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In May 2023, Russian Seasons will start in Uzbekistan. Within the framework of the project Russian culture and art will be presented throughout the year. As part of the large-scale Russian Seasons program, more than 20 events will take place: concerts, performances, film screenings, master classes, etc. Among the participants – Russian world-known artists and cultural luminaries. One of the active participants in the program will be the Russian Institute of Theater Arts – GITIS. Teachers and training specialists from GITIS will prepare a series of master classes, which will be held from 1 to 10 October 2023 at the State Institute of Arts and Culture of Uzbekistan in Tashkent.

The media reports about the festival of Russian art and culture Russian Seasons, which is taking place for the first time in Kazakhstan:

“We are opening a large-scale festival of Russian art and culture with the Minister of Culture and Sports of the Republic of Kazakhstan Askhat Oralov at the Astana Opera Theater.” According to established tradition, I will present the host party with the symbol of the project – the Firebird, personifying light, warmth, rebirth and good luck,” Russian Minister of Culture Olga Lyubimova wrote before the opening of the event in her Telegram channel. The All-Russian Youth Orchestra under the direction of People’s Artist of the USSR Yuri Bashmet and leading artists of Russia and Kazakhstan performed at the Tchaikovsky Gala concert.”

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“According to Olga Lyubimova, Russian Seasons is a landmark and an extremely important step in strengthening Russian-Kazakh cultural interaction.

“We are confident that our cooperation has enormous potential for hundreds of years ahead,” she noted. “We hope that throughout this year we will be able to give the residents of the Republic of Kazakhstan vibrant, unforgettable impressions of meetings with the best of Russian art.” Olga Lyubimova also announced the upcoming events of the Russian Seasons in Kazakhstan.”

Izvestiya

 

On the very first day of the Russian Seasons the exhibition Planet Tchaikovsky was opened in the foyer of the Astana Opera Theater.

The exhibition was prepared by the Russian National Museum of Music in collaboration with the P.I. Tchaikovsky State Memorial Musical Museum-Reserve. The exhibition reveals the main milestones in the creative path of the great composer. Among the exhibits – photographs of Tchaikovsky’s relatives and friends, his classmates at the School of Law, as well as photo portraits of outstanding musicians – the composer’s contemporaries – who performed his works. Copies of pictures and photographs of buildings and places, which Tchaikovsky visited, help to form the vision of the special atmosphere that surrounded him. Rare archival documents reveal new facets of the composer’s dialogue with his contemporaries. Printed editions of the works by P.I. Tchaikovsky witnessed the high level of domestic music publishing at the end of the 19th century, and the pages of the composer’s manuscripts allow us to understand the way Tchaikovsky recorded his music.

The Tchaikovsky Gala opened the program of Russian Seasons in Astana

On 2 March, on the stage of the Astana Opera Theater, the grand opening of the large-scale festival of Russian art and culture Russian Seasons took place.

The opening ceremony was attended by the Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation Olga Lyubimova and the Minister of Culture and Sports of the Republic of Kazakhstan Askhat Oralov. According to established tradition, the host party was presented with the symbol of the Russian Seasons project – the Firebird – a character from Russian folk tales, personifying light, warmth, rebirth and good luck.

Among the participants of the  Tchaikovsky Gala were the All-Russian Youth Orchestra under the direction of People’s Artist of the USSR, Ambassador of the Russian Seasons Yuri Bashmet, and soloists – winner of international competitions, soloist of the All-Russian Youth Symphony Orchestra Valeria Abramova (violin), winner of international competitions Vasily Stepanov (cello), winner of international competitions, soloist of the Moscow State Academic Philharmonic Philipp Kopachevsky (piano), soloist of the Astana Opera Theater Arthur Gabdiev (tenor).

The concert program featured works by the great Russian composer, including Variations on a Rococo Theme for cello and orchestra, Concerto No. 1 for piano and orchestra, Russian Dance from The Swan Lake, arias and scenes from Eugene Onegin and the Fantasy Overture Romeo and Juliet.