moscow digest april 4&5

Moscow DigestEdition April 4th & 5th 2015 www.intermarkrelocation.ru

THE SOVIET DESIGNFrom constructivism to modernism 1920 - 1960 p. 11

BEARDS AND MOUSTACHESChampionship in Moscowp. 06

JESSE ALEXANDERThe Birth

of Formula1p. 16

FAIRY TAILFrog Tsarevna

p. 21

OPERATitius

the Flawlessp. 26

TOP7 FACTS ABOUT RUNNING

Dear Friends,

We are back with our Moscow Digest with the best event for the weekend!

Our main themes are: Festivals and fairs, Expo, Sports with tips and TOP7facts about Running, Kids with our monthly

Fairy Tail and Music.

The Festival section will talk about some interesting Festi-vals and Fairs. Including brutal and stylish festival of beards, a fair- exhibition of teddy bears and dolls and an interesting

fair from Russian Designers.

Expo section will open for us the secret world of the cos-mos, give us a strong Idea about the F1, the history of So-viet Design. And for those who like Snow and cold we pro-pose to go on the last days of a street exhibition in the city

downtown.

Sport come back to our digest with funny festival for run-ners, as well as nice tips and the TOP7 facts about Run-

ning.

As usual we choose a Russian traditional fairy tail – this month choice is the “Frog Tsarevna”.

And we will conclude the digest by the Music section. Find amazing selection of Classical music concerts and an inter-

esting modern opera.

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Contents:Festivals & Fairs in Moscow

06 u Beards and moustaches Championship08 u Bears and Dolls Moscow Fair 201509 u Festival-Fair “U Like It. Spring Time”

Expos in Moscow

11 u The exhibition “The Soviet design. From constructivism to modernism. 1920 - 1960”12 u Street photo exhibition “The Arctic: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow”14 u The exhibition of wooden Easter eggs XIX - XXI centuries16 u The exhibition “PROKOSMOS”16 u The exhibition “Jesse Alexander. The Birth of Formula 1”

Sports in Moscow

18 u Funny running race18 u Running for Beginners19 u TOP7Facts about Running

The Fairy Tail

21 u The Frog Tsarevna

Music in Moscow

24 u Chamber Music night25 u Easter concert “The Masterpieces of the Baroque Epoque”26 u Opera “Titius the Flawless” A. Manotskova at the Chamber Music Theat-er by the name of Pokrovsky

Moscow Weather

April, 4th-1 +5

Cloudy/Snow

source: gismeteo.ru

Cover: Street photo exhibition “The Arctic: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow” (see p. 12)

April, 5th-1 +2

Cloudy/Snow

Festivals & Fairs in Moscow

This week the Festivals and fairs section will cover 3 interesting exhibitions.

On consecrated to the brutal and stylish bearded men.

Another even will be liked but all the family – a teddy bear and dolls exhibition, good possibility to plunge in the

world of childhood.

And to conclude the section finds a nice Russian

Designers Goods fair.

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Beards & moustaches Championship

Did you know that just some centuries ago in Russia for the right to have a beard, men had to pay taxes to the treas-ury!

Such a law has ap-peared thanks to the re-forms of Peter the Great (That bring in Russia the Non-bearded style for men).

The bearded man had to pay a fee as long as the Empress Catherine II re-pealed the law.

The day of the cancella-tion of the law became “the day of bearded men”.

Bearded celebrate this day by the Champi-onship of beards and moustaches. According to the contest will be se-lected several catego-ries, each of which will have 3 winners.

To participate in the contest, register is not necessary. Registration will take place on the day of the champion-ship in the cafe from 2pm - 3 pm. Organizers note that the main cri-teria is not the length or volume of a beard, but the integrity of the full look of the participant.

On April 4thRhythm and blues club19, Starovagankovsky Pereulok, bld. 2m. BorovitskayaStart: 2pm

Each year the connois-seurs are going on a dedicated championship and show the beauty of the hair on their face.

Bearded already have ensured that their brutal style came into vogue. And at the festival there are such unusual par-ticipants that even the presence on the cham-pionship, as a spectator becomes a very interest-ing experience.

In Russia the champion-ship will be held for the third time.

Every year the festival of bearded gaining popu-larity and success.

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Bears and Dolls Mos-cow Fair 2015

“Bears need people. People need bears.” -Pam Brown

Of course we are talking about toy- bears, ted-dy bears and dolls. This year, the exhibition or-ganizers have prepared a special program.

You can see the unique original works from dif-ferent cities and coun-tries and even to buy your favourites, and also learn how to make dolls by yourself. On the Fair you will find a large pro-gram of free shows and master classes from the best schools, Puppet Theatre and galleries.

Come with your family! For children accompa-nied by an adult the ad-mission is free.

Find there:

Unique collectible dolls;Teddy bears and their friends;Astonishing art projects;Interesting museum ex-hibitions;Dollhouses;Miniatures;Materials for creative work;Master classes;Children Educational games.

Tishinka Mall1 Tishinskaya Square, Bud. 1m. BelorusskayaOpen time: 12am - 6pmEntrance fee: up to 200 rubles.


Festival-Fair “U Like It. Spring Time”

Spring is the most beau-tiful and romantic time of the year. Time to come to life after winter hiber-nation and enjoy the last days of Design Market “U Like It”, which is held until April 7th at one of the largest shopping malls in Moscow - Euro-peisky.

Designers will present you their new spring collections. There can be so many things to choose from!Beautiful light shawls and scarves with fab-ulous designs, stylish sunglasses, leather ac-cessories hand-painted, themed bracelets with a special meaning, ear-rings, necklaces and other jewellery by au-thor, lightweight spring perfume and more.

Also, you will be able to enjoy a truly French dish - roasted chestnuts, as well as purchase sweet gifts as painted ginger-bread or colourful and delicious macaroon.

Europeisky Mall2, Kievskogo Vokzala Square, m. KievskayaOpen time: 10am - 8pmEntrance fee: free

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Expo in Moscow

The Expo section this week is inspirational!

Find a beautiful exhibition of vintage furniture and Sovi-et Design. Plunge in a dream with an exhibition about cos-

mos.

Feel the speed with a pho-to-exhibition about F1 or en-joy last days of cold weather with an exhibition about Arc-tic, just to feel that there are place where to winter never

finish.

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The Soviet design. From constructiv-ism to modernism. 1920 - 1960

The exhibition will present the period of Soviet design from the 1920s to the 1960s. Find among the exhibits - tableware, decorative sculp-ture and, of course, furni-ture.

The visitors will have the op-portunity to see the unique works of the legendary Bo-ris Iofana, agitation furniture, clever chair-transformers and avant-garde modular design from the 1960s.

In total, the exhibition will be presented about two hun-dred exhibits, which will not only talk about the develop-ment of design in the USSR, but also allow a different perspective to look at the history of the whole country, because it is one way or an-other, inevitably is reflected in art.

On Thursdays, the museum is open from 1pm – 9pm

Day off - Monday.

Untill April 11thOpen time: 11am -8pmEntrance fee: 250 RUB

Shchusev Architecture Museum (MUAR)5, Vozdvizhenka str.m. Biblotrka imeni Leninawww.heritage-gallery.com

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Street photo exhibition “The Arctic: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow”

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Ice of the Arctic has long attracted travellers and sci-entists. The study of this part of the world allows us to solve many practical and scientific problems.

Photo exhibition gives the opportunity to see the pic-tures in the history of Arctic exploration, its harsh nature. The exhibition consists of three sections.

The first covers the early pe-riod of the study, with pho-tos of the first Arctic expedi-tions. Many of these images are exhibited for the first time!

In the second section, vis-itors will see the work of contemporary photographs of the period of Arctic eco-nomic development, its unique nature with limitless ice fields.

The final part of the exhibi-tion opens the door to the future - the artists presented their vision of the northern part of the planet.

Until April 6thTverskoy Boulevardm. Tverskaya, PushkinskayaEntrance fee: Free


The exhibi-tion of wooden Easter eggs XIX - XXI centuries

Colourful eggs from the mu-seum’s collection will pre-sented just before the Or-thodox Easter holiday at the exhibition organized during the festival Vesenyaya Verba (Spring Willow - in english)

This is not a simple exhibi-tion, but also a possibility to make a good thing. A Part of the funds raised from the exhibition will be given to the fund Vsem Mirom (with the help of all the world - in English).

At the fair, visitors will be able to get tasty Easter gifts - colourful eggs and Easter cakes, take part in a master class “Palekh plein air,” and enjoy a traditions cup of tea in the by a special Russian recipes.

Wooden Eggs for centuries accompanied Easter. Many Unique Egg-master piec-es were transferred from the families seniors - to the younger, and now became an important exhibits of the museum. Find there more than 500 eggs. All are dec-orated especially and by a unique way. Here is a place to admire: the flowers, and carving. Some very special eggs are decorated with landscapes and figures from the Bible.

The museum administration is sure that the exhibition will inspire visitors do deco-rate Easter egg by a special way this year, not only by using traditional onion peel or the modern way by using stickers.

The State Historical MuseumRed Square, 1/2m. Revolution SquareEntrance fee: 40 - 650 RUBwww.shm.ru


“PRO KOMOS”The Space -is still a myste-rious and unknowable place that has long lured schol-ars and lovers of unusual. But take a closer look to outer space can only units, while others are forced to dream about. The exhibi-tion “PROKOSMOS”, takes place in the Exhibition Hall of the Moscow Planetarium.

The wizard Constantine Batyvnikov archetypal and seemingly far removed from reality. The artist depict-ed the cosmos in terms of personal fantasies, the way it represent the people of Earth. The main charm is that fantasy and reality in the works are inseparable from each other; it is impossible to see the union line be-tween them.Visitors will see everything - the parade of planets and cosmic storm, comets, as-teroids and even aliens.

More than 50 works “RROKOSMOS” acrylic paint in black and white fi-nally erase the boundaries of reality and make you im-merse yourself in this fabu-lous starry space.

Planetarium5, Sadovaya Kudrinskaya Str., bld.1m. BarrikadnayaEntrance fee: 200 RUBwww.planetarium-moscow.


“Jesse Alexander. The Birth of Formula1”The visitors will have a unique opportunity to see pictures of Jesse Alexander made in Monaco during the races from 1955 to 1971.

The struggle of the riders had the opportunity to ob-serve Steve McQueen or members of the Royal Fam-ily - Princess Grace and her husband - Rainier III, Prince of Monaco.

On the photo - the prestige and excitement of Grand Prix “Formula 1”, great cars, famous drivers and the emo-tion of the public.

In front of them through the narrow streets of Monte Carlo, cool cars cool turn, rushing past the expensive hotels and recruiting sig-nage.

More than half a century, Jesse Alexander followed the popular race with well-known pilots, recorded on tape the brightest moments of the competitions.

He start his career as a pho-tographer in Mexico 1953, the competition was ex-tremely dangerous “Karerra Panamerika.” In 1954, Jes-se moved with his family to work for famous Europe-an races, which have left a trace in the history of mot-orsport.

Pictures of Jesse exhibited in well-known showrooms around the world, published in magazines Car & Driver, Road & Track, Sports Illus-trated, Newsweek, and Au-tomobile.

Jesse has published six books on the sacred history of racing.

Center of Photography Lumiere brothers3/1, Bolotnaya Quay, bld. 3 m. PolyankaOpen time: 12am - 9pmEntrance fee: 200-430 RUBwww.jessealexander.comwww.lumiere.ru


Sportsin Moscow

“As every runner knows, running is about more than just putting one foot in front of the other; it is about our

lifestyle and who we are.” - Joan Benoit Samuelson

(Joan Benoit Samuelson is an American marathon runner who won gold at the 1984 Summer Olym-pics in Los Angeles, the year that the women’s

marathon was introduced.)


Funny running race

If you were thinking that only the 1st April is a funny day, you were wrong! On April 4th a unique oppor-tunity of a very funny pas-time awaits for you!

IIt will be a day for funny and addicted to running people.Everybody can participate from professional athletes to those who just want to have fun.

The organizers of the sport-ing event - the project “We run all year round” and the park “Sokolniki”, which was established to promote a healthy lifestyle and at the same time engaged in chari-ty helping children with spe-cial needs.

Running for BeginnersStart by running for 20 minutes at a time, three times per week.

Gradually increase the amount of time you’re running and the num-ber of days you run, but do not increase either until you feel comfort-able completing your current level of training.

If 20 minutes is too much, don’t be afraid to take walking breaks.

Special guest will be Al-exander Zubkov, two-time Olympic champion in 2014, he also owns a silver at the 2006 Olympics and bronze at the Olympic Games 2010.

The runners will start at 1pm at the House of children’s creativity.

Around 3:30pm the winner of the race will be awarded.

On April 4thOpen time: 1pm-4pm

Sokolniki Park1, Sokolnichesky Val Str. Bld.1m. SokolnikiParticipation fee: 250 RUBwww.park.sokolniki.com


#1The health benefits of run-ning include weight loss, a youthful appearance, pre-vention of muscle and bone loss, growth hormone en-hancement, the prevention of stroke, diabetes, and hy-pertension.

It also lowers high choles-terol level, improves blood clotting, boosts the immune system, reduces stress, and enhances mood.

#2Even if you’re a super-slow jogger, you’ll burn at least 10 calories per minute of running.

That means you’ll run off half a block of Lindt Dark Choc-olate in less than 23 min!

#3The oldest person to com-plete a marathon was born in 1911, making him 100 years old at the time. He was an Indian man named Fauja Singh. AND guess what? Fauja didn’t even start running until he was 89 years of age. It’s never too late!

#4Over 1 billion pairs of run-ning shoes are sold world-wide each year.

#5In the feet, 26 bones, 33 joints, 112 ligaments, and a network of nerves, tendons, and blood vessels have to work together when we run!

#6Music can boost your run-ning performance by up to 15%! But only if you’re a particular kind of runner. If you tend to focus inward while running, music probably won’t help you much… but if you look for stimulus from your envi-ronment, pump the tunes to get over the finish line more quickly!

#7In a recent study, when asked what food they couldn’t live without, most runners named bananas as their most adored foodie fix!

TOP7 Facts about Running

The Fairy Tail

Welcome our monthly Russian Folk Fairy Tail.

The fairy Tail of April is the Frog Tsarevna, a special love

story to discover.


The Frog Tsarevna

In the Russian tale the tsar orders his three sons shoot arrows and find their brides where the arrows land.

The youngest son’s arrow is picked up by a frog; so he is at a loss until a friendly frog takes pity on him and offers to marry him. The king then assigns his three prospective daugh-ters-in-law various tasks.

In every task the frog far out-does the lazy brides-to-be of the older brothers.

Then came the turn of the youngest son, Ivan Tsarev-ich.

Ivan drew back his bow and shot his arrow. But Ivan’s arrow didn’t find a maiden, it flew off into a swamp. To Ivan’s great surprise, his arrow had landed next to a frog.

His two older brothers laughed at him, and Ivan begged the Tsar not to make him marry the frog.

But the Tsar understood the fate of young Ivan, and Ivan and the frog were married.

Soon after his sons were married, the Tsar called them together once more.

Still, the young prince is ashamed of his froggy bride, until she is magically trans-formed into a tsarevna...

Once upon a time, in a land far, far away, the Tsar decid-ed that it was time for his three sons to get married. He called them together, telling them each to shoot their arrows, and whatever maiden their arrows should land by would be their bride.

The eldest son drew back his bow, and shot his arrow, which hit next to a noble-man’s daughter.

The middle son then drew his bow, and shot his ar-row, which landed by a mer-chant’s daughter.


As soon as her skin was de-stroyed, Vasilisa turned into a swan and flew away to where she was obliged to be the prisoner of Koschei the Deathless.

Ivan had to embark upon a long and magical journey to find his wife.

He had to inquire from the evil witch Baba Yaga to learn of the magical feats that he must accomplish to free his wife.

Baba Yaga tells him that he must travel to the Island of Buyan, and that Koschei’s death is on the point of a needle, which is in an egg, inside a duck, which is in a hare, contained in a chest buried underneath a large oak tree.

Ivan travels to the island, finds the tree, and with the help of several animals that he has befriended, he is able to break the egg to kill Ko-schei, and to snap the nee-dle which frees Vasilisa.

The End.

He had decided to set their wives to certain tasks to see which one could perform them the best.

The first task was for them to bake a loaf of bread. Ivan went home and told his frog about baking the bread.

The frog replied for him not to worry, and sent Ivan to bed.

After Ivan was sleeping, the frog removed her skin and turned into Vasilisa the Beautiful.

She stood in the doorway, clapped her hands, and her servants came running to her aid.

When Ivan awoke the next morning the frog handed a loaf of white bread to him.

After tasting the bread of all three wives, the Tsar declared that the bread of Ivan’s wife was by far the best.

The second task was to weave a beautiful carpet.

Once again the frog sent Ivan to bed, shed her skin, summoned her servants, and wove a magnificent car-pet.

The Tsar once again chose the work of Ivan’s wife over the others.

The third task was to see which wife could dance the best at the royal ball.

The frog told Ivan to arrive at the ball alone, and she would follow an hour later.

And so Ivan arrived alone, and an hour later his wife, Vasilisa the Beautiful, ar-rived.

She shamed the other wives by using her magic powers to dance and create a lake of swans.

Ivan was so enchanted with her, that he destroyed her frog skin.

Vasilisa screamed at him to stop, but it was to late.


Music in Moscow

“Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and

that which cannot remain silent”

- Victor Hugo

This week we choose for you 3 melodic events with classic music and modern opera in-

terpretation.


Chamber Music night

Feel the history vibration with the of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries composer’s music played by an Italian musicians trio.

The program also includes music by modern European musicians.

Different in style and tools chamber music masterpiec-es will sound in the interpre-tation of Italian musicians: clarinettist Alessandro Car-bonare, violinist Eliza Elea-nor Papandreou and pianist Monaldi Bracon.

Their performance will be held with the participation of Cyril Rybakov - Russian clarinettist and associate professor of the Moscow Conservatory.

Find even more of beautiful music, as sound pieces by the French “Group of Six” by Francis Poulenc, Hun-garian folklorist and pianist Bela Bartok and the author of “Porgy and Bess” by George Gershwin.

The audience will hear the works of three representa-tives of the modern Europe-an academic tradition. Par-ticipants’ trio will perform music by Anton Giulio Prio-lo, Jörg Widmann and Rain-er Kuttembergera.

On April 4th Start: 7pm

Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory 13, Nikitskaya Str.m. ArbatskayaTickets: 300 – 1000 RUBwww.mosconsv.ru


Easter concert “The Master-pieces of the Baroque Epoque”

The Moscow Soloists En-semble Harmonia vitae (“Harmony of Life”) prepared a new program that guaran-tee the special mood of the pre-Easter week .

This stunning in its beau-ty vocal works of Europe-an Baroque, including arias from the greatest such as “St. Matthew Passion” by JS Bach, Gloria A. Vivaldi Stabat Mater J. B. Pergolesi. Complete the picture of the beautiful lyrical arias from operas by Handel and Por-pora, secular cantatas Pur-cell and Vivaldi, as well as the classic organ repertoire.

Ensemble Harmonia vitae recreates the historic ap-pearance of the sound of baroque music, unusually bright, lively and, paradox-ically, close in spirit to the listener of our time. The en-semble - the singer Lyudmila Fraenova (soprano), Cathe-rine Colomina (viola), as well as a soloist with a rare, truly baroque voice - counterten-or Sergey Vlasov. Their skills in ensemble and solo game show known organist Elena Domasheva.

Soloists Ensemble Harmo-nia vitae:

Lyudmila Fraenova, sopranoCatherine Colomina, violaSergey Vlasov, countertenorElena Domasheva organArtistic director Alexander Gulin

The program includes:

Johann Sebastian Bach. Prelude and Fugue for organ solo Es-dur BWV 552George Frideric Handel. Aria Cara sposa from the opera “Rinaldo”Antonio Vivaldi. Cantata Amor, hai vinto (RV 651) for soprano and basso continuoNicola Porpora. Aria Acis Alto giove from the opera “Polyphemus”Giovanni Benedetto Platti. Soprano aria from the Gloria patri Miserere.Johann Sebastian Bach. Aria Viola Erbarme dich of “St Matthew Passion”Giovanni Battista Pergolesi. Arias and duets from Stabat MaterAntonio Vivaldi. Laudamus te duo of Gloria.Henry Purcell. Sound the trumpet of the Ode to the birthday of Queen Mary Come, ye Sons of Art.

On April 5thCathedral of Saints Peter and Paul7, Starosadskiy Pereulokm. Kitay GorodStart: 7pmTickets: 600 - 1200 RUB

Opera “Titius the Flawless”


Opera “Titius the Flaw-less” A. Manotskova at the Chamber Music Theater by the name of Pokrovsky An allusion to the earliest and bloodiest tragedy of Shakespeare’s “Titus An-dronicus”.

The world premiere of the play by Maxim Kurochkin will be held under the con-trol of Ayrat Kashaeva.

The performance is very in-teresting by itself - read it before hearing is not neces-sary.

As is often the case for mod-ern productions, Vladimir Mirzoev propose a opposi-tion of two worlds - the dis-tant future and a certain the-atrical pathos world of the present.

In general, the performance on itself - is an opera in an opera.

The main star is, as the audi-ence witnessed what is hap-pening on stage. And what happens in both worlds, it is impossible to name differ-ently as madness.

Of course, musically, these worlds are opposed to each other - both in regard to the instrumentation, and on the language used by the com-poser.

Manotskov writes very ra-tionally, using the tech-niques of interest to him and deliberately

introducing them to the musical text in a particu-lar place: find in the opera a place for quotations from baroque music, and even a little cubism.

In the initial sound modes that are assigned to each character is encrypted a synthesis chord, key to the whole opera, a kind of “Tit-ius sum”.

On the 4th and 5th AprilStart: 6pmTickets: 400 - 800 RUB

Chamber Music Theater by the name of Pokrovsky17, Nikolskaya str.m. Ploshad Revolutsiiwww.opera-pokrovsky.ru


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