Today marks 80 years to American composer Steve Raich. On October 6, at the Sound Up concert, six Russian composers and pianists in honor of the anniversary will perform his work “Six Pianos” on six piano. The previous time in Moscow, the performance of this play took place at the Alternative festival in the late 1990s.

Neville Marriner died © Academy of st Martin in the Fields On October 2, at the age of 92, the British conductor and violinist Neville Marriner died. This was reported by the website of the Chamber Orchestra "Academy of St. Martin in the fields" , the founder and lifelong president of which he was. Neville Marriner was born in 1924 in Lincoln. He studied at the Royal Music College in London (in 1948 he became a professor there) and in the Paris Conservatory (class of violin Rene Benedetti).

Anton Nosik was fined half a million © Peter Lidov Today, October 3, the Presnensky District Court of Moscow sentenced Blogger Anton Nosiku, who was accused under the 282nd article of the Criminal Code for a post in the “Live Journal” (LJ), in the form of a fine of 500 thousand rubles. Earlier today, judge Evgeny Naydenov found the nose guilty. The public prosecutor asked him to be sentenced to two years in prison.

“Sy-y-y-y-yrrrrrr,” I admired about six-year-old loudly, finding a scarce product in the forecaster of the village neighboring with our city. Parents were embarrassed, but it seems to be bought cheese. So my first memory of the 90s is a type of cheese happiness. The memory, in general, is pleased with the banal: those who survived the 90s will not be surprised by such stories.

Three Russian cities will show David Fincher's films © 20th Century Fox Frame from the film "Fight Club" From October 7 to 16, in Moscow, St. Petersburg and Yekaterinburg, the company "Noveokino" will present on the big screen the retrospective of the American director David Fincher. In Moscow, the shows will be held on October 7–9 at the Cinema Cinema Cinema, in St. Petersburg - on October 14-16 at the Aurora cinema, in Yekaterinburg - on October 14-16 at the Coliseum Cinema.

Director changed in Gorky Park © Gennady Grachev / "Culture of Moscow" Marina Lulchuk Director of the Central Park of Culture and Rest. M. Gorky was appointed Marina Lulchuk, who led the institution of the Moscow Culture Department “The United Directorate of the Mosgorpark”. This was reported by the Department of Culture of Moscow .

The festival of medieval music will be held in Moscow © United Archives Hildegard Bingenskaya From October 9 to 16, concerts of the third international festival of medieval music Musica Mensurata will take place in the Cathedral of Saints and Paul in Moscow. The works of the X - XIV centuries will be performed by musicians specializing in authentic performing. This year, the Musica Mensurata festival turns to the borders between the earthly and heavenly, sacred and profane.

The lecture of the Polytechnic Museum opens a new season On Tuesday, October 4, in the ZIL cultural center, a lecture on the human genome opens the new season of the oldest lecture of the Polytechnic Museum in Moscow. In the new season, much will be in a new way. And in the first lecture on Zil, it opens a cycle called “human boundaries” - meetings with scientists who want to outwit nature and are looking for a cure for cancer, genetic diseases and old age.

A monument to Ivan the Terrible was erected in Orel The first monument to Ivan the Terrible in Russia, against which the public objected, was erected in Orel. The official opening will take place over the next two weeks. This was reported by Interfax with reference to the representative of the press service of the regional government Sergey Tyurin. “To date, all installation work has been completed, but the territory near the monument has not yet been put in order.

The court found Anton Nosik guilty Today, October 3, the Presnensky District Court of Moscow found the blogger Anton Nosik to be guilty in the case under the 282th article of the Criminal Code for Publication in the Living Journal (LJ). According to Interfax , Judge Evgeny Naydenov said this in the motivation part of the sentence.

New Holland will show an exhibition on the resurrection of Tsiolkovsky © Arseny Zhilyaev From October 7 to November 10, an exhibition of Arseny Zhilyaev “Tsiolkovsky will be held on the island of New Holland in St. Petersburg. The second coming ”is a fantasy about the life of the resurrected Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and the museums of the future.

The Minister of Education proposes to return written exams upon admission to universities The head of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation Olga Vasilieva spoke out in favor of the return of written entrance exams to higher educational institutions. According to RIA Novosti , the minister’s statement was heard at her meeting with the winners of the “Teacher of the Year 2016” contest.