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NO-ONE: a different view on the collapse of the USSR

NO-ONE: a different view on the collapse of the USSR

BY Olga Pogodina-Kuzmina POSTED 12/02/2019 11:37 AM

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IVAN TSAREVICH AND THE SOVIET CANDY WRAPPER "Read

IVAN TSAREVICH AND THE SOVIET CANDY WRAPPER
"Reading many illustrated Russian fairy tales and national stories, one may be drawn to the likes of ‘Clumsy Bears’, ‘Red Poppy’, one of my personal favourites ‘Kara-Kum’ as well as other classics by Soviet confectionary manufacturer Красный Октябрь (“Red October”). The Soviet фантики or “candy wrappers” have been an element of discussion predominantly in Russian media over their discourse in the West which remains limited. In this discussion, I strive to illustrate the link of the Soviet candy wrappers to the Russian soul and childhood, particularly fairy tales. In other words, how the art of Soviet candy wrappers presents romance, dreaminess and nature as can be seen in fairy tales – as seen in my eyes" -- by Lana Velkova
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#candy #конфеты #heritage #history #research #fairytales

OXFORD PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA MARKS ITS SILVER JUB

OXFORD PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA MARKS ITS SILVER JUBILEE: INTERVIEW WITH MARIOS PAPADOPOULOS BY YULIA CHAPLINA
To mark their 25th anniversary in 2023, Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra and Marios Papadopoulos present a Silver #Jubilee concert at Barbican Centre on 6 February with Maxim Alexandrovich Vengerov, and a star-studded season ahead for year-long celebrations in #Oxford, alongside several more concerts in #London at Royal Albert Hall, Cadogan Hall and St Martin-in-the-Fields.
Festivities at the Barbican commence with #Brahms’s Academic Festival Overture, followed by Marios Papadopoulos conducting the same composer’s 2nd Symphony and Maxim Vengerov performing #Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto.
In the run up to the concert, our regular contributor Yulia Chaplina met with Marios Papadopoulos to talk about the founding of the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra and how it has developed over the years.
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Chaplina's Classic Concert Series #music #violin #orchestra #celebration #concert

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Thank you, everyone, who joined us for The Cosmic

Thank you, everyone, who joined us for The Cosmic House private tour. We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did.
Densely packed with ideas, symbols and motifs, its architecture embraces an entire cosmos of architectural allusion, history, metaphor and reference. Switching between pop and classical culture, between high art and accessible kitsch, it became a built manifesto for the architecture that emerged in reaction to the slowly solidifying canon of Modernism as it faded in the late mid-century. Designed in collaboration with architect (Sir) Terry Farrell, and built between 1978 and 1983, the house became a forum for conversation and dialogue at the epicentre of the Post-Modern moment and the cultural discourse around ideas, history, science and aesthetics.
Here are some photos from the tour. We are planning more tours like this in the future - watch this space!
#RACtours #arttour #artexperience #cosmichouse #art #architecture #interiordesign

PIANO RECITAL WITH YULIA CHAPLINA - 8 FEBRUARY AT

PIANO RECITAL WITH YULIA CHAPLINA - 8 FEBRUARY AT Dartmouth House
The English-Speaking Union welcomes you to an evening of #piano #music with The English-Speaking Union Music #Scholarship #alumna Yulia Chaplina
The concert programme includes:
#Scarlatti Sonata in D Minor K9
#Mozart Phantasy in D minor
#Haydn Sonata in D-major Hob. 16/24
#Haydn Andante con variationi
#Brahms Intermezzi no 1, 2 op 118
#Debussy Pour les arpèges composés
#Scriabin Prelude for the left hand op. 9
Selected Etudes, op. 2, 8, 42
Arrivals from 6.30pm, recital begins at 7pm sharp.
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@yuliachaplinapiano @dartmouthhouseweddings @theenglishspeakingunion

SHENGELAIA AT 90: AN EXCLUSIVE RETROSPECTIVE OF GE

SHENGELAIA AT 90: AN EXCLUSIVE RETROSPECTIVE OF GEORGIAN FILMS by Klassiki
From 9 February to 2 March 2023, Klassikii members can look forward to an exclusive retrospective of #Georgian auteur, Eldar Shengelaia, as we screen new restorations of five of his most beloved #films.
Klassiki presents Shengelaia at 90, highlights of which include screenings of #classic titles The White Caravan (1963) and Blue Mountains (1983) at the Garden Cinema, London, as well as the #online #premieres of The White Caravan (1963), Eccentrics (1973) and The Chair (2017) alongside existing Klassiki titles An Unusual Exhibition (1968) and Blue Mountains (1983).
Classic Georgian cinema has long been defined by the auteurs who lit up the #Soviet studio system with their #poetic #visual imagination: Tengiz Abuladze, Otar Iosseliani, and others. Perhaps the most under-appreciated of these figures outside of Georgia, Eldar Shengelaia, is nonetheless one of the most significant film artists the country has produced, his works retaining their political and artistic sharpness to this day.
The season will be accompanied by an exclusive online interview with Eldar himself and a round table discussion of his filmmaking career.
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#films #RETROSPECTIVE #georgia #georgianfilms

ALEKSANDR RODCHENKO’S PHOTOGRAPHY: SEEING THINGS

ALEKSANDR RODCHENKO’S PHOTOGRAPHY: SEEING THINGS DIFFERENTLY BY PETER LOWE
"As Aglaya Glebova writes, Rodchenko’s great value as a #photographer of #Soviet life is not only his choice of subject matter (it is hard to visualise 1920s Moscow without, consciously or not, having one of his images in mind) but his willingness to foreground the act of looking and seeing the world around you. While the more overt propaganda of the mature #Stalinist state makes no secret of what it is, Rodchenko’s photographs of a world slightly different, slightly askew, remain fascinating. Including as it does some of the most celebrated images of the Soviet era, Rodchenko’s body of work in photography holds open a window to another time and place, while simultaneously reminding us to always look twice at the strangeness of our own. For those new to his output, or those wanting to enjoy it again, Glebova’s book is a valuable addition to the #literature on this remarkable and always relevant figure". -- Peter Lowe
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#rodchenko #literature #bookreview #photography

LSO DISCOVERY FAMILY CONCERT: ORCHESTRAL OLYMPICS

LSO DISCOVERY FAMILY CONCERT: ORCHESTRAL OLYMPICS - 22 JANUARY AT @barbicancentre
@londonsymphonyorchestra
Run, jump, dance and sing as we discover the highest, lowest, fastest, slowest, coolest, catchiest music ever known.
Pieces by #Elgar, #Sibelius, #Handel, #Mendelssohn and many more take us on a fun, interactive journey at the Barbican, with a bit of friendly competition along the way!
Explore and join a variety of workshops before the concert:
🎶Music Workshop: Stalls Lounge, Barbican Level -1 (Stalls). Timed slots: 12pm, 12.35pm, 1.10pm, 1.45pm
💃Dance Workshop: Free Stage, Barbican Level G (Circle). Timed slots: 12pm, 12.35pm, 1.10pm, 1.45pm
🎨Craft drop-in: Club Stage, Barbican Level -1 (Stalls)
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#family #familyconcert #familytime #music #workshops #dance #weekendfun

LUNCHTIME CONCERT: SEMYON BYCHKOV CONDUCTS @royala

LUNCHTIME CONCERT: SEMYON BYCHKOV CONDUCTS @royalacademyofmusic Orchestra
27 JANUARY AT 13:00
The Academy’s Klemperer Chair of Conducting, Semyon Bychkov, conducts #Dvořák’s Seventh Symphony, inspired by the struggles of the #Czech people during the rising political tensions of Austria-Hungary in the 1880s.
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#conductor #music #LunchtimeConcert #lunchtime #foodforthought

UMBERTO GIORDANO’S FEDORA #LIVE FROM THE MET - 1

UMBERTO GIORDANO’S FEDORA #LIVE FROM THE MET - 14 JANUARY @barbicancentre
Umberto Giordano’s exhilarating #drama returns to the Met repertory for the first time in 25 years. Packed with memorable melodies, showstopping arias, and explosive confrontations.
Fedora requires a cast of thrilling voices to take flight, and the Met’s new production promises to deliver. Soprano Sonya Yoncheva, one of today’s most riveting artists, sings the title role of the 19th-century Russian princess who falls in love with her fiancé’s murderer, Count Loris, sung by star tenor Piotr Beczała. Soprano Rosa Feola is the Countess Olga, Fedora’s confidante, and #baritone Artur Ruciński is the #diplomat De Siriex, with much-loved Met maestro Marco Armiliato #conducting.
#Director David McVicar delivers a detailed and #dramatic staging based around an ingenious fixed set that, like a #Russian nesting #doll, unfolds to reveal the opera’s three distinctive settings—a #palace in #St. Petersburg, a fashionable Parisian salon, and a picturesque villa in the Swiss Alps.
This #live #cinema transmission is part of The Metropolitan Opera award-winning #Live in HD series, bringing #opera to #movie theatres across the globe.
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RACHMANINOV’S FIRST: 18 JANUARY AT @southbankcen

RACHMANINOV’S FIRST: 18 JANUARY AT @southbankcentre
‘Vengeance is mine; I will repay, sayeth the Lord’.
And taking his cue from those thunderous words, the young #Rachmaninov hurled himself into the mother of all First Symphonies.
It was lost (but later recovered) when its #composer fled the #Russian #Revolution for a life of exile.
It’s a gripping climax to a concert that begins with Brett Dean’s musical re-imagination of an ancient culture, and features the UK premiere of Kinan Azmeh’s jazz-inspired #Clarinet #Concerto – #music infused with the sounds of his native Syria, and performed tonight by the #composer himself.
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#music #rachmaninoff #rachmaninov #piano #clarinet

CHEKHOV’S GRAND PIANO - 14 JANUARY @osoartscentr

CHEKHOV’S GRAND PIANO - 14 JANUARY @osoartscentre
There are many parallels between the works of Anton Chekhov and that of his compatriots. Chekhov’s writing is filled with allusions to music, especially the piano, and some of the plays have piano interludes. Shostakovich noted that Chekhov’s short stories were written in sonata form. #Chekhov corresponded with #Tchaikovsky, whom he revered, and his friend #Rachmaninoff played the piano in Chekhov’s summer home The White Dacha at Yalta.
In this mixed-genre production from @7starconcerts the words of the great Russian writer, Anton #Chekhov, are interwoven with music by #Tchaikovsky, #Rachmaninov, #Prokofiev and more, plus original compositions by David le Page, inspired by ‘The Seagull’.
‘Chekhov’s Grand Piano’ interweaves piano music by #Tchaikovsky, #Rachmaninoff, #Prokofiev and #Kreisler with readings from the ‘The Seagull’, ‘Ivanov’, ‘The Cherry Orchard’ and ‘The Three Sisters’, selected and read by actress Susan Porrett.
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#music #literature #readings #theatre #mixedart #chekhov #antonchekhov

STORMS OF PASSION – JANÁČEK’S KATYA KABANOVA

STORMS OF PASSION – JANÁČEK’S KATYA KABANOVA: 13 JANUARY 2023
Janáček’s opera “Katya Kabanova” is that of loneliness, love, and the price of passion, in a dramatic #concert #performance from Sir Simon Rattle and a hand-picked, star-studded cast.
Katya is young, sensitive and desperate for love. But trapped in a remote country village with a bored husband and his snobbish family, she has no way out, until a summer thunderstorm changes everything. Uncompromisingly honest, and pulsing with intensely human emotion, the story of 'Katya Kabanova' is written in music that cuts straight to the chase. @londonsymphonyorchestra concert stagings of classic operas always make headlines: this will be one to remember.
The cast includes the #super #tenor Simon O’Neill and living #legend Sir John Tomlinson. And appearing in one of her signature roles, as seen at the @royaloperahouse, Amanda Majeski as Katya.
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#opera #SirSimonRattle #amandamajeski #sirjohntomlinson #simononeil @simon_rattle @majeskiamanda

SOCIETY OF GRAPHIC FINE ART: OPEN CALL FOR ARTISTS

SOCIETY OF GRAPHIC FINE ART: OPEN CALL FOR ARTISTS - APPLY BY 6 JANUARY 2023
Established in 1919, the Society of #Graphic #Fine #Art exists to promote and exhibit original works of high quality in colour or black and white, with the emphasis on excellence in drawing and draughtsmanship, demonstrated by hand. This includes all media including pencil, pen, brush, #painting, #charcoal, #conté and any of the forms of original #printmaking.
The Society holds an annual Open #exhibition in London with selected work, several Members Only exhibitions with no selection, in London and the regions and also online exhibitions. The Society welcomes and encourages members to take an active part in the Society, in regional events, social media, videos and drawing days.
Submissions invited from UK and international #artists: drawings in any medium, monochrome or colour – pencil, coloured pens and pencils, pen and ink, pastels and oil pastels, charcoal, conté, etc. Any work based on photographs must have the photographer’s permission.
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#callout #opencallforartists #art #artopportunities #opportunity

MY TRETYAKOV: VIRTUAL GALLERY The collection of t

MY TRETYAKOV: VIRTUAL GALLERY
The collection of the Tretyakov Gallery has more than 200,000 pieces of Russian #art from the 11th century to the present day. However, the Museum’s permanent exhibition contains only a small part of the exhibits.
The My Tretyakov digital project enables anyone anywhere in the world to explore the vast collection researched and maintained by the museum staff.
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@tretyakov_gallery #onlineexhibition #digital #onlinecollection #art

NUTCRACKER AT LONDON COLISEUM: 28 DECEMBER - 7 JAN

NUTCRACKER AT LONDON COLISEUM: 28 DECEMBER - 7 JANUARY
The magical #Christmas and New Year tradition for all the family.
Over 100 dancers and musicians bring #Nutcracker to life with exquisite dancing, beautiful sets and #Tchaikovsky’s popular score played live by @englishnationalballet Philharmonic.
On a sparkling Christmas Eve in a frost-dusted Edwardian London, Clara receives an enchanted Nutcracker as a present. Together, they discover a magical world where she battles with the Mouse King and meets a handsome stranger. As the air grows colder, Clara and her valiant #Nutcracker take a hot air balloon ride across #London to the glistening Land of Snow where a puppet theatre comes to life with dancers from around the world.
From the sound of the orchestra tuning up, to the final bows and cheers, a trip to English National Ballet’s Nutcracker in the splendour of the @LondonColiseum is an unforgettable Christmas treat.
Thousands of audience members – young and old – make Nutcracker part of their holiday celebrations every year: experience its charms this festive season.
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#christmas #newyear #ballet #familytime

Dear friends, We would like to wish you a very me

Dear friends,
We would like to wish you a very merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2023!
May art and culture fill your lives with new unforgettable emotions, experiences, and memories.
We look forward to another year with you, bringing you the best selection of arts events, talks, exhibitions and tours, as well as new interviews and reviews.
Warm wishes to you and your families,
Russian Art and Culture Team
#Christmas #christmastime #christmaswishes #newyear #newyear2023 #art #culture #culturematters #festive

MATHEW BOURNE’S SLEEPING BEAUTY: A GOTHIC ROMANC

MATHEW BOURNE’S SLEEPING BEAUTY: A GOTHIC ROMANCE: 20 December 2022 - 15 January 2023 at @sadlers_wells
Perrault’s timeless fairy tale, about a young girl cursed to sleep for one hundred years, was turned into a legendary ballet by Tchaikovsky with choreographer Marius #Petipa in 1890. Matthew #Bourne is offering his interpretation of the timeless #Sleeping Beauty, celebrating 10 years since its premiere at Sadler's Wells, when it became the fastest selling production in the company’s history.
Now established as a firm favourite in the Matthew Bourne's New Adventures @mbnewadventures repertoire, the award-winning Sleeping Beauty has enchanted international audiences throughout the UK and across the globe.
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MIKHAIL SEDOV, A VISUAL ARTIST WITH A PASSION FOR

MIKHAIL SEDOV, A VISUAL ARTIST WITH A PASSION FOR ABSTRACT
Mikhail Sedov is a #visual #artist who is able to craft mesmerising visual experiences. His works balance out between #abstract and real world where things move, interact, and depict a sensitive #atmosphere. He has founded and run subframe studio – a #design-driven production company focused on abstract motion pictures to produce the greatest #emotional #response from the audience. We spoke with Mikhail about his #art.
@subframe_studio
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🤩⭐️PRIVATE GROUP VISIT TO THE COSMIC HOUSE

🤩⭐️PRIVATE GROUP VISIT TO THE COSMIC HOUSE AT THE JENCKS FOUNDATION – 24 JANUARY
We are delighted to offer our readers a new #experience – a group visit to the The Cosmic House at the Charles Jencks foundation, a laboratory of #Post-Modern #culture that frames architecture in its most universal context, to understand how the man-made is an expression of our #cosmic existence.
The tour will take place on Tuesday, 24 January 2023, 1400 – 1530. We will be greeted by the museum specialist at the Cosmic house and offered an introduction into the world of Charles Jencks, #postmodernism and the house. You will then have time to explore the house at your own pace and in the end we will gather again to ask any questions that you may have to the museum expert.
Charles Jencks (1939–2019) was a #writer, #critic, #designer and #teacher whose work defined and refined the disparate and wide-reaching ideas behind #Post Modernism. Arguably the most widely-read and influential writer on #architecture of the late twentieth century, his books were pivotal in explaining, illuminating and developing the often complex ideas behind Post Modernism.
The Cosmic House was a physical #manifestation of those ideas incorporating and metabolising references to developments in art history and #science, #philosophy, #cosmology and the body.
The cost of the tour is £25 per person. Please contact Natasha Butterwick at natasha@russianartandculture.com to book. Places are very limited, so please book early to avoid disappointment.
Bring a friend or come to meet like-minded people. This experience would make a great Christmas or New Year gift too!
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