Easter is the main church holiday for every believer. However, in families where they adhere to atheism, this day is unquestioningly considered the Great Holiday, observing all its rituals and traditions. It is customary in Russian families to celebrate Holy holiday, and painted eggs and Easter cake are the invariable attributes of every table carefully set on this day.
In 2019, the beloved national holiday will be celebrated in Moscow in an organized way - as part of the traditional Easter Festival.
April 28
The holiday will cover all city spaces - from central pedestrian zones, parks to areas near temples and cultural institutions.
April 25 to May 5
The Easter Gift festival will traditionally unfold in Moscow. On the streets of the capital and in the parks, concerts, theatrical performances, exciting creative activities and culinary master classes from the capital's chefs on preparing delicious lenten dishes and traditional Easter treats await guests.
At the festival venues, guests will find many performances from the best theaters Moscow and Russian regions. So, on Dmitry Donskoy Boulevard, you can watch the play "Not Quite Teremok" staged by the Kotofey family puppet theater. Not without creative workshops. Learn to cook unusual dishes available in 9 culinary schools. Exhibitions of animals from shelters are open at the sites on Tverskoy Boulevard. Everyone can take dogs and cats for free.
Opening hours: from 11:00 to 21:00 on weekdays and from 10:00 to 22:00 on weekends.
Free admission.
The traditional Moscow Easter Festival will be held in the capital April 27 to May 12
for the eighteenth time.
The grand opening of the festival will take place on Easter Day, April 28
, in Great Hall Moscow Conservatory. The program will be presented Symphony Orchestra Mariinsky Theater directed by Valery Gergiev.
Concerts of symphonic, chamber, choral and ringing music will be held at numerous venues in the city: Concert hall named after P.I. Tchaikovsky, on Poklonnaya Hill and in 50 churches and cathedrals.
Bell concerts of the festival will be held at the most famous belfries of Moscow - Zaryadye, Zamoskvorechye, Taganka, Red Square and Danilov Monastery, and in park areas - Kolomenskoye, Sokolniki.
The culmination of the festival will be a concert of the Symphony Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theater on Poklonnaya Hill May 9
on the Day of the Great Victory.
Easter in 2017 falls on April 16. From April 16 to May 9, 2017 will be held XVI Moscow Easter Festival, which will be dedicated to the 135th anniversary of the birth of Igor Stravinsky. The sixteenth Moscow Easter Festival will be held with the support of the Moscow Government, the Ministry of Culture Russian Federation, Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation and with the Blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia.
As part of Moscow Easter Festival 2017 about one and a half hundred events will take place in Moscow, Istra, Ramenskoye and even St. Petersburg.
Over the years of its Moscow Easter Festival from musical holiday has become one of the cultural symbols of national significance. A spiritual symbol - as a dedication to the Bright Resurrection, a patriotic one - as a tribute to the Great Victory, and, finally, for many Russians - it is a symbol of spring, hope, renewal.
The largest music forum in Russia annually gathers tens of thousands of listeners. open to myself a wide range guests, the Festival includes in its programs both masterpieces of the classics and rare-sounding works performed by the best craftsmen modernity. At the same time, the Easter Forum maintains an affordable pricing policy and a huge number of charity concerts.
Created in 2002 on the initiative of the Artistic Director and Director of the Mariinsky Theater Valery Gergiev and Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov, the Easter Festival immediately won the love of the public and critics. The resonance caused by the First Festival, held with the support of the Moscow Government and with the blessing of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexy II, determined its future fate: it was decided to hold the action annually. In 2003, with the support of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, the Festival became all-Russian.
From the first days of the existence of the Moscow Easter Festival, its social priorities were determined - charity, education and enlightenment - which are implemented in all four major festival blocks: symphony, chamber, choral programs and bell week.
Tickets for the opening (April 16) and closing (May 9) of the festival, as well as for the concert on May 7, can be bought on the website on this page.
In addition, in Moscow from 12 to 23 April will pass festival "Easter gift 2017". Detailed information - on ALLfest at the link.
Program of the XVI Moscow Easter Festival
Symphony program. The grand opening of the XVI Moscow Easter Festival will take place on Easter Day, April 16, in the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory. The Mariinsky Theater Symphony Orchestra conducted by Valery Gergiev and Denis Matsuev will perform works by I.F. Stravinsky, P.I. Tchaikovsky, S.V. Rachmaninov and M.I. Glinka. During the three weeks of the Festival, the musicians of the Mariinsky Theater Symphony Orchestra conducted by Valery Gergiev will perform in more than 20 regions of Russia: in Moscow, Kazan, Almetyevsk, Naberezhnye Chelny, Orenburg, Magnitogorsk, Yekaterinburg, Surgut, Tyumen, Novosibirsk, Kemerovo, Tomsk, Omsk, Perm , Ulyanovsk, Saransk, Nizhny Novgorod, Vladimir, Tula, Kursk, Rostov-on-Don, Vladikavkaz, Stavropol and Voronezh. Traditionally, a special charter train of the Moscow Easter Festival will “help” the musicians to carry out such a large-scale geographical scope and a program rich in the number of concerts.
Vladivostok will also become a city participating in the symphony program, where on May 2 and 4, a South Korean virtuoso pianist, winner of the gold medal of the International Tchaikovsky Competition, will perform on the Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre. F. Chopin Son Jin Cho. On May 2, he will play a solo concert, and on May 4, accompanied by the Symphony Orchestra of the Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theater under the baton of the winner of the Grand Prix, the Audience Award and the Orchestra Prize at Besancon international competition young conductors Darrel Ang (Singapore) will perform works by M. Ravel, L. Beethoven and G. Berlioz.
In list participants of the symphony program– The Mariinsky Theater Symphony Orchestra conducted by Valery Gergiev, the Stradivarius Ensemble of the Mariinsky Theatre, pianists Denis Matsuev, Daniil Trifonov and Song Jin Cho, violinists Christophe Barati, Pavel Milyukov and Lorenz Nasturica-Gershovichi, conductor Darrell Ang and many others.
Choir program. It will open on April 17 in the Hall of Church Councils of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, where the Choir of the Mariinsky Theater under the direction of Andrey Petrenko, the Choir of the Academy of Choral Art. V.S. Popov under the direction of Alexei Petrov, State Academic Moscow Regional Choir. HELL. Kozhevnikov under the direction of Nikolai Azarov and the State Academic Russian Choir. A.V. Sveshnikov under the leadership of Evgeny Volkov. Concerts of the choral program will be held in Moscow, Istra, Tver, Orekhovo-Zuevo, Balashikha, Kaluga, Klimovsk, Egorievsk, Sergiev Posad, Elektrostal, Mytishchi, Staritsa, Khimki, Murom, Korolev, Veliky Novgorod, Serpukhov, Alexandrov, Zelenogradsk, Dmitrov, Rostov the Great, Kolomna, Zaraysk and Tula. For the first time the choral program will be widely presented in Vladivostok: Consolidated choir Primorsky Metropolis under the direction of Lyudmila Makarenko (April 18), the same team will then perform at the Intercession Cathedral Holy Mother of God(April 25), and in the Temple in honor of the Port Arthur Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos, the Choir of the Temple of the Port Arthur Icon of the Mother of God will perform under the direction of Elena Kokhanovskaya (April 26).
This year the choral program is attended by groups from Moscow, St. Petersburg, Voronezh, Vladimir, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg and Vladivostok, as well as from Greece, Serbia, the Republic of Belarus, Armenia, Georgia, the Czech Republic, Bulgaria and Sweden.
Choir members: choir of the Mariinsky Theatre, choir of the Academy of Choral Art. V.S.Popova, State Academic Moscow Regional Choir. HELL. Kozhevnikov, State Academic Russian Choir. A.V. Sveshnikov, choir of boys and youths of the choral school named after. A.V. Sveshnikova, Russian Format male choir (Voronezh), National Academic Orchestra folk instruments Russia them. N.P. Osipova, Ensemble of soloists "Russian Rhapsody", Patriarchal choir of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, female vocal ensemble "Il Canto" (Novosibirsk), choir "Overcoming", Concert Choir of St. ), Choir of the Temple of the Port Arthur Icon of the Mother of God (Vladivostok), Vladimir Chapel of Boys and Young Men, Jazz Choir of the State Children's Philharmonic Society (Yekaterinburg), Children's Choir "Harmony" (Preveza, Greece), Byzantine Choir "Moses Petrovich" (Belgrade, Serbia), Byzantine choir of Chania (Crete, Greece), Chamber choir "Salutaris" (Minsk, Republic of Belarus), Septet "Hover" (Yerevan, Armenia), youth choir "Mdzlevari" (Tbilisi, Georgia), Children's choir " Rolnichka (Prague, Czech Republic), chamber choir Seven Saints (Sofia, Bulgaria), chamber ensemble Sofia Soloists (Sofia, Bulgaria) and vocal ensemble"St. Jacobs" (Stockholm, Sweden).
For the eighth time as part of the Moscow Easter Festival in the Theater and Concert Hall " Theatrical Choromina Palace of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich" of the estate "Kolomenskoye" will host the Children's Easter Choir Festival of Orthodox Music "Singing Rus", in which young choirs - students of children's music schools take part.
Chamber program. Will open on April 16 in the homeland of N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov in Tikhvin. Then it will continue in Gatchina, Kaliningrad, Moscow, Togliatti, Plyos, Yaroslavl, Yakutsk, Murmansk, Aldan, Neryungri, Suzdal, Smolensk, Nizhny Novgorod, and also for the first time will be held in the Crimea - in Simferopol, Yalta and Sevastopol. Soloists of the Academy of the Young opera singers Mariinsky Theater and artistic director The Larisa Gergieva Academy will present a program of Russian romances and world opera masterpieces, as well as a series of open rehearsals and master classes. The chamber program will also feature the Symphony Orchestra of the Togliatti Philharmonic under the direction of the young conductor Timur Zangiev, the Symphonica ARTica Symphony Orchestra and the State concert orchestra Philharmonic Society of Yakutia G.M. Krivoshapko under the direction of Natalia Bazaleva and the Chamber Ensemble "Sofia Soloists" under the direction of Plamen Dzhurov.
Calling program. Bell concerts will traditionally be held at the most famous belfries of Moscow - Zaryadye, Zamoskvorechye, Taganka, including Red Square and Danilov Monastery, and in park areas - Kolomenskoye, Sokolniki. The belfries of Zvenigorod, Sergiev Posad, Istra, St. Petersburg, Uglich, Noginsk, Veliky Novgorod and Ramenskoye will also join the Moscow program.
From 12 to 23 April in Moscow there will be a festival"Easter Gift" Concerts, performances, exhibitions, lectures, master classes and many other exciting activities await visitors at 24 venues in the center of the capital, as well as in 19 city parks.
Venues of the Easter Gift Festival:
- Revolution Square (transition to Manezhnaya Square)
- Revolution square
- Revolution Square (square near the monument to Karl Marx)
- Rozhdestvenka street, possession 6
- Nikolskaya street
- Kuznetsky Most Street, property 7 (square in front of the Central Department Store)
- Street Kuznetsky Most, possessions 6-3
- Kamergersky Lane (near the Pedkniga store)
- Kamergersky lane, property 2
- Tverskaya Square
- Stoleshnikov lane, houses 6-8
- Stoleshnikov lane, houses 10-14
- Pushkin Square
- Novopushkinsky Square
- Tverskoy Boulevard, possession 19 (near the monument to Sergei Yesenin)
- Tverskoy Boulevard, property 2 (near the monument to Kliment Timiryazev)
- Tverskoy boulevard
- Arbat street, possession 6/2
- Arbat street, possession 19
- Novy Arbat street, 13
- Novy Arbat street, 15
- Novy Arbat street, 19
- Novy Arbat street, 21
- Klimentovsky lane, property 8
Charity project "City of Kindness"
During the Easter Gift festival on Pushkinskaya square will be held a series of charitable events under the general name "City of Kindness".
From April 16 to April 23, guests of this venue will enjoy daily concerts and theatrical performances from Moscow creative teams. A variety of artists will participate in them, including people with disabilities.
To inspire everyone who wants to change their lives for the better, open classes on dance therapy. On April 22 and 23, the inclusive therapeutic sports ground Dream Skiing. Videos". All children will be able to work out - including children with disabilities.
Easter project "Bells"
At the Easter Gift festival, everyone will have a unique opportunity to watch how master casters create real bells. An open foundry, the Bell Factory, will operate on Pushkinskaya Square.
At the festival sites on Pushkinskaya Square, in Novopushkinsky Square and on Tverskoy Boulevard, visitors will be able to see the world-famous Moscow bells in the form of art objects.
A mobile belfry will be installed at the Easter Gift site on Pushkinskaya Square, and guests will be able to listen to demonstration performances by bell ringers and learn the basics of bell ringing at master classes.
Concerts
This spring's repertoire includes classical, folk and retro compositions in modern arrangements. Concerts will be held every day, from 12 to 23 April - in Stoleshnikov Lane and from 16 to 23 April - on Pushkin Square. And on weekends - on Tverskaya Square and Novy Arbat Street.
Stoleshnikov Lane
On the site in Stoleshnikov Lane you can listen to modern arrangements classical works Russian and foreign composers, as well as musicians of the Moscow Philharmonic.
Daily:
- 11:00-15:00 pianist performance: classical compositions;
- 15:00-19:00 — live music: duet performance with cover versions of classical works;
- 19:00-20:00 — concert of musicians of the Moscow Philharmonic.
Tverskaya Square
On Tverskaya Square on weekends and holidays Russian folk will be heard from the stage performed by fashionable and incendiary folk groups.
Concerts will be held:
- April 16 and 22 - from 17:00 to 21:00;
- April 23 - from 18:00 to 19:00.
New Arbat
On Novy Arbat, concerts will be held on weekends. Here, festival guests can expect performances by trendy club bands performing retro compositions in modern processing, as well as everyone's favorite songs about Moscow and spring.
Concerts will be held:
- April 16, 22 and 23 from 19:00 to 21:00.
On Pushkinskaya Square from 16 to 23 April, Moscow choirs and pop groups will perform for guests every day. And with the help of a special concert program "Era in Music" listeners will get acquainted with the musical traditions of the XVII-XIX centuries.
Exhibitions
The Easter Gift festival will host eight exhibitions every day, created jointly with Moscow museums and educational centers. The history of Moscow patrons, theatrical Moscow, lost bell towers, antique Easter postcards, old recipes for Easter dishes, and even student gradebooks from the distant past.
1. Exhibition "Moscow Historical Quarters"
Venue: transition from Manezhnaya Square to Revolution Square.
Copies of old photographs, posters and other historical documents placed at this exhibition will clearly tell about the traditions of celebrating Easter, as well as about the history of Moscow patrons and their generous deeds for the benefit of our city.
2. Exhibition "Moscow - the center of intellectual culture of the XVIII-XIX centuries"
Venue: Revolution Square, square near the monument to Karl Marx.
By visiting this exhibition, festival guests will learn about the formation and development Russian education and science and study the history of such educational institutions, as Slavic - Greek-Latin Academy, Moscow State University, Moscow Society Russian history and antiquities. Among the exhibits, for example, are copies of a page from Karion's primer (the first illustrated Russian alphabet) and a student ID card for a student of the Higher Women's Courses (the oldest university in Moscow). educational institution for women).
3. Exhibition " Theatrical history Moscow"
Venue: Kamergersky pereulok, 5/6 (near the Pedagogical Book store).
This exposition is dedicated to the history of development theatrical art in Moscow. Special attention the authors paid attention to the stages of creation and development of the Maly Theatre. At the exhibition stands, visitors will find historical documents telling about the first Moscow enterprises, theatrical street extravaganzas, outstanding performances created by the best playwrights, directors and theater artists.
4. Exhibition "Moscow - the center of crafts and trade"
Venue: Nikolskaya street.
The exhibition is devoted to the history of the formation of Moscow as a center of crafts and trade. You will learn about what settlements made up Moscow, where the largest shopping malls and crowded markets were located, why people came to Moscow and not to St. Petersburg for the best goods, how the first trading networks were created in late XIX centuries.
5. Exhibition “Moscow traditions of celebrating Easter. The history of Easter gifts»
Venue: Arbat street, 19.
All about how Muscovites celebrated Easter in the distant past. The exposition will tell about the gastronomic traditions of this holiday, as well as about Moscow spring balls and about the most famous historical and literary drawing rooms, which gathered the most brilliant audience.
6. Exhibition "Easter Sunday"
In the Living Room pavilion on Tverskaya Square, a corner of a pre-revolutionary Moscow apartment will be reconstructed with genuine antique furniture, costumes and household items. Costumed characters meeting visitors will tell about the traditions of the holiday and how Easter was celebrated in Moscow of the century before last.
7. Exhibition "Exhibition of Antique Easter Postcards"
Venue: Tverskaya Square.
In the Living Room pavilion you can admire antique postcards. The collection includes unique postcards with photos of members royal family, views of Moscow, Easter cards created according to the sketches of great Russian artists, charity cards, circulations of which were issued in favor of a particular charitable society or project. Exhibition materials are provided by the All-Russian Society of Philokartists.
8. Exhibition "The Lost Bell Towers of Moscow"
Venue: Pushkinskaya Square, Novopushkinsky Square, Tverskoy Boulevard.
In archival photographs, visitors will see the bell towers of the Bogoyavlensky, Spaso-Andronikov, Simonov, Chudov, Zlatoust monasteries, the bell towers of temples and churches of St. Sergius of Radonezh, Paraskeva Pyatnitsa, Basil of Caesarea, Dmitry of Thessalonica and Nicholas the Appeared.
At the exhibition we will see copies of old photographs, posters and historical documents. We will learn how Easter was celebrated before and how the capital developed. The passage between Manezhnaya Square and Revolution Square will be decorated with egg-shaped art objects already familiar to Muscovites.
Revolution Square (transition to Manezhnaya Square)
Lectures and excursions at Revolution Square 0+
Military historical societies and Moscow museums invite you to lectures, excursions and master classes. They will tell about Russian heroes and the defense of the Kremlin, teach how to fold letters from the front and decorate Easter eggs, show children puppet shows. The site will be decorated with a forged piano flowerbed with fresh flowers.
sq. revolutions
The main scientific center of the festival will be located here. The kids will make souvenirs and postcards, the older kids will build bridges and towers, and the adults will watch an exhibition dedicated to the intellectual culture of Moscow in the 18th-19th centuries. And from April 16, science shows will be held every day.
Revolution Square (square near the monument to Karl Marx)
Beautifully decorated shopping chalets will appear on Rozhdestvenka, where you can buy children's goods, Easter souvenirs and treats. In the first days of the festival, the menu will be Lenten, and next week they promise to prepare original Easter delicacies.
Rozhdestvenka street, possession 6
Handicraft history of Moscow on Nikolskaya
Thematic exhibition will tell what was everyday life a Moscow worker in the past, why people went to the capital for goods, and what is the secret of famous Moscow masters.
st. Nikolskaya
In the wake of the spring craving for renewal, designers will give lectures on fashion topics. Children will learn how to make funny toys. And those who cannot sit still on spring days will go on excursions and walks "Fashionable Moscow".
st. Kuznetsky Most, 7
The fair is worth stopping by for Easter souvenirs and home decorations. Also to try delicious food from Moscow restaurants.
st. Kuznetsky most, vl. 6/3
The history of the capital's theaters will be told by the exhibition-maze "Theatrical Moscow". We learn about outstanding performances and their creators. Like last year, a seven-meter Easter egg made of flowers will be installed in Kamergersky Lane.
Kamergersky Lane (near the Pedkniga store)
Those who are eager to start practicing are invited to theater workshops. Come try yourself as an actor, train your oratory skills and develop your imagination. And for the little ones prepared classes in puppet theater.
Kamergersky lane
The festival will host many free concerts. Folk lovers are invited to Tverskaya Square, where incendiary and fun groups. Concerts will be organized on April 16 and 22 from 17:00 to 21:00, on April 23 - from 18:00 to 19:00. And for children, a bright playground will be arranged: with bunnies, chickens and houses.
Tverskaya sq.
Classical music concerts will be held among the showcases of natural and artificial flowers created by the best Moscow designers. A pianist will play during the day, in the evening - classical music in modern processing, after 19:00 - musicians of the Moscow Philharmonic.
Stoleshnikov lane, 6–8
Walking among the blooming beauty, you will want to create. Come to master classes in decor and floristry - they will teach everyone. Restaurant and trade pavilions will also be located here.
Stoleshnikov lane, 10–14
Musical venue on Pushkinskaya Square
Free concerts will also take place on Pushkinskaya Square. Choirs, pop groups and bell ringers perform here every day. And the special program "Eras in Music" will tell about musical works XVII-XIX centuries in the style of baroque, classicism and romanticism. The site will be decorated with art objects in the form of three-meter models of famous bell towers and belfries.
Pushkinskaya square
Children will be shown an interactive theatrical series "Journeys in Dreams and Reality" - about a magical dragon, a fabulous pilot and other heroes. And at the master classes they will teach how to cook Easter dishes (and this is not only Easter cakes).
st. Bolshaya Bronnaya, 29
Tverskoy Boulevard will host dance processions, musical performances and master classes for those who want to try themselves as a florist (they will teach you how to make Easter wreaths and boutonnieres).
Tverskoy Boulevard, possession 19 (near the monument to S.A. Yesenin)
Sports ground on Tverskoy Boulevard 0+
Since it's getting warmer, it's time to move sports activities into the fresh air. On Tverskoy Boulevard, you can jump on trampolines, play basketball, kicker and table tennis, and ride in the skate park. Children can climb rope ladders and balance on logs for at least a whole day. Equipment and protection will be issued on the spot.
Tverskoy Boulevard, possession 2 (near the monument to K.A. Timiryazev)
b-r Tverskoy
Walking along the pedestrian street, try lenten, fish and meat dishes, and look for a beautiful Easter souvenir. They will be sold in trading chalets.
Arbat street, ow. 6/2
Immerse yourself in the social life of the 19th century: create your own literary album and take part in quizzes. You can learn about traditional Easter gifts at the thematic exhibition.
Arbat street, ow. nineteen
