St.Petersburg Seasons Festival

Attendance is available for participants:
Lower Park
Oranienbaum Park
Alexandria Park

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In 2024, Russia is celebrating the 80th anniversary of the full liberation of Leningrad from the Nazi blockade. The exhibition features an interactive map of Leningrad from 1935, highlighting key industrial production sites in the city. Each site is accompanied by materials from the electronic collection of the Presidential Library (documents, books, research, images). The exhibition aims to showcase over 70 factories and plants that operated in the besieged city at various times.

A special section will be dedicated to the activities of the Bolshevik plant (Obukhov State Plant). During the Great Patriotic War (World War 2), the plant repaired military equipment and produced weapons and ammunition.

The goal of the exhibition is to tell the story of the heroic labour of Leningrad’s industrial enterprises during the difficult years of the Nazi blockade, using materials from the electronic collection of the Presidential Library and documents provided by Obukhov State Plant.

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The Fabergé Museum is one of the most popular museums in the city.

The museum is based around the world’s largest collection of masterpieces by Carl Fabergé. Its greatest treasure are the nine Easter eggs created by the masters of the Carl Fabergé firm for the last two Russian emperors. All of them are masterpieces of jewellery art and unique historical monuments associated with the reign and personal lives of Emperors Alexander III and Nicholas II.

Today the collection of the Fabergé Museum contains more than 4 thousand exhibits, which also includes other areas in which the Fabergé firm worked: fantasy objects, jewellery, silverware, interior decorations and church items.

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For the eighth time especially for SPIEF in the Elena Tsvetkova Gallery, the Contemporary Heritage of Russia project will present the works of the most unique contemporary artists: masters of arts and crafts, awarded with diplomas of the State Treasury and the leading museums of the country. Luxury in all its manifestation is designed to surprise and delight the viewer.
You will see magnificent embroideries in silk and gold, various types of mosaics, the most complex carvings from mammoth tusk, the finest vases and bouquets of moulded porcelain, sculptures, virtuoso painting by miniature painters on enamel-guilloche, stone, mother-of-pearl and papier-mâché, precious stones, skilful works of jewellers and much more. These works have been exhibited in Gokhran, the Moscow Kremlin Museum, the Diamond Fund of Russia, the State Historical Museum, the Hermitage, the Russian Museum, the State Museum of Fine Arts Pavlovsk and other museums around the country and the world.

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The museum currently has 54,261 items in its collection. Among them are: 7 thousand works of graphics, painting and sculpture, 19 thousand manuscript and documentary materials, 3.7 thousand items of soldiers' and siege life, as well as 20 thousand photographs, 3.5 thousand orders, medals and signs, over 500 items of equipment and weapons, books published in besieged Leningrad.

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The St. Isaac's Cathedral Monument Museum is one of the most significant art museums in Russia, which enjoys fame around the world. St. Isaac's Cathedral is a unique monument of Russian architecture and one of the most outstanding cathedrals in Europe. It is an exceptional example of Russian church art. Decoration of the cathedral includes the largest collection of Russian monumental paintings of the mid 19th century, totalling more than 150 works. Among them are works by famous artists Vasily Shebuev, Karl Bryullov, Fyodor Bruni. Over 300 statues, sculptural groups and reliefs were made by Ivan Vitali. More than 60 mosaic works by Russian masters play an important role in the artistic and decorative ornamentation. Of undoubted interest is one of the largest stained-glass windows in Russia with an area of 28.5 square metres.

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The Catherine’s Palace is an outstanding monument of Russian culture. Evolving between the 18th and 20th centuries, it is celebrated as a magnificent example of Russian Baroque. The Grand Hall and the Golden Enfilade of grand interiors, including the world-famous Amber Room, delight with their luxurious decoration.
The museum's exposition covers more than 300 years of history of the outstanding monument and also introduces the achievements of the restorers who revived the palace after the Great Patriotic War.

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The Russian Museum of Ethnography is one of the largest ethnographic museums in the world. Its collection includes about 500,000 exhibits.
The museum's expositions allow to see the unique object world of peoples living in the vast expanses of Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Siberia and Central Asia. It preserves cultural monuments of 157 peoples of Russia and neighbouring countries.
The Russian Ethnographic Museum is located in a building constructed in the style of Russian neoclassicism. The jewel of the building is the Marble Hall. It was conceived as a memorial hall in honour of Emperor Alexander III. The peculiarity of this monumental structure with an area of about 1000 square metres is the use of only domestic pink marble for decoration. On the perimeter of the Marble Hall there is a high relief frieze depicting representatives of various peoples of the Russian Empire. The sculptors placed on it many figures forming genre scenes from the life of numerous peoples of the Russian Empire, creating a collective image of Russia and emphasizing the idea of ethnic diversity, richness and variety of cultures of the peoples inhabiting it.


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The Arctic and Antarctic Museum is the only museum in Russia dedicated to both polar regions. The museum is located in the building of the former St. Nicholas Church. The exposition is presented in 3 sections: "Nature of the Arctic", "History of research and development of the Northern Sea Route", and "Antarctica". Here you can see personal collections of researchers, expedition equipment, unique devices, models of ships, dioramas.

Visit two poles in one day!

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The Suvorov State Memorial Museum is a museum dedicated to the memory of Generalissimo Alexander Suvorov. It was founded in St. Petersburg in 1900 to mark the centenary of the commander's death.

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Kupetz Eliseevs Food Hall in St. Petersburg is the main gastronomic attraction of the city, a monument of ‘northern art nouveau’ and the first shopping and entertainment complex of the Russian Empire, which opened its doors to customers over 100 years ago. Opened in 1902 by Grigory Eliseev, a merchant, entrepreneur, philanthropist, State Councillor, the trading house of the ‘Eliseev Brothers’ partnership worked as a store of colonial goods, delicacies and foreign wines, as well as a theatre and a restaurant for visitors. Almost the entire historical interior of the shop’s sales area has been preserved and is under state protection as an object of cultural and historical heritage of federal importance. Kupetz Eliseevs Food Hall houses Russia’s first museum of the history of the Eliseev merchants, which presents their personal belongings, letters, archive materials, a collection of antique items and the store's unique photo collection of 150 unpublished photos.

The Russian Museum is the world's largest museum of Russian art, a unique architectural and artistic complex in the historical centre of St. Petersburg. Today, the Russian Museum is one of the largest museums in Russia and the world, containing more than 400 thousand works of art, which cover the period from the 12th century to the present day.

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The museum is home to monuments of world culture dating back to the first centuries of Christianity. Its exponents include icons, pilgrimage relics, parts of the relics of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker, Saint Spyridon of Trimythous, and Saint Constantine the Great, works of painters, as well as artefacts of Old Believer art centres.

The secular part of the collection features original paintings by Quentin Matsys, Jacob Adriaensz Backer, Peter Paul Rubens, and Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn.

The Museum of Christian Culture is a unique multimedia complex. Its creators set the goal of expanding the classical perception of the exposition that many people know so well. Visitors are immersed in a special atmosphere with musical accompaniment, lighting design, multimedia canvases, touch tables, and modern technologies.

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Visiting the art gallery of the outstanding sculptor and artist Vyacheslav Chebotar gives visitors a lasting feeling of light, joy, and pride in our great national classical art. The gallery will exhibit a polyptych dedicated to Alexander Nevsky. The grand opening is due to take place on the territory of the Lavra on 12 September 2024, which will be the 300th anniversary of the transfer of the saint’s relics to the Lavra.
During the visit, a lottery will be held among visitors for the chance to spend time with the master and create a portrait.

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For inquiries: +7 904 6478327

The online exhibition’s ‘Russia to the World’ multimedia project presents a retrospective of Russian and Soviet scientific development and introduces the great scientists and achievements upon which an entire civilization would be built.

Forum participants can access the exhibition by badge with a free ticket, which must be obtained from the box office.

If you ask us, the residents of the city, what St. Petersburg is, we will generally give you different answers. For some people, it’s the capital of culture and distinctive architecture, for some it’s about the white nights, walking around until morning, and drawbridges, for some it’s an innovative city that has lived by its own rules since its foundation, and for some it is simply their beloved home.
We suggest that visitors to the exhibition may like to take a journey through the different aspects of St. Petersburg, immerse themselves in its atmosphere, and think about how they see it, how it used to be, what it has become, and what it will be in future, and, most importantly, how each of us affects the city.

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The exhibition ‘Pushkin’s Lukomorye’, timed to coincide with the 225th anniversary of Alexander Pushkin, is dedicated to five famous works written by the poet in 1820–1830 which are considered to be the gold standard for Russian fairy tales: The Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish; The Tale of the Golden Cockerel; The Tale of Tsar Saltan, of His Son the Renowned and Mighty Bogatyr Prince Gvidon Saltanovich and of the Beautiful Swan-Princess; The Tale of the Dead Princess and the Seven Knights; and The Tale of the Priest and of his Worker Balda.

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As part of the SPIEF 2024 cultural programme, the Unified Contractor in the Construction Sphere company invites Forum participants to see how the world-famous Rimsky-Korsakov St. Petersburg State Conservatory is being renovated. The new building is set to be officially unveiled during the second half of 2024.
During the tour, Forum participants will be given a unique opportunity to view the Conservatory’s late 19th century interiors, originally created by architect Vladimir Nikolya, and now recreated using historical technologies and materials. For the first time, the public will be able to see the paintings in the Chapel, by famous artist Andrei Ryabushkin, which were thought to have been lost, but were discovered during the current restoration work.
The area covered by the renovation is 31,000 metres. The state contractor for the work is Unified Contractor in the Construction Sphere, and the general contractor is Polytekhstroy-Svargo.
Tours will be conducted by professional restorers from the general contractor company twice daily, at 10:00 and at 17:00, throughout SPIEF, which takes place on 5–8 June 2024.
The entire route around the construction site is equipped in accordance with health and safety standards, and all participants will be provided with personal safety equipment (hard hats and fluorescent safety vests).
If you would like to join a tour, please choose a date and time and send that together with your full name, place of work, job title, and contact phone number to: ermakovama@ppk-ez.ru.
5 June: 10:00 and 17:00
6 June: 10:00 and 17:00
7 June: 10:00 and 17:00
8 June: 10:00
The tour will last 30 minutes.

We are confident that learning about the restoration work at one of the most beautiful buildings in St. Petersburg will leave a lasting impression from your trip to SPIEF 2024!

Gatchina Palace is a country imperial residence closely associated with the likes of Paul I and Alexander III.
In the 18th century palace, you can see the restored ceremonial interiors of Paul's time, including the Upper Throne Room and the Parade Bedroom, as well as stroll through the romantic underground passage and experience the famous Gatchina echo.

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The Priory Palace, a unique earthen building created in 1798–1799 by architect Nikolai Lvov for the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem (Order of Malta), is unique in its architectural design and technical implementation. The exposition of the Priory Palace tells about the Order of Malta and its connection with the Russian Empire at the time of Emperor Paul I.

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The St. Petersburg Art Fair 1703 is hosted by PJSC Gazprom and
endorsed by the St. Petersburg Committee for Culture. It has
been a regular early summer event during the SPIEF week since
2022 when the fair was born. The project is aimed at
propagating contemporary culture, developing the collecting
practices and bringing together members of the artistic
community.
This year the number of participants grew to 45 Galleries are
divided into 4 sections depending on their focus, providing
visitors an easy navigation route across best practices in
contemporary art. Traditional non-profit section “Collections” is
representing works and projects from private, corporate and
institutional collections.

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The Peter and Paul Fortress is the "heart" of St. Petersburg: it was here on 27 May 1703 that the new city, the future capital of the Russian Empire, was laid out by the will of Peter the Great. Today the Peter and Paul Fortress is one of the cultural and scientific centres of St. Petersburg. The fortress houses museum expositions dedicated to the history of the city, the St. Petersburg Mint, and the Peter and Paul Cathedral, the first cathedral of the Northern Capital, which for 200 years was the burial place of the Russian emperors of the Romanov dynasty.

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The Hermitage houses works of art from different eras and nations: the ancient Orient and Egypt, the Middle Ages in Eastern and Western Europe, Asia and Russia. There are halls devoted to Spain, France, England, Germany, Holland and many other countries. But one of the most important places is occupied by the halls dedicated to the art of Italy. The jewel and pride of the collection are works by the most famous masters of the Renaissance: Leonardo da Vinci, Titian, Raphael, Michelangelo and others.

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Russia's first museum dedicated to the history of Russian theatre. The museum's collection includes 450,000 exhibits telling the story of drama, opera and ballet art during its existence in Russia. The museum is located in the former building of the Directorate of the Imperial Theatres, part of the architectural ensemble of Ostrovsky Square, designed by Karl Rossi in the 19th century.

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The building of the Society’s Headquarters in St. Petersburg turned 115 years old in 2023. Currently, it houses the Scientific Archive, the Cartographic fund and the largest Scientific Geographic Library in Europe. Unique manuscripts, ancient maps, editions from the personal libraries of famous travelers and members of the Russian Geographical Society are kept here: those of Petr Semenov-Tyan-Shansky, Yuly Shokalsky, Vladimir Obruchev and others. Part of the personal library of the first chairman of the Society, Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolaevich is also stored at the Headquarters.
Exclusively for SPIEF guests, the Russian Geographical Society has prepared the exhibition of unique maps “Crimea “The Pearl in the Crown of the Russian Empire”. History on the Map” and the exhibition “Nikolay Przhevalsky: scientific heritage and modern research. Dedicated to the 185th anniversary of the explorer”.

June 5, 7 at 11:00, 14:00, 16:00 excursion`s duration – 1 hour

Access by badge and making an appointment in advance via email spb@rgo.ru or telephone +7 812 315 83 35.

The Roerich Family Museum Institute is located on Vasilievsky Island, in the old mansion of Academician Botkin that Nikolai Roerich visited many times. The basis of the memorial display of the Museum is the heritage preserved by Helena Roerich’s niece Lyudmila Mitusova and her family. Over several years, the owners of private collections have donated a number of art pieces and other exhibits to the museum. To date, its collection numbers about 15,000 items, including personal belongings, manuscripts, paintings, decorative and applied arts, archaeological artefacts, photographs and other cultural treasures reflecting the broad context of the Roerich family’s life and work.

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Memorial apartment of Akhmatova and the Punin family.
Anna Akhmatova lived for almost 30 years in the apartment of Nikolai Punin, a famous art historian and avant-garde theorist, in the Fountain House.

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The St. Petersburg Mint turns 300 years old this year. The oldest branch of Goznak was founded by Peter the Great, the creator of the Russian Empire, in the heart of its new capital – the glittering St. Petersburg, which is hosting SPIEF these days.
The main event of the jubilee year will be a gala event on 5 June 2024 that will feature the opening of the Mint Museum. This is a new museum facility on the territory of the Peter and Paul Fortress, located in the historic building of the St. Petersburg Mint.
Guests of the museum will be able to see the entire production cycle of coins and medals at the St. Petersburg Mint: from the work of the engraver to the minting of finished products. Soon after the official opening, the museum and production complex will be available for everyone to visit.

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During the tour, visitors will learn about the history and architectural features of the Synod Building, constructed in the second quarter of the 19th century by the renowned architect Carlo Rossi. The tour will also cover the main activities of the Presidential Library, which is Russia's largest state electronic repository of digital copies of essential documents on the history of Russian statehood. Additionally, the library serves as a multifunctional cultural, educational, scientific, and information and analytical centre, holding the status of a national library of Russia.
Guests will have the opportunity to explore the electronic collection of rare editions, documents and materials on the topic of 'The Russian State and Economy.'
An exhibition, organized in collaboration with the Russian Military Historical Society, will also be available for visitors, commemorating the 80th anniversary of the full liberation of Leningrad from the Nazi blockade. The exhibition will highlight how the memory of the defence and siege of Leningrad is preserved across generations. Items on display will include artefacts from the first exhibitions dedicated to the Battle of Leningrad, organized in 1944 – ‘The Heroic Defence of Leningrad’ and ‘Svir Victory’ (Lodeynoye Pole). These will include photographs, original paintings, and items created by participants in the battles.
The contemporary section of the exhibition will feature large-scale projects by the Russian Military Historical Society and the Presidential Library aimed at perpetuating the memory of the blockade. It will also present the latest scholarly works and documents, discussing the blockade as a genocide of the peoples of the Soviet Union.

The tour is available in both Russian and English.

Admission of participants: by badge and upon prior registration for the excursion: +7 (812) 334 2514, excursion@prlib.ru

The exhibition showcases masterpieces of Oriental manuscripts. The IOM RAS collection is one of the largest in the world, and the biggest in Russia, comprising more than 115,000 exhibits in 65 dead and living languages. This unique collection is housed in the sumptous interiors of the Novo-Mikhailovsky Palace, a striking example of 19th century palace architecture.

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The Nabokov Museum launches excursions along a new route in the vicinity of the writer's house. Those who wish will be able to follow the footsteps of Nabokov's childhood memories and learn more about the neighborhood at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries.
The walking part of the tour is dedicated to the key places for the Nabokov family. The walk will start at 47, Bolshaya Morskaya, which was given to Vladimir Nabokov's parents as a dowry in 1897 and where the writer himself was born in 1899. The visitors will plunge into the history of the street, which is the same age as St. Petersburg itself. They will visit St. Isaac’s Square, which used to be Mariinskaya Square when the Nabokovs used to live here, and where little Volodya used to walk with his governess. Your guide will cover the story about the Mariinsky Palace, where meetings of the Provisional Government, of which Vladimir Nabokov, the writer's father, was a member, took place. The participants of the walk will be told what role the Astoria Hotel played in the events of the February Revolution and how it affected the Nabokov family. After the excursionists will go to Pochtamtskaya Street, where once stood the church where the Nabokovs baptized their eldest son Vladimir. The final point of the walking tour will be Bolshaya Morskaya: the visitors will be told about the history of House No. 47, its architecture and the changes it has undergone for almost 300 years.
The second part of the tour will take place in the Museum of Vladimir Nabokov which was opened on the ground floor of the family mansion. Visitors will see the museum exposition with memorial items belonging both to the writer's family and directly to Vladimir Nabokov, as well as partially preserved interiors of the dining room, the Green Drawing Room and the library.

June 5, 7, 8 excursions start at 16 pm and 18 pm
June 6 excursion start at 15 pm

Excursion Bureau of SPbSU - сall: +7(931)0077901

For the sixth time already, Goznak acts as a partner of the St. Petersburg Seasons Festival of Culture of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. Goznak invites its partners and friends to a special performance of a play by the Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theatre.
Kholopy, a play directed by Andrey Moguchy will be performed on 5 June, the first day of SPIEF. It will continue the celebration of the 300th anniversary of the St. Petersburg Mint and the grand opening of the Mint Museum and Production Complex.
The play combines a historical chronicle, a psychological melodrama and a tragic comedy. The action takes place in 1801 and covers a few days in the life of the noble Plavutin-Plavuntsov family living at the court of Emperor Paul I.
In the history of the theatre, Gnedich's play had a happy stage fate. The legendary actresses of the Russian stage such as Maria Savina (Alexandrinsky Theatre, 1907), Maria Ermolova (Maly Theatre, 1908), Elena Gogoleva (Maly Theatre, 1987) performed the role of Princess Catherine in different years.
More information about the 300th anniversary of the St. Petersburg Mint, a branch of Goznak, can be found on the website: spmd300.goznak.ru.

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A gala concert of opera and ballet stars within the XXVII St. Petersburg International Economic Forum will unite the global stars on the stage of the Mikhailovsky Theatre. The headliners of the evening are the prima ballerina of the Bolshoi Theater, People’s Artist of Russia Svetlana Zakharova, the famous violinist Vadim Repin, the principal dancer of the Astana Opera ballet troupe Bakhtiyar Adamzhan, as well as the stars of the Mikhailovsky Theatre Angelina Vorontsova, Prisca Zeisel and Boris Pinkhasovich. The concert program will include the most vivid fragments from everyone’s favourite ballets and operas.

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Вallet by Sergei Prokofiev

Running time: 3 hours 20 minutes.
The performance has two intervals.

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A play by Nikita Kobelev based on the novel by Lev Tolstoy.
Main stage.
Duration: 3 hours with intermission.

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Theatrical reality in 2 parts: Theater Director by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and First Music, Then Words by Antonio Salieri.

Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes with intermission.

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Melodrama in 2 acts.
Director: Oleg Levakov.
Duration: 3 hours 20 minutes with intermission.

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A funny and unpredictable comedy by the famous playwright Eduardo de Filippo tells the story of outlandish Italian adventures.

Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes.

Participants must purchase tickets on their own.

A fantasy play by Yuri Lottin based on the early works of Vladimir Nabokov.

Duration: 3 hours with intermission.

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Musical in two acts by Frank Wildhorn.
Duration: 2 hours 50 minutes with intermission.

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The original line-up was a quartet. Formed in 1999 together with Igor Butman's Big Band, it was immediately labelled a "trademark" of Russian jazz. And with good reason: for example, the quartet's performed in the Kremlin for US President Bill Clinton and Russian President Vladimir Putin in June 2000, and for Chinese President Jiang Zemin in June 2002.

The Igor Butman Quartet has performed at festivals in Germany, France, Italy, Finland, Bulgaria and Turkey, as well as toured Israel and America, where it performed in the finest jazz clubs, such as Birdland, Smoke and Regattabar, as well as appeared live on NBC. During the quartet's American tour in May 2002, the album "Prophecy" was recorded in a New Jersey recording studio and released by Universal Music Russia. The album was presented at the Birdland Jazz Club in New York and in Le Club in Moscow in June 2003.

In 2016, talented young guitarist Eugene Pobozhiy joined the band, which not only transformed the name of the collective, but also significantly influenced its sound.

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Applications to attend the event will be considered through a special form on the website.

Joint event with digital publication PEOPLETALK
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Andrey Zimovets is a St Petersburg jazz pianist and one of the leading Russian bebop theorists. He began to study jazz in depth and became interested in the work of classic bebop performers such as Charlie Parker, Bud Powell and Barry Harris, and a few years later became one of the latter's favourite students. Winner of the competition of young jazz performers "Autumn Marathon", winner of the international festival "Gnesin Jazz 2011".

Admission is free