A month of festivals

That you can not miss in June

A month of festivals. The beginning of summer in Moscow is crowded with events - as if the peak of the season moved to its end. What can not be missed in June - I found out The New Times

Faisal Omar.I World Press Photo Prize

Four large -scale cultural projects will fill the whole month without a trace and satisfy the curiosity of Muscovites in all areas of art. On June 10, in the Chocolate Wheel of Krasnoye October, an exhibition of winners of the World Photography Journalism Competition World Press Photo 2011. From June 15 to 30 in Moscow and St. Petersburg, the XIV International Competition named after P.I. Tchaikovsky - Lovers of classics will be able to hear tomorrow's world stars. All June (and July in addition) will be occupied by the X International Theater Festival named after Chekhov, which will be the best performances and troupe of the world. And the XXXIII Moscow International Film Festival will take the last week of the month.

Festivals and competitions the current competition. Tchaikovsky will take place in a new format. Firstly, not only in Moscow, but also in St. Petersburg (violinists and vocalists will perform there; pianists and cellists remain in Moscow); Secondly, on all rounds in all specialties, web broadcast will be included; Thirdly, the jury under the chairmanship of Valery Gergiev will work according to the new American refereeing system, which, according to the organizers, excludes any frauds of the results, and the winners are promised unprecedented executive contracts around the world (the prize fund of the competition now-€ 300 thousand). In Moscow, the pianists will finally perform in open after the reconstruction of the Great Hall of the Conservatory. The final concert will take place there on June 30.

In the June poster of the Chekhov festival, pay special attention to two performances. On June 28-30, on the stage of the Mossovet Theater - “Cinderella” of the English choreographer Matthew Burn. From June 1 to 5 and also at the Mossovet Theater - the performance of the main theater wizard of the modernity of Philip Zhanti, called by him “fixed passengers”. “This is the Odyssey of all mankind,” the director says. - Traveling through space and time, the experience of all the obsessions associated with this, overcoming, conflicts, humiliation, worship of idols, fears, enthusiasm, dreams and rejection ... "

The frame from the film “Transformers 3: The Dark Side of the Moon” Moscow Film Festival, which will begin on June 23, while holding the program secret, but it is known that it will open by the blockbuster “Transformers 3: The Dark Side of the Moon”. Former Czech President Vaclav Gavel will show his directorial film defense - the painting “Leaving”, shot according to his own play. In addition, Muscovites are waiting for a retrospective of films by American Rob Nielsen.

Exhibitions

The work of Eric Bulatov

The Ekaterina Foundation in the continuation of its project dedicated to the Russian art of the second half of the 20th century, on June 22, opens two exhibitions. “The export from the USSR is allowed ...” Moscow non -conformism from the collection of Ekaterina and Vladimir Semenikhin, museums and private collections ”and“ Igor Palmin. PAST Perfect ”-photos of a well-known photorepecter having the largest archive of pictures of unofficial artists of the 60-80s in the country.

Open lectures of contemporary artists in the Moscow Museum of Modern Art as part of the project “Artists say ...” are waiting for the curiosity on June 2, Leonid Tishkov will discuss on the topic “Art as an experience”, on June 16, Alexander Pankin will tell about “the imagination of the Black Square”, on June 30, Gosha Ostretsov will give a lecture under the formidable name “new government, world domination and resistance”.

The Mamontov Gallery in Lavrushinsky opens an exhibition on June 8 with the “summer” name “covered by the happiness of being. Still life of the first half of the twentieth century from the Mamont collection. " 25 works of the classics of the Russian avant -garde - Pavel Kuznetsov, Ilya Mashkov, Aristarchus Lentulov, Sergey Sudeikin, Alexander Kuprin, Robert Falk - became the basis of the exposition.

Singer Shieded O'Connor

Concerts are a strange and unusual singer from New York Ayo sings on June 4 at the House of Music. She is 28 years old, her mother is from Romania, her father is a Nigerian, and in her music she combines pop, jazz, Soul, reggae, SKA and other styles. She composes her compositions herself and sings them in a pure voice with an occasionally manifested touching hoarse.

You can go to the concert of the great Sting on June 13 to Olympic. Symphonicity - this is the name of the singer’s musical project, in which he will perform his hits in Moscow to the accompaniment of the symphony orchestra in full force.

And on June 24, the Irish singer Shinad O'Connor will perform in the House of Music for the first time in Russia, thanks to which Irish rock became an event in world musical life. It is considered the most shocking star of the twentieth century, even more scandalous than Madonna. From the very beginning, the girl insisted that, firstly, it could be a serious artist, and secondly, the publicity of her life on stage does not make her an object of sexual hunting. And the stage appearance was always far from glamor. She always hid her beautiful figure in shapeless hoodies and froze her head. She declared herself a lesbian, spoke about AIDS problems, opposed the spread of Catholicism (supposedly this infringes on the rights of religious minorities), defended IRA, etc. At the same time, the voice is beautiful, you should listen.

The premieres of the Moscow Art Theater under the curtain of the season releases Masters and Margarita Mikhail Bulgakov in the production of Hungarian director Janos Sas. Anatoly Bely, Margarita will play the master - Natalya Shvets, Pontius Pilate - Nikolai Chindyaykin, Woland - Dmitry Nazarov. The distribution of roles promises an interesting sight. Premiere shows will take place on June 29 and 30.

From June 19 to June 24, the premiere of Rimsky-Korsakov’s opera “Golden Cockerel” in the production of Kirill Serebrennikov will play on the stage of the Bolshoi Theater. And this is already interesting: one of the main outrage of the calmness of this season took up the opera classic. The conductor Vasily Sinai is responsible for the musical part of the production.

Movies

Frame from the film "Tree of Life"

The winner of the last international Cannes festival. The “Tree of Life” by Terrens Malik with Brad Pitt and Shone Penen in the main roles on June 9 will be released in Russian rental. This picture is about growing up a teenager, his collision with the real world. Another hit of the Cannes festival - "Melancholy" Lars von Trier - was promised at the Moscow box office from June 7.

On June 23, Avdoty Smirnova’s film “Two days” with Fedor Bondarchuk, Konstantin Khabensky, Irina Rosanova and Ksenia Rappoport in the main roles will be released. The melodramatic story about how the metropolitan businessman falls in love with the deputy director of the provincial literary museum and wants to completely change his fate, gives an occasion for deep thought about the course of life and nature of man.