2nd annual
From Russia
with Arts and Culture
Because of events in Boston yesterday the committee organizing the Russian Cultural Festival were unable to complete their preparations and therefore asked that the festival be postponed until next weekend. Hope to see you then.
Fine Art, Russian Crafts, Music
Featured Artists
- Anatoly Dverin
- Boris Karafelov
- Ekaterina Khromin
- Georgy Lapchinsky
- Misha Lenn
- Irina Makoveeva
- Stanislav Nikireyev
- Zachar Shapiro
- Yelena Sirota
- Alexander Vetrov
- Vladimir Volosov
- Rimma Zaika-Veksler
- Jan Zaremba
- Alexander Zavarin
April 26, 27, 28
Newton Cultural Center, 225 Nevada St., Newtonville
Opening Exhibition & Reception
Friday, April 19 26, 5 – 9pm
5:30pm Festival Opening & Comments. Immediately following opening:
- Tatyana Dudochkin, Piano, Professor New England Conservatory, Boston and John Spaulding
King, baritone: "Mefistopheles's Song on the Flea" by M. Mussorgsky
"In the Silence of the Mysterious Night" by S. Rachmaninoff - Seza Kaya, piano. The Masquerade Waltz by A. Khachaturian
- Alexander Prokhorov, bass-baritone and singers from Commonwealth Lyric Theater, Giovanni Formisano, tenor and Olga Lisovskaya, soprano: highlights from Rachmaninoff's "Aleko"
- Vera Rubin, President of Massachusetts Association of Music Teachers, violin and Eugenia Semeina, piano: H. Wieniawski, Amy Beach, Russian and Romanian gypsy music.
Donate to the Food Pantires!
Please bring a canned food donation for Newton's two food pantries.
Sponsored with the Village Bank.
Schedule
Saturday, April 20 27: 10am – 7pm
| 11am | M. Coleman and S. Baird Springer (RACC of Boston) discussion on Louisa Catherine Adams. Unique Russian souvenirs sale. |
| 12:30pm | Margaret Dyer Coleman & Olesya Koenig (From Russia With Art Gallery) presentation about Gzhel (Russia) and Delftware (Holland) porcelain. |
| 2:30 – 4:00 pm | Jan Zaremba (Sumi-e artist) demonstration of Sumi-e painting |
| 5:00 pm | Russian Tea and book signing: "Stories of the City of Boston", with author Leonid Spivak. |
| 5:50 - 7:00pm | Mariya Gershteyn film "Second Life-Boston" |
| Refreshments |
Sunday, April 21 28: 12noon – 6pm
| 12 noon (English) |
Larisa Dyan (Museum of Russian Icons, Clinton, MA) "Matryoshka: History and tradition." Presentation of Museum. Russian Fairy Tale |
| 12:30pm (Russian) |
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| 1:30 – 2:30 pm | Rimma Zaika-Veksler (Boston designer) Fashion & jewelry show with live models. |
| 3-4pm | Larisa Dyan "Sweet Fairy Tale" Matryoshki pryaniki decoration. $15 materials fee. |
| 3:30pm | Heidi Forbes, actress & vocalist: Tchaikovsky and American songss. |
| 4:30pm | Russian Romance and folk Songs by students of Berklee College of Music |
Sponsors:
From Russia With Art
From Russia With Art
Russian American Cultural Center
Café St. Petersburg
Newton Centre
Inna's Kitchen
Newton Centre
Closing Ceremony on Sunday, April 28 at 5pm:
Yelena Dudochkin, Soprano, Boston Midsummer Opera and Alla Kachan, piano:
- "Ne veter veya s vysoty" op. 43 no. 2 by N. Rimsky-Korsakov
- "Ne poi krasavitsa" op. 43 no. 2 by S. Rachmaninoff, "Vocalise" Op.34, No 14 by S. Rachmaninoff
- "Ivan Sergeich, hachesh v sad poidem" Marfa's aria from Tsar's Bride by N. Rimsky-Korsakov "
- Je suis encore tout étourdie" from Manon by J. Massenet
Natalia Karaseva , Berklee College of Music, Boston Russian Traditional music and songs:
Download the Program Book (pdf)
