Kapkov is tired of culture? © Channel One The head of the Moscow Culture Department, Sergei Kapkov, in the near future, may leave his position: he is “tired of culture”. This was reported to Vedomosti several Moscow officials and a source close to the Kremlin. The representative of the city hall refused to comment on this information. In March 2011, Sergey Kapkov was appointed director of Gorky Park, which he reconstructed and modernized .

The story, as we see, ended sadly: Africa became a big statesman. Allegedly tried to draw the poor Mamyshev-monro into one dirty adventure. And recently it turned out that a group of St. Petersburg artists sued him for not wanting to give their paintings. But it all started very fun. In 1980, a fourteen-year-old genius from Novorossiysk arrived in the city of Leningrad in order to conquer it.

The competition of organists named after Mikael Tariverdieva summed up the results © International competition of organists named after Mikael Tariverdieva On Wednesday, September 11, in the Kaliningrad Regional Philharmonic, the closing ceremony of the VIII International Competition of organists named after Mikael Tariverdiev was held. 20 organists from 16 countries took part in the final auditions.

All good festivals have the habit of showing character. Some are friendly, the other cold-strings, some are rustic, others are arrogant, some love pop music, others-an abrupt teenage action, and others-the avant-garde and esoteric ambiguity. But spectators of any festivals prefer intelligible, clear narratives - stories with a tie, climax and denouement.

Otto Zander died © BASIS-FILM-WERLEIH GmbH Today, September 12, in Berlin, at the age of 72, a German theater and film actor Otto Zander died. It is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the German media. Otto Zander was born in 1941 in Hanover. He made his debut in 1965 on the stage of one of the chamber theaters of Dusseldorf. His theatrical career was mainly connected with the Berlin Shaubun.

On September 2, a short list of the fourth season of the All -Russian contest for the best literary work for children and youth “Bookra” was announced. So far, the children's reader jury is determined with the choice of a laureate, Colta. RU decided to see how things are in children's literature today. Over the next few weeks, we will publish materials on modern Russian children's literature.

1. "Mumiy Troll" "Sos sailor" Navigator Records Ilya Lagutenko copes with the status of a living classic rather deftly: he makes friendship with musicians, for whom the ideological advanced sound is fundamentally important (Felix Bondarev, Alexander Gagarin, Pavlo Shevchuk), cultivates (in the projects “Do me for sure” and V-ROX ) and in every possible way supports the feeling of his own eternal youth.

Roskomnadzor found gay propaganda on TV © Alma Films Roskomnadzor issued a warning to the Eurokino television channel for the broadcast of the French film “All Songs of Love”, as he promotes unconventional sexual relations. Also, the Eurokino television channel made another warning for broadcasting on the air of the film containing the propaganda of pornography, reports Radio Liberty . What kind of film we are talking about is not indicated.

Financing of state media is reduced © TUTOBOEV.NET In 2013, classes of several state media holdings, in particular VGTRK and RIA Novosti, will decrease. According to Izvestia with reference to sources in the market, VGTRK (TV channels "Russia", "Russia 2", "Russia-culture", etc.) negotiating with contractors to reduce the cost of contracts. RIA Novosti talk about a possible reduction in staff. The budget draft for 2014 states that the subsidies of most of the state media projects will be cut.

The Minister of Culture of Latvia will be responsible for the dismissal of the director of the National Opera © Bestriga.com The Prime Minister of Latvia Valdis Dombrovskis will call the Minister of Culture Jeanet Yaunzem-Grand for a “serious conversation” in connection with its decision to dismiss Andreis Zhagars, the director of the national opera,.