In the second week of the festival, it became quite obvious: the path to the future is a roundabout, through the past. Cinematographers of all countries are universally nostalized in the era of innocence. For some, these are the nineties: in comparison with the current times of increased anxiety, then a decade is a beautiful one, even if the war in the bay was going on and the AIDS raged.

Achievements and merits of the German group Tangerine Dream can be listed for hours. Together with Kraftwerk , they became, if not discoverers of electronic music, then at least its conductors in mass culture. On their account millions of disks sold, soundtracks to more than 60 films and influence on all and all - from David Bowie to Depeche Mode .

The latest history of the Russian theater continues to be written as a martyrologist. Yesterday in Moscow, at the 62nd year of her life, Elena Gremina suddenly died -a month later with a little after the departure of her husband and ally Mikhail Ugarova . Now the orphaned “theater.doc”, over the past years pursued by the authorities and is still in the status of a refugee , will continue to fight for independence without its founders.

The St. Petersburg Philharmonic is preparing 12 concert programs for the Night of Museums © St. Petersburg Academic Philharmonic named after D. D. Shostakovich On May 19, the St. Petersburg Philharmonic will join the action "Night of the Museums". From six in the evening to six in the morning on the stage of the Big Hall, musicians will present 12 concert programs.

Laureates of the Libmit Prize were announced The jury of the journalistic prize "Libming" announced the names of the 2018 laureates. They were Anna Shadrina and Andrei Desnitsky, in a special nomination the work of Zoe Light was noted.

At the festival "Musical Olympus" will perform musicians from 11 countries © "Musical Olympus" From May 27 to June 3, the XXIII International Festival “Musical Olympus” will be held in St. Petersburg, in which 17 musicians from Russia, Great Britain, Italy, China, Colombia, the Republic of Korea, Serbia, Singapore, Poland, France, Croatia and Ukraine will take part. All artists of the Musical Olympus are winners of the most significant international competitions.

Beat Film Festival will show the VR program for the first time © Steye & The Bizonkid / Beat Film Festival This year, the Film Festival documentary festival, together with Tinkoff, for the first time in its history, presents the VR program of musical, experimental and documentary cinema.

The first exhibition opens in the workshop of Peter Konchalovsky in Moscow © Museum M.A. Bulgakova Today, May 17, in the Museum of M.A. Bulgakov on Bolshaya Sadovaya Street in Moscow will be opened by the project “Studio 40. Memorial workshop of Peter Konchalovsky”-the first exhibition in the future Museum-Master. According to the press service of the museum M.A. Bulgakova, the project was prepared in partnership with the Foundation of P. Konchalovsky and the State Tretyakov Gallery.

The concept of the Sakhalin Film Festival is presented © ruspekh.ru Sakhalin International Theater Center named after A.P. Chekhova (Chekhov Center) Today, May 17, the general producer of the Sakhalin International Film Festival "End of the World" Alexei Agranovich presented the concept of the 2018 festival.

The scene on the water VDNH announced the program of the new season © VDNH On June 2, the second season of the open -air stage “Green Theater VDNH will open in Moscow. Scene on the water. " According to VDNH , the first on the stage on the water will be the musicians of the orchestra of the Moscow Military Musical School named after Lieutenant General V.M. Khalilova. This concert will start the annual competition of wind orchestras, which will be held in the territory of VDNH.

Felix Cuban will perform in Moscow and St. Petersburg © Red Bull Music In early June, in Moscow and St. Petersburg, the Red Bull Music program will host concerts by the artist of the German wave of musical reformers of the late XX century, the founder of Gagarin Records and the Minimal Wave resident Felix Kubin. The Moscow concert will be held on June 8 at the Gazgolder club, the St. Petersburg concert - June 9 at the Mosaique club.

The Academy of Young Composers in Tchaikovsky continues to accept applications © MAMM Until May 25, the deadline for submitting applications for participation in the VIII International Academy of Young Composers, which will be held in the city of Tchaikovsky Perm Territory from August 13 to September 13.

"Memorial" will hold a tour "Moscow Karola Ner" On May 19, the International Memorial organizes the tour “Moscow Karola Ner” dedicated to the places where the actress lived and also worked, as well as German pre -war emigration as a whole. The guide is Maria Shilova, the beginning at 16:00, the collection in front of the ceremonial entrance of TASS (the corner of the Bolshaya Nikitskaya and Tver Boulevard), you can register to participate in the excursion on the Memorial website .

The current fiftieth anniversary of the events of 1968 seems to cause not many emotions. Of course, we are not talking about academic or cultural interest-the depolitized “spirit” of the 68th still inspires art exhibitions or historical conferences, however, discovering complete impotence in the field of politics.

The current Moscow season is trying to assure us that for a good opera we must go not to the profile theater, but to the concert hall. Simon Bokkanigra Gergiev, Don Juan Stefano Montanari - these were brilliant events that caused violent enthusiasm, and not the correct shrug. The boring genre of concert performance of the opera is experiencing a heyday - largely thanks to the Philharmonic Subscription "Opera Masterpieces" and its author Mikhail Fichtengoltz.