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XXXIH International Festival "December evenings of Svyatoslav Richter. Walks with Thomas Gainsboro "announced his program

Brezhnev, Andropov, Chernenko, Gorbachev, Yeltsin, Putin - 5 people changed as the head of our state since 1981, in which the festival “December evenings of Svyatoslav Richter” was created, and still every year reminiscent of the difference between the eternal and transient. This year he has another mission. By bypassing political squabbles to attach ties between Russia and England, since it is one of the central events of the year of music of Great Britain and Russia.

The festival is held by the British Embassy with the support of the British Council from December 1 to 23 at the Museum. A.S. Pushkin, where in its framework on December 3, the exposition of the true decoration of the golden age of the British painting of the great Thomas Gainsboro will open. When 38 years ago, Irina Aleksandrovna Antonova, the then director of Pushkinsky, having visited the festival in the French tour, where Richter invited her, suggested Svyatoslav Theofilovich to arrange something similar in the walls of his museum, he replied: he agreed if she could only combine visual arts, music and poetry.

By the way, he painted in his youth, studied with Falk, but facing a difficult choice, remained a musician.

However, the art occupied a significant part of his life - Richter presented the Flemeum to them. Pushkin.

In turn, the music has always remained a passionate enthusiasm for the artist Gainsboro. Its portraits of famous composers and performers will decorate the walls of the White Hall, and original graphics, rare archival materials, and glass landscapes, which are extremely rarely issued to foreign exhibitions, will be decorated.

A team of young actors and musicians who have prepared a special project-literary and musical fantasy “Sentimental Journey” according to the novel by Lawrence Stern is responsible for the literary part of the festival. Artistic Director of "Evenings" Yuri Bashmet.

The current festival, as always, shines with names - ours and foreign, new and acquaintances. For the first time, the English vocal ensemble I Fagiolini under the direction of Robert Hollingworth with the Program “Seasons” will come to Russia. Another loud premiere is the performance of the French ensemble Les Musiciens de Saint Julien under the leadership of Francois Lazarevich. A gift to the audience will be the performance of the ensemble of copper brand brand Bennett London inaroque Brass , and the main Christmas surprise is a concert of the famous British "Orchestra of the Enlightenment of the Enlightenment" under the control of Highwood Paul. After a long break, Evgeny Kisin with a solo program dedicated to Svyatoslav Richter will perform at the December evenings. The large and diverse program of the December evenings is already available on the website of the Pushrooms of Mih. A.S. Pushkin, there you can also buy tickets, the sale of which begins on September 20.