Festival "December Evenings of Svyatoslav Richter"- a festival of music and painting, annually held in December at the Museum fine arts them. A.S. Pushkin in Moscow. It was created on the initiative of the outstanding Russian pianist St. Richter and director of the Museum of Fine Arts I. A. Antonova in 1981. The festival is a series of concerts and art exhibitions, united by one theme, it symbolizes the unity of culture through various areas of art.
During the years of the festival's existence in Museum them. Pushkin many outstanding musicians performed, including Svyatoslav Richter himself, Oleg Kagan, Viktor Tretyakov, and many others.
After the death of Svyatoslav Richter, the festival was named after him, and the post of artistic director was taken by the famous violist and conductor - Yuri Bashmet.

Program of the XXXVIII Festival "December Evenings of Svyatoslav Richter" in 2018

the date	Event	Genre	Time
30.11 (Fri)	"Spanish motives" Conductor: Viola part: Yuri Bashmet Piano part: Mikhail Muntyan Harpsichord part: Alexandra Koreneva Cello part: Alexander Buzlov Guitar part: Artem Dervoed Chamber Ensemble "Moscow Soloists" The program includes works by A. Tchaikovsky, A. Garcia Abril, M. de Falla, L. Boccherini, G. Sollima		Start at 20:00
2.12 (Sun)	"In Search of Lost Time" French Music of the 1920s-1940s" Conductor: Evgeny Bushkov Piano part: Flames of Mangova State Chamber Orchestra (Belarus) The program includes works by H. Turina, F. Poulenc, A. Roussel, A. Honegger	Concert / Main building of the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, White Hall	Start at 20:00
8.12 (Sat)	"Red on Black: The Magic of Flamenco" Guitar part: Basilio Garcia (Spain) Cantators: Juan Carlos Trivinho, Jonathan Reyes Jimenez (Spain) Dance: Maria Juncal, Isaac de los Reyes (Spain) The program includes traditional genres of cante flamenco	Concert / Main building of the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, White Hall	Start at 20:00
10.12 (Mon)	"Pablo Picasso. Ballet triptych» Conductor: Igor Dronov Ensemble of soloists "Studio new music» In the program: "Parade" by E. Satie, "Cocked Hat" by M. de Falla, "Blue Express" by D. Millau	Concert / Main building of the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, White Hall	Start at 20:00
14.12 (Fri)	"Turns of the XX century" String quartet "Quatuor Danel" (France) The program includes works by I. Stravinsky, D. Milhaud, V. Shebalin, M. Weinberg	Concert / Main building of the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, White Hall	Start at 20:00
15.12 (Sat)	"Scents of Foreign Flowers" Performance-improvisation in 2 acts by Sergei Yursky Artistic word: Sergei Yursky Piano part: Alexey Kudryashov "Jazz-Quartet" consisting of: Alexey Skipin (accordion), Mikhail Khokhlov (double bass), Lev Uspensky (guitar), Pavel Demidov (drums)	Performance-improvisation / Main building of the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, White Hall	Start at 20:00
16.12 (Sun)	"Hommage à Maestro Richter" Piano part: The program includes works by W.A. Mozart and L. van Beethoven	Concert / Main building of the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, White Hall	Start at 20:00
18.12 (W)	"Masterpieces of French violin music" Violin part: Renault Capuçon(France) Piano part: Guillaume Bellom (France) The program includes works by S. Frank, C. Debussy, M. Ravel	Concert / Main building of the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, White Hall	Start at 20:00
21.12 (Fri)	"A call to order". From Claude of France to the Six" Cello part: Natalya Gutman, Rustam Komachkov Violin part: Svyatoslav Moroz Piano part: Dmitry Vinnik Clarinet part: Mikhail Beznosov Oboe part: Alexei Konoplyannikov Bassoon part: Mikhail Urman Trumpet part: Alexander Lebedev Drums: Alexander Bagirov Vocal: Olga Dyachkovskaya (soprano) The program includes works by C. Debussy, M. Ravel, D. Millau, F. Poulenc	Concert / Main building of the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, White Hall	Start at 20:00
22.12 (Sat)	"Music of the Word". The Les Six Group and the Literary Avant-Garde Piano part: Ludmila Berlinskaya (France) Soloists: Adele Charvet (soprano, France), Jean-Christophe Lanes (baritone, France) The program includes works by A. Honegger, F. Poulenc, J. Auric, J. Viener	Concert / Main building of the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, White Hall	Start at 20:00
24.12 (Mon)	SATI & STRAVINSKY. Music for theater and cinema» Piano part: Alexei Lyubimov, Alexei Zuev Soloists of the Musical academic theater named after K.S. Stanislavsky and V.I. Nemirovich-Danchenko: Natalia Muradymova (soprano), Natalia Petrozhitskaya (soprano), Valeria Zaitseva (soprano), Larisa Andreeva (mezzo-soprano) With the participation of the puppet theater "Wandering Nativity" Program: Petrushka, Playing Cards by I. Stravinsky, Socrates, Intermission by E. Satie	Concert / Main building of the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, White Hall	Start at 20:00
26.12 (Wed)	Marina Tsvetaeva. Between Love and Love" Artistic word: Svetlana Kryuchkova	Poetry evening / The main building of the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, White Hall	Start at 20:00
27.12 (Thurs)	« De Profundis clamavi". 14th Symphony by D. Shostakovich» Conductor: Soloists Mariinsky Theater: Askar Abdrazakov (bass), Maria Bayankina (soprano) Chamber Ensemble "Moscow Soloists"	Concert / Main building of the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, White Hall	Start at 20:00

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The concert program will continue main topic exhibition “Wanderers and Impressionists. On the Way to the 20th Century”, dedicated to mutual influences, dialogues and parallels in the work of the Wanderers and the Impressionists. Artistic images created by the most prominent representatives these trends will be reflected in music.

Russian and foreign performers take part in the festival. Among them are the Moscow Soloists chamber ensemble led by Yuri Bashmet, the Moscow Virtuosos chamber orchestra, Igor Fedorov, Nikita Borisoglebsky, Boris Andrianov, Maria Fedotova, Nikolai Lugansky, the Vienna Brahms Trio, the Danel Quartet and others. For the first time at a concert " December Evenings of Svyatoslav Richter" with the reading of poems by Russian and French poets of the XIX and XX centuries, Chulpan Khamatova will perform in joint program with pianist Katya Skanavi. In the literary part of the festival, the audience will hear the letters of van Gogh performed by Yevgeny Mironov and accompanied by the Moscow Soloists chamber ensemble, as well as stories by A.P. Chekhov, which will be read by Avant-garde Leontiev.

The concerts will feature works by Ernest Chausson, Gabriel Fauré, Cesar Franck, Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel, who used the style and aesthetics of impressionism in their work. In comparison with the works of French composers, the music of Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Sergei Rachmaninov, Modest Mussorgsky, Alexander Scriabin, Igor Stravinsky and other composers will be performed.

Artistic director of the festival Yuri Bashmet.

FESTIVAL PROGRAM

30.11 - Chamber Ensemble "Moscow Soloists", artistic director, conductor and soloist Yuri Bashmet; actor Mikhail Porechenkov

Program: Tchaikovsky, Scriabin, Mayakovsky, Stravinsky, Rachmaninoff, Shostakovich

1.12 - Jean Efflam Bavouse (piano, France)

Programme: Haydn, Schumann, Ravel, Debussy

3.12 - Sergey Kasprov (piano)

Program: Mussorgsky, Stravinsky

5.12 - Alexander Knyazev (cello); Plamena Mangova (piano. Bulgaria)

Program: Rachmaninov, R. Strauss, Tchaikovsky

6.12 - Sergey Kuznetsov (piano)

Program: Debussy, Chopin

7.12 - actress Chulpan Khamatova, Katya Skanavi (piano)

In the program: Russian and French poetry XIX and XX centuries (Verlaine, Baudelaire, Prevert, Pasternak, Mandelstam, Akhmatova; music by Debussy, Chopin, Prokofiev)

9.12 - Vienna Brahms Trio (Austria) - Boris Kushnir (violin), Orfeo Mandozzi (cello), Jasminka Stankul (piano)

Programme: Debussy, Saint-Saens, Chausson

10.12 - Evgeny Mironov, Moscow Soloists Chamber Ensemble, artistic director and conductor Yuri Bashmet, Marina Brusnikina (director)

Programme: Letters from Van Gogh

11.12 - Igor Fedorov (clarinet), Alexander Ghindin (piano), Nikita Borisoglebsky (violin), Kirill Kravtsov (violin), Andrey Usov (viola), Boris Andrianov (cello), Grigory Krotenko (double bass)

Programme: Debussy, Ravel, Taneyev, Rachmaninov, Stravinsky

12.12 - Karina Gowen (soprano, Canada), Maciej Pikulski (piano, Poland)

Programme: Ahn, Ravel, Debussy, Poulenc, Bizet

14.12 - actor Avangard Leontiev

Program: A.P. Chekhov. stories

15.12 - Sofia de Salis (flute, Switzerland), Yana Ivanilova (soprano), Elina Kachalova (piano), soloists of the Orfarion Ensemble, artistic director Oleg Khudyakov

Programme: Poulenc, Saint-Saens, Ahn, Debussy, Caplet, Ravel, Duparc, Fauré, Mouquet

17.12 - Danel Quartet (Belgium)

Programme: Fauré, Debussy, Tchaikovsky

20.12 - Isabelle Moretti (harp, France), Mikhail Beznosov (clarinet), Maria Fedotova (flute), Sergei Poltavsky (viola), Evgeny Stembolsky (violin), Pyotr Nikiforov (violin), Svetlana Stepchenko (viola), Alexander Nepomniachtchi (cello) , Grigory Kovalevsky (double bass)

Programme: Debussy, Ravel, De Falla, Tournier

22.12 - Chamber Orchestra "Moscow Virtuosos". Artistic director Vladimir Spivakov

Program: Tchaikovsky, Grieg, Piazzolla. The program is performed without a conductor

23.12 - vocal ensemble Intrada, Conductor Peter Phillips (Great Britain)

Program: Richafort, Brumel, Praetorius

25.12 - Augustin Dumas (violin, Belgium), Plamena Mangova (piano, Bulgaria), Dominant Quartet

Programme: Franck, Chausson, Ravel

27.12 - Alexey Ogrinchuk (oboe), Alexey Volodin (piano), Alexander Mitinsky (viola)

Program: Klughard, Chopin, Ben-Chaim, Honegger, Lefleur

29.12 - Nikolai Lugansky (piano)

Program: Debussy, Chopin, Rachmaninoff

Concerts start at 19:00.

Location: Main building, White Hall

History reference

"December evenings of Svyatoslav Richter"

Created in 1981 on the initiative of Irina Alexandrovna Antonova and Svyatoslav Teofilovich Richter, the festival has become a real symbol of the museum. Its main idea is the unity of culture through the synthesis of fine arts, music and poetry.

Over the years, the December Evenings of Svyatoslav Richter festival was attended by outstanding musicians, artists, directors, poets. Among them are Peter Schreyer, Andras Schiff, Isaac Stern, Gidon Kremer, Andrey Voznesensky, Anatoly Efros, Mikhail Pletnev, Robert Hall, Joshua Bell, Christoph Eschenbach, Viktor Tretyakov, Anna Netrebko, Nikolai Lugansky, Natalia Gutman, Oleg Kagan, Vladimir Vasiliev , Ekaterina Vasilyeva and many others.

The 2017 music festival is called "Images and Reflections". Artistic director of the festival Yuri Bashmet.

Exhibition “Wanderers and Impressionists. On the way toXXcentury"

Exhibition “Wanderers and Impressionists. On the Way to the 20th Century” was prepared for the XXXVII International Musical Arts Festival “December Evenings of Svyatoslav Richter”. Traditionally, the curator of the project is the President of the Pushkin Museum im. A.S. Pushkina Irina Alexandrovna Antonova. The exposition is a continuation of the long-term exhibition strategy museum based on the dialogue between Western and Russian art. Works of the Wanderers and Impressionists from the collections are presented in a single exhibition space major museums Russia, compared two of the greatest phenomena in artistic culture XIX century. The artistic views and style of the works of the Wanderers and the Impressionists often diverge, but you can find unexpected parallels and points of contact in them.

The exhibition included about 80 works. Among them are works by masters of the 19th-20th centuries, paintings and graphic sheets by French and Russian artists from the collection of the Pushkin Museum im. A.S. Pushkin, works of the Wanderers from the collection of the State Tretyakov Gallery and the State Russian Museum in St. Petersburg and other museums.

The exhibition will be held from November 30, 2017 to February 25, 2018 in the Main Building of the Pushkin Museum im. A.S. Pushkin (Volkhonka, 12).

State Museum Fine Arts named after A.S. Pushkin

State Museum of Fine Arts named after A.S. Pushkin - museum complex, which has one of the largest art collections of foreign art in Russia, storing artifacts created by masters different eras- from ancient egypt and ancient Greece to the present day. Today the museum's funds include about 700 thousand works. The pearl of the collection is the collection of French art of the XIX-XX centuries - one of the most famous collections of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist works in the world. In the department of private collections, created in the Pushkin Museum im. A.S. Pushkin in 1985, more than thirty private collections are kept.

At present, the museum collection continues to grow and includes over eight thousand works of Russian and Western European art of the 15th-21st centuries. This is painting, graphics, sculpture, applied art and art photography. Works from the collections of Ilya Samoilovich Zilberstein (the initiator of the creation of the department of personal collections) and Sergei Vasilyevich Solovyov were included in the exposition of the December 2017 exhibition.

The museum, founded in 1912, is located in the historical center of Moscow, not far from the Kremlin. Every year, the Pushkin Museum im. A.S. Pushkin presents outstanding world-class exhibitions to the general public. Behind last year the museum has implemented more than 43 projects in Moscow, abroad and in the regions of Russia. Among them are the exhibitions “The Cranach Family. Between Renaissance and Mannerism”, “Olympia” by Edouard Manet”, “Lion Bakst / Léon Bakst. To the 150th anniversary of his birth”, “Rafael. Poetry of the Image” and “Masterpieces of New Art. Collection of S.I. Schukin" in Foundation Louis Vuitton in Paris. The museum is also open to contemporary art and seeks to include it in a traditional context, in a dialogue with the classics.

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international musical Festival "December Evenings" will bring together famous Russian and foreign musicians and famous bands, which are the pride of the Russian classical scene, in the capital. Legendary concerts held at the end of the year in Pushkin Museum, gave Muscovites unforgettable performances by Svyatoslav Richter, Yuri Bashmet, Viktor Tretyakov, Jan Garbarek, Mikhail Pletnev, Eliso Versiladze, Evgeny Kissin, Vladimir Spivakov, Christoph Eschenbach and many other famous performers

For the first time, the December Evenings festival took place in 1981 on the initiative of the director of the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts I. A. Antonova and the outstanding Russian pianist Svyatoslav Richter. Today the festival bears the name of Svyatoslav Richter and remains an event that attracts the attention of numerous admirers of classical music. For three decades, tickets to December Evenings have been sold out by listeners long before festival concerts and often become a wonderful New Year's gift, because the festival traditionally takes place on the eve of the New Year.

This year, Alla Demidova, Olga Berezanskaya, Gidon Kremer, Yulia Lezhneva, the Moscow Soloists Ensemble, Sergei Yursky, the Kremerata Baltika Chamber Orchestra, the Intrada vocal ensemble, the Jerusalem Quartet, the ensemble percussion instruments Mark Pekarsky, Chamber Theater Orchestra. B.A. Pokrovsky and other famous musical groups, famous soloists and representatives of the acting profession, who will take part in musical and poetic performances.

In addition to the rich concert program during the days of the festival in the halls of the Pushkin Museum will be organized exhibition compositions included in the general concept of "December Evenings". Tickets for the festival "December Evenings" will give unforgettable performances by famous musicians, which will be held in the magnificent building of the Pushkin Museum, which is the decoration of the city.

Festival Schedule:

• November 30, 2018 (Friday)

"Spanish

Motives. Programme: A. Tchaikovsky, A. Garcia Abril, M. de Falla, L. Boccherini, G. Sollima

• December 2 (Sunday)

"In Search of Lost Time". French music of the 1920s-1940s. Programme: H. Turina, F. Poulenc, A. Roussel, A. Honegger

• December 8 (Saturday)

"Red on Black: The Magic of Flamenco". In the program: traditional genres of cante flamenco

• December 10 (Monday)

"Pablo Picasso. Ballet Triptych. In the program: music of the one-act ballets "Parade" (E. Satie), "Cocked Hat" (M. de Falla), "Blue Express" (D. Milhaud)

• December 14 (Friday)

"Turns of the 20th century". Programme: I. Stravinsky, D. Milhaud, V. Shebalin, M. Weinberg

• December 15 (Saturday)

"Scents of Alien Flowers". Performance-improvisation by Sergei Yursky, in 2 acts. The program includes: arrangements of popular melodies of the 1930s-1940s, piano compositions by E. Satie, C. Debussy, M. Ravel, F. Poulenc and M. De Falla

• December 16 (Sunday)

"Hommage à Maestro Richter". Solo concert by Mikhail Pletnev. Program: V.A. Mozart and L. van Beethoven

• December 18 (Tuesday)

Masterpieces of French violin music. Programme: S. Frank, C. Debussy, M. Ravel

• December 21 (Friday)

"A call to order". From Claude of France to the Six. Programme: C. Debussy, M. Ravel, D. Millau, F. Poulenc

• December 22 (Saturday)

"Music of the Word". Group "Les Six" and the literary avant-garde. Programme: A. Honegger, F. Poulenc, J. Auric. J. Wiener

• December 24 (Monday)

"Satie & Stravinsky". Music for theater and cinema. Program: I. Stravinsky (Petrushka, Playing Cards)

• December 26 (Wednesday)

Marina Tsvetaeva. Between love and love. Poetry evening by Svetlana Kryuchkova

• December 27 (Thursday)

"De Profundis clamavi". 14th symphony by D. Shostakovich

Ballet "Nureyev"

Rudolf Nureyev

Pavel Markin / TACC

The second attempt to present the ballet "Nureyev" staged by Kirill Serebrennikov big theater undertake in December. Initially, the premiere was supposed to take place in July, but it was canceled. official reason Then there was the “unreadiness” of the production for the show. But its cancellation took place against the backdrop of a criminal case brought against "Seventh Studio" Kirill Serebrennikov on charges of embezzlement. For the director "Nureyev"- not the first work on the historical stage SABT. In the summer of 2015, Serebrennikov presented in big ballet "Hero of our time" which premiered with great success. And in 2011 - opera "The Golden Cockerel". One of the main lines of ballet "Nureyev" was the story of the relationship between Rudolf Nureyev and the Danish dancer Eric Brun.

"Beyond the Catcher in the Rye"

Director: Danny Strong
Cast: Kevin Spacey, Zoey Deitch, Nicholas Hoult
Rental from December 7

In December, several films with Kevin Spacey were supposed to be released at once. But due to the scandal that erupted on charges of sexual harassment, the audience lost one. From Drama "All the money in the world" all the scenes with the actor were cut. The creators of the tape were not even stopped by the fact that they had to spend $ 10 million on it. In another drama - "Beyond the Catcher in the Rye" Kevin Spacey will still show up. The film follows the life of the famous but reclusive writer Jerome Salinger, who gained worldwide fame after the publication of the novel. "The Catcher in the Rye". The role of Salinger was played by Nicholas Hoult, and Kevin Spacey embodied on the screen the image of Whit Burnett - a teacher Columbia University, magazine editor "Story" and mentor of the young Salinger.

"Victoria and Abdul"

Directed by: Stephen Frears
Cast: Judi Dench, Ali Fazal, Olivia Williams
Rental from December 14

Queen Victoria "Oscar-winning" Judi Dench plays not the first time. With this role, she made her debut 20 years ago in the film "Her Majesty Mrs. Brown". And now she embodied the image of the queen in the drama "Victoria and Abdul". The film was directed by Stephen Frears based on the novel of the same name by writer Shrabani Basu. During the period of widowhood, there was indeed a young Indian Abdul Karim near Victoria. He managed to become for her the closest person, and for numerous courtiers - an impostor and an enemy against whom they wove intrigues. When Victoria died, Abdul was allowed to say goodbye to her, but then he was immediately sent to India. In addition, Karim was required to return all correspondence with the queen, so as not to spoil her reputation.

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio. "Young man with a lute". Towards the end of the restoration

Where: "Hermitage", the main museum complex, Apollo Hall
When: December 10, 2017 to March 25, 2018

Caravaggio "Young man with a lute"

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"Young man with a lute" Caravaggio is one of the masterpieces of the collection Hermitage. And the only painting by this artist in the museum collection. In 1808 "Young man with a lute" brought from Rome to Paris and shown in Louvre. After that, the painting was bought for the imperial art gallery Hermitage and transported to St. Petersburg. Museum specialists have been restoring Caravaggio's masterpiece for the past two years. In honor of the completion of the work, the painting was exhibited in one of the halls of the museum. The exposition will last until March 25 next year.

“No embarrassment. 2.0"

Where: Center for Photography. the Lumiere brothers
When: December 8, 2017 to January 8, 2018

Jock Sturges. Sinead. Clifden, County Galway, Ireland, 1995

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The early closing of an exhibition by American photographer Jock Sturges at the Lumiere Brothers Photography Center was one of the high-profile art scandals of 2016. The exposition worked for two weeks, after which Elena Mizulina, a member of the Federation Council, announced that she had sent a request to the prosecutor's office to check the exposition in connection with the "public demonstration of materials with child pornography." True, it was not necessary to wait for the decision of the prosecutor's office. On September 25, activists from the Russian Officers organization blocked the entrance to the Center for Photography, and a few hours later the gallery management decided to close the exhibition ahead of schedule. In the year since the scandalous closure, forensic experts have acknowledged the complete absence of signs of a crime and the high artistic level of Sturges's work. The photographer is known for his series of photographs of nudist families in France, Northern California and Ireland. “These photos have been published all over the world. Both galleries and museums did not see pornography in them. It just isn’t there,” Sturges commented on last year’s closing of his exhibition in Moscow.

TECHNE. Prologue"

Where: State Center contemporary art
When: December 15, 2017 to January 28, 2018

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© press service of the exhibition

In ancient times, the word "techne", which gave the name to the exhibition at the NCCA, was used to refer to works of art created using various tools. Since then, technology has stepped far forward, and modern artists have new visual means of technological properties. The integration of art and technology will be discussed at the TECHNE. Prologue". The halls of the NCCA will present graphic and audiovisual works, art objects and installations. One of them is "unfold.alt" by Ryochi Kurokawa. It is an audiovisual experience that brings the viewer face to face with the remotest corners of the universe and the secrets of its origin, expanding their own understanding of it. The work was created in collaboration with Vincent Mignère, an astrophysicist at the Institute for the Study of Fundamental Laws of the Universe in Paris.

Dmitry Morozov's Open Laboratory will be a special project of the exhibition. It is both a total installation and a modern media artist's studio with all the necessary equipment and tools to create new works, as well as the works of art themselves, which are in the process of being developed.

2A17: American Arthouse Film Festival

When: from 13 to 17 December
Schedule

Five days - ten films. These are the plans of the organizers of the American Arthouse Film Festival 2A17. The program of the show included films presented at the Venice Film Festival, Berlinale and Sundance. And eight out of ten films will be shown in Russia for the first time. The first in the schedule of the festival is the documentary drama Restless. It was shot by Jennifer Brea, whose life at the age of 24 was invaded by chronic fatigue syndrome. At first, the girl only had enough strength to attend classes, and then she had to go almost to bed rest. After a year of confusion and pain, Brea decided to film documentary about his illness, talking on Skype with other people whose lives have been changed by Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.

Another notable film of the festival - "Golden Ways". Drama by Alex Ross Perry premiered at the festival Sundance, and then at two dozen festivals around the world - from Argentina to South Korea. The director's work was dubbed "Bergman in Brooklyn". 25-year-old Australian Naomi comes to New York in the spring in search of new experiences and work. Her appearance stirs up a quiet neighborhood in Brooklyn where everyone knows each other.

In one of the films of the festival, David Lynch himself will appear in the frame. Drama "Lucky" is the story of a 90-year-old atheist who lives his own life even on the verge of death. For almost a century the protagonist He did not start a family, he also never had pets. He listens to Liberace, other people's stories, watches with surprise the youth and the changing world in general. David Lynch became Lucky's interlocutor in one of the episodes of the picture.

"December evenings" in the Pushkin Museum im. A.S. Pushkin

Where: st. Volkhonka, 12

This year the traditional music Festival "December evenings of Svyatoslav Richter" will take place in the White Hall Pushkin Museum already for the 37th time. His artistic director Yury Bashmet performs. The program continues the main theme of the exhibition The Wanderers and the Impressionists. On the way to the 20th century(takes place in the Main building from November 29 to February 25). Almost every evening on the stage will sound classical music. The works of Debussy, Chopin, Prokofiev will become the backdrop for the poetry of Baudelaire, Pasternak, Mandelstam performed by Chulpan Khamatova. To the accompaniment of a chamber ensemble Moscow Soloists Yevgeny Mironov will read Van Gogh's letters. You can familiarize yourself with the program of the festival.

Exhibition Avangardstroy. Architectural Rhythm of the Revolution"

Where: State Museum of Architecture. A.V. Shchusev on Vozdvizhenka

This is another project dedicated to the 100th anniversary October revolution. It was after the revolution of 1917 that architecture, painting, and design experienced an extraordinary upsurge associated with the emergence of new artistic trends - constructivism, functionalism, and others. The exhibition presents photographs, models and projects of iconic buildings of that era, created by the Vesnin brothers, Ilya Golosov, Ivan Leonidov. Some of them, such as the Palace of Labor on Revolution Square, were never implemented.

Exhibition of Abstract Landscapes by Susan Swartz

Where: State Russian Museum, Marble Palace, st. Millionnaya, 5/1

Susan Swartz. "Emerging Visions"

Susan Swartz. "Midday Shadows"

Susan Swartz. "Lily Serenade"

Susan Swartz. "Landscape of Resonances"

Susan Swartz. "Creation 7"

About 100 works are presented at the first exhibition of the American artist in Russia. In her work, she follows the traditions of the German romantic painters Caspar David Friedrich and Gerhard Richter, as well as American landscape painters. mid-nineteenth century from "Hudson River Schools" and "Schools of the Rocky Mountains". Svorts addresses the genre of landscape from the positions abstract painting: it is important for her not to depict a specific picture of nature, but to give the viewer the opportunity to perceive it emotionally - through color, temperature, mood. The titles of her works speak for themselves: "Glow of the Forest","Landscape of Resonances", "Emerging Visions".

Exhibition of Alice Kern "Voice Cooling Experiences"

Where: Anna Nova Gallery, st. Zhukovsky, 28, St. Petersburg
When: from December 8 to January 27

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Alice Kern - young contemporary artist, who comprehended the basics of mastery in the Moscow Institute of Contemporary Art Problems, London Goldsmiths University and Salzburg Academy of Arts. Gallery Anna Nova Kern will present his art project "Voice Cooling Experiences". In it, Alice will show everything she has found out by studying how the voice functions in various situations. To do this, the artist assembled various auxiliary devices - from an activator simulator and a sifter to a voice cooler and a deformer box. Alice Kern used them to separate the voice from the body and then "cool" it. This can be understood in many ways, including as a process of "creating critical distances".

Celebration of the 5th anniversary of the restaurant "Kokoko"

Where: Restaurant "Cococo", Voznesensky pr., 6, St. Petersburg
When: December 6, gathering of guests at 19:00

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"Cococo", one of the most famous restaurants in St. Petersburg, turns five years old. How much "Mom's Favorite Flowers" was broken during this time and how many hopes for the formation and strengthening of the new Russian cuisine are glued together! In honor of the first big anniversary in the kitchen "Cococo" for one evening, in addition to Igor Grishechkin, as many as eight chefs will gather: Dmitry Blinov, Evgeny Vikentiev, Artem Grebenshchikov, Anton Kovalkov, Georgy Troyan, Anton Abrezov, Anton Isakov and Andrey Kolodyazhny. How one dinner can contain so many bright personalities remains a mystery, as well as how one can master nine servings, because each of the chefs will prepare one iconic dish.

Tour of Paco Perez in St. Petersburg

Where: restaurant "Ptichy Dvor", St. Petersburg, st. Savushkina, 126, Atlantic city shopping center, 2nd floor
When: December 6-10

Where: restaurant "Floor 41", St. Petersburg, pl. Constitution, 3/2, BC Leader Tower, 41 floor
When: 13-17 December from 18:00

Paco Perez

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On December 8-9, the star of Catalan cuisine Paco Perez is visiting St. Petersburg. He has five stars Michelin: two per restaurant Miramar in Llans, which he has headed for 30 years, two in Enoteca in Barcelona and one for - Cinco by Paco Perez in Berlin. His other project is a restaurant Terra in Alabriga Hotel & Home Suites. The menu there is updated not only every season, but also with the advent of new products. “We have a simple and honest kitchen,” says Paco. We strive to show the merits of each product.” Incredible but longest on the menu Terra cheese cakes, casseroles, beef stroganoff and borscht are kept, which sous-chef Perez was taught to cook in St. Petersburg.

On Friday and Saturday, Paco Perez will serve dinners of eight servings at the restaurant "Poultry yard", where a special menu from the Spanish chef will also be presented from December 6 to 10. And from December 13 to 17, Marcos Gonzalez, Mario Ubieto and Antonio Archeri, chefs working under Perez, will cook at the restaurant "Floor 41".

Dinner accompanied by vintage champagne and outstanding wines

Where: Ruski restaurant, 1st Krasnogvardeisky pr-d, 21, building 2, 85th floor, OKO tower, Moscow City
When: December 5, gathering of guests at 19:30

press service of Ruski restaurant

Wine with food or food with wine? When we are talking about the wines of a champagne house that owns a farm, known since the 15th century, and from which world history Bordeaux wines, so the question is no longer posed. Gastronomic accompaniment to vintage champagne and outstanding wines that Thierry Valler will present to Moscow will be an author's set from the restaurant's chef Ruski Alexander Volkov-Medvedev. On December 5, on the dinner menu, salmon marinated in beets with baked beets and broccoli; Far Eastern scallop with baked apple with honey and baked milk sauce; sea ​​bass with cauliflower couscous and crab bisque; stewed and seared beef rib with gratin, pickled onions and salsa; and for dessert - sour cream panna cotta with strawberry meringue and strawberry tartare.

Enogastronomic dinner by Giuseppe Davi

press service of the Butler restaurant

On the eve of the New Year, champagne becomes not only an accompaniment to all the festivities, but also an independent hero of the celebrations. So December 7 at the restaurant Butler enogastronomic dinner dedicated to this legendary sparkling wine will take place. It will be attended by representatives of several major regions of Champagne. And the dinner menu was thought out by Chef Giuseppe Davi in ​​order to achieve the perfect harmony of each dish with champagne. The course of four servings this evening will be Sicilian prawn carpaccio; seafood salad with celery and orange sauce; risotto with cuttlefish ink, squid and tomato confit; duck breast with pear.

Tour Igit Uzunkarsilioglu

Where: I Like Grill restaurant, st. Leo Tolstoy, 18 b
When: 6 and 7 December at 20:00

press service of the restaurant I Like Grill

The hard-to-pronounce name Igit Uzunkarsilioglu will have to be learned, as this young chef will soon be on everyone's lips and even on TV - next year he is launching his own TV show. December 6 and 7 Michelin Restaurant Chef Mano Rota in Barcelona tours in Moscow I Like Grill, which will show the miracles that happen when meat, grill and great talent. After Uzunkarsilioglu's dinners, eight of his author's dishes will remain on the restaurant's menu until mid-winter.

Indian bazaar at Danilovsky market

While Moscow is filled with Christmas markets, copying European models without any idea, Danilovsky Market for a couple of days he will try to create an atmosphere of India, and not for the sake of bright colors as such, but in order to support Eurasian Cancer Foundation "EACF" and Eurasian Federation of Oncology. December 13-15, accompanied by Indian musical groups on Danilovsky it will be possible not only to taste real Indian food, but also to try on traditional clothes, do henna painting, purchase Ayurvedic products and even ask an astrologer for predictions for the future.

20th Charity Winter Ball

On December 9, a gala dinner of the charitable foundation will be held "Winter Ball" helping children suffering from cancer and not receiving budget funding. The money collected by him is directed to the purchase of expensive endoprostheses and equipment. This year's ball will be patronized by the Embassy of the Hellenic Republic in Russian Federation, so the gastronomic component of the event will be headed by the brand chef of the restaurant ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ Stamatis Tsilias. The gala dinner will consist of five servings of national dishes of Greek cuisine prepared by the chef.