The poet, critic, philologist Danila Davydov became the laureate of the Literary and Critical Prize “Moscow Observer”. Sergei Odovnov asked him about the award, whether literature works today as an enlightening project and what destroys the poet’s internal geography in a changing city. - Danila, why give the Moscow Observer award?

Turner's Prize was won by Assemble Group The London Assemble team, working in the field of architecture and design, was the laureate of the Turner Prize of 2015. The award was awarded for the project on the reconstruction of residential buildings for the poor in Liverpool. The award ceremony took place in Glasgow on Monday, December 7th.

A portrait of another woman was found under "Mona Lisa" © Brinkworth Films The French researcher Pascal Cotta discovered under the upper layer of the famous “Mona Lisa” Leonardo da Vinci another image - a portrait of a seated woman. According to BBC , the cottage spent 10 years on the study of the picture. He was able to detect an earlier portrait, using his own technology based on the reflection of light rays.

The first five -story buildings are offered to give the status of monuments The Archnadzor public movement submitted a statement to the Moscow City City Herring about assigning the status of cultural heritage objects (science and technology monuments) to the two very first Moscow five-story buildings of the K-7 series. A series of five-story multi-section residential buildings from K-7 frame panels was developed in the USSR in the late 1950s and early 1960s engineer Vitaly Lagutenko.

Vadim Kholodenko will play a concert of Buzoni in St. Petersburg © Ralph Lauer / The Cliburn Competition On Wednesday, December 9, in the concert hall of the Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg, the winner of the Van Klibern Vadim Kholodenko contest will be performed by Ferruuccio Buzoni's piano concert.

The audience called the Tannhazer the performance of the year On Monday, December 7, in the Vakhtangov Theater in Moscow, a ceremony of presenting the VIII International Theater Prize of the audience sympathies “Theater Star” took place. In the nomination “The Best Musical Play”, the play “Tannheiser” of the Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theater (Ngatoib) was awarded. The award statuette was awarded to the former director of Ngatoib Boris Mazhni, TASS reports.

The ambitious two-part album “Electronica” of the 67-year-old French synthesizer guru is a revenge of the composer-record holder, who once spoke in front of millionth audiences, in the new millennium in which he was forgotten. Jean-Michel Zharr decided to record his Magnum Opus, where he sets out his eyes on the history of electronic music and tries to predict its future.

The Artdokfest begins From December 8 to 16 in Moscow and St. Petersburg, the Artdokfest documentary film festival will be held. At the opening of the festival, the film of Sergei Loznitsa “Event”, dedicated to the August coup of 1991 in Leningrad, will be shown.

In Russia, a patriotic rise continues © Channel One Parade of Victory on the Red Square in Moscow. 2015 The data of the November survey “Levada Center” in comparison with the results of sociological studies of previous years show a sharp increase in patriotic sentiments among Russians. So, even compared to last fall, the share of those who are ashamed of what was happening in the country decreased.

Today in Moscow and St. Petersburg, Artdokfest begins, in the program of which are two unconditioned MUSTs SEE : Film of the Foundation for Corruption about the family business of the Prosecutor General of Chaika and Sons and the show of the working materials of the film Zosi Radkevich “My Friend Boris Nemtsov”.

Igor Irteniev announced the exit from the Pen-Center © Literary Festival "Day of Poetry" in Kazan The poet Igor Irteniev sent a statement to the leadership of the Russian Pen-Center to withdraw from this organization in connection with the refusal of its leadership from human rights activities. He reported this on Monday, December 7, on Facebook by the writer Lev Timofeev .

Mountain Air Festival in Nizhny Novgorod The music of the four Swiss composers - Beata Furrer, Istvan Zelenka, Denis Schuler and Antoine Shessa - will sound on December 8 and 17 at the Mountain Air festival in Nizhny Novgorod. The Swiss ensemble Ensemble Phoenix Basel also takes part in the festival. Musical Festival "Mountain Air" is a joint project of Swiss and Russian composers and performers.