Soviet ceremonial military uniforms decorated with a special axelbant made of twisted gold thread – as was the custom in Tsarist times. […] Read More

News

Anastasia Lopoukhine – ‘On Line’ at Gallery Different

BY Russian Art & Culture POSTED 11/10/2023 6:14 PM

Anastasia Lopoukhine is a member of the Demidoff family, her grandmother’s father being Georgiy Vasiliyevich Demidov. Anastasia’s ancestral grandfather was Carl Andreas Koefoed (1855-1948), originally from Denmark, but who lived in Russia for fifty years, and who was instrumental in driving agricultural reform in Russia with Count Sergei Witte (1849-1915) and Pyotr Stolypin (1862-1911). It was Koefoed’s […] Read More

News

Piano Recital with Yulia Chaplina

BY Yulia Chaplina POSTED 02/10/2023 10:32 AM

Dartmouth House will be hosting a lunchtime concert by pianist, Yulia Chaplina, on Friday, 10 November the programme will include works by Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, Prokofiev, Scriabin, Kchachaturian. Debuting aged seven with a performance of Bach’s Keyboard Concerto in F minor with the Rostov State Symphony Orchestra, Ms. Chaplina trained in Rostov and Moscow with Naum […] Read More

Art, Art Market, Exhibition, News

British Art Fair 2023: Crossing Borders Sep 28 – Oct 1

BY Russian Art & Culture POSTED 29/09/2023 5:14 PM

The 32nd edition of British Art Fair opens this week presenting its annual showcase of the very best Modern British and Contemporary British Art, elegantly installed throughout the museum-style interiors of Saatchi Gallery, London. Since 1988 British Art Fair has been the flagship fair for Modern British Art, representing celebrated artists including Bridget Riley, Francis […] Read More

Performance, Theatre

Performance of ‘The White Factory’ at Marylebone Theatre

BY Russian Art & Culture POSTED 31/08/2023 3:44 PM

Spanning several decades, The White Factory explores the life of Yosef Kaufman, a Holocaust survivor from Łódź, haunted by his wartime experiences as he tries to build a new future in 1960s Brooklyn. This is the world premiere of a daring collaboration between Ukrainian, Russian and British creatives, led by writer Dmitry Glukhovsky, author of the bestselling Metro 2033 franchise, […] Read More

News

Exhibition: Wandering in Other Worlds – Evenki Cosmology and Shamanic Traditions

BY Russian Art & Culture POSTED 17/08/2023 10:14 AM

Until 3 September 2023, Pitt Rivers Museum invites you, through this display and the virtual reality (VR) headset, to wander in another world, an Evenki world. Listen to stories shaped by Evenki cosmology and shamanic tradition and find out how these relate to objects in the Pitt Rivers Museum. The Evenki are a diverse cultural […] Read More

Art, Exhibition, Photography

Georgy Keymakh: Identifying the object

BY Russian Art & Culture POSTED 13/08/2023 10:25 AM

Georgy Keymakh: identifying the object First of all, choose your object It’s banal to say that the choice of the photographed object is crucial. However, the process itself tells us a lot about the photographer. While some will focus on capturing nature in micro-perspective, the eyes of others will be drawn to the repetitiveness […] Read More

Art, Education, Exhibition, Interview, Research

A MARATHON OF MUSIC-MAKING: THE SHOWCASE OF NEW TALENTS AT THE XVII TCHAIKOVSKY COMPETITION IN MOSCOW AND ST PETERSBURG

BY Yulia Savikovskaya POSTED 10/08/2023 4:56 PM

A marathon of music-making: The showcase of new talents at the XVII Tchaikovsky Competition (Moscow and St Petersburg) The second half of June 2023 was marked by one of the biggest musical events in Russian cultural landscape – the Tchaikovsky competition for young musicians (you have to be under 32) in 6 different categories: piano, […] Read More

Art, Exhibition

Hunted past: London based artist Katya Granova reimagines old photographs

BY Russian Art & Culture POSTED 15/06/2023 12:42 PM

Hunted past: Katya Granova reimagines old photographs. Over a year has passed since the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, and the situation has become increasingly unsafe for Russian artists. Many of them have fled their home country, seeking refuge around the world, due to the oppressive regime under Putin. Expressing anti-war sentiments has become a […] Read More

Interview, Performance, Theatre

Russian premiere of tom Stoppard’s play Leopoldstadt

BY Yulia Savikovskaya POSTED 14/06/2023 6:17 AM

Tom Stoppard’s play Leopoldstadt gets a Russian premiere Yulia Savikovskaya meets Alexey Borodin, the director of the production and the Art Director of Russian Academic Youth Theatre, Moscow. On June 16, 2023 Russian Academic Youth Theatre (RAMT), Moscow will have a unique premiere that will open a new page in its history. The audiences will […] Read More

Books, Literature, Reviews

Finding the Words: New Writing from Maxim Osipov and Mikhail Shishkin

BY Peter Lowe POSTED 07/05/2023 12:00 PM

Finding the Words: New Writing from Maxim Osipov and Mikhail Shishkin. In conversation at London’s Pushkin House recently Maxim Osipov spoke of the urgent need for writers and other émigrés to respond in print to actions perpetrated by the Russian state that are utterly against their own beliefs and values. As dissent within the […] Read More

Music, Performance