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Moscow's cultural scene is famously enormous and varied - but where to start? Our arts-savvy editorial team trawl what's on offer, to bring you our selection of Culture Picks for your leisure time. Current and upcoming recommendations are:
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| 26.02.10-23.05.10 |
Picasso. Moscow | |
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Pushkin Fine Arts Museum unveils the exhibition "Picasso. Moscow. Collection of Musee National Picasso (National Picasso Museum), Paris". The National Picasso Museum possesses a unique collection of works by the great artist: paintings, graphics, sculptures, objects recreating the atmosphere of the master's creative laboratory and giving a strong feeling of Picasso still being there. Picasso Museum being temporarily closed for reconstruction formed a travelling exhibition to go on display in several countries. With the centerpieces travelling all the routes, the exposition in general has a number of features depending on the country of display. Moscow exhibition includes 240 items plus incidental material: 88 paintings, 30 sculptures, 6 ceramic items, 61 drawings, 4 engravings, 39 original photographs, 12 illustrated books. In a special audio-video section documentaries about Picasso are to be demonstrated including Henri-Georges Clouzot's "Le Mystere Picasso" (The Mystery of Picasso) depicting the creative process of the great master. Read more
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| 25.02.10-15.03.10 |
Stanley Greene: Black Passport (USA) | |
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"Black Passport" is the biography of the life of war photographer Stanley Greene. It shows Greene’s war images alternated with private images. The viewer makes acquaintance with Stanley’s friends, his wife (later ex-wife), his female friends and his colleagues. Just as Greene himself, the viewer experiences being tossed to and from between the safe western life and the horrors of wars elsewhere. The basis of "Black Passport" is, in addition to the photography, a long monologue by Greene. Teun van der Heijden put this monologue together from rough material that was the result of eight extended interviews, and is presented as a film script, in 26 short scenes. The scenes do not form a sequential story, but are a kaleidoscope of Greene’s key experiences. Read more
Meglinskaya Gallery |
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| 11.03.10 21:00 |
Múm (Iceland) | |
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Iceland pop experimentalists Múm were formed by Gunnar Orn Tynes, Orvar Þoreyjarson Smarason, and classically trained twin sisters Gyða and Kristin Anna Valtysdottir. Mum's music is a delicate eclectic mix of intellectual noise electronics, full range of various wind, stringed, keyboard, electronic and electrical sounds and fascinating, infantile, mellow, enveloping vocal. Mum performs as an orchestra with the wind and violin sections, lots of made-made noise devices, bells, psaltery, whistles. Read more
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| 12.03.10 21:00 |
Bloodhound Gang (USA) | |
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Bloodhound Gang - American alternative band with a post-punk revival-influenced sound currently consisting of Jimmy Pop (vocals), Lupus Thunder (guitars), Evil Jared Hasselhoff (bass), DJ Q-Ball (turntables, vocals), The Yin (drums) first started out as a small alternative band called Bang Chamber 8. They released one known tape, which was self titled. Soon they changed their name to the Bloodhound Gang and changed their style to a blend of obnoxious sexual innuendo and politically incorrect punk rock with hip-hop. Read more
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| 14.03.10 21:00 |
Hypocrisy (Sweden) | |
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The Swedish metal band Hypocrisy was formed in 1990. At first it was none other than Peter Tägtgren's solo project. He recorded solo demos entirely by himself performing as a vocalist, keyboard player and guitarist and invited other musicians only after singing a record deal. The band got its start with some eerie musical experiments but zealously honed its sounding with each new album. Finally all previous sound-chaos turned into modern music of good quality. Being a brutal-death band in the beginning, for the past decade Hypocrisy have worked out their own identifiable sound characterised by extreme tough solo parts that won't let you stand still. Read more
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| 26.03.10 21:00 |
Jay-Jay Johanson (Sweden) | |
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Sweden pop music icon, Jay-Jay Johanson is coming back to Moscow with his last album “Self-Portrait”. It features joint forces with the American guitarist-improvisator Jeff Ryan. Thoughtful lyrics about something deeply personal, wrapped in the intriguing melody with hip-hop arrangements – “Self-Portrait” contains as much Jay-Jay’s personal feelings as possible for an artists revealing his soul to the audience. The album promises to surprise even the most devoted fans. This work is a compilation of all the experience Jay-Jay has obtained over these years. It is a musical biography of the vulnerable, unconventional man who brought romance and decadence back to music. Read more
Ikra |
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| 26.03.10 19:00 |
Alessandro Safina (Italy) | |
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The early 21st century saw the rise of Italian singer Alessandro Safina, who has combined his opera roots with modern-day pop music, to create a striking, hard-to-categorize style. Born in 1968 in a small town of Siena, Italy, Safina became interested in opera at an early age, and sang in stage productions across Europe of such operas as Puccini's La Boheme and Tchaykovski's Eugene Onegin. It wasn't until he was late in his teens that Safina became an admirer of pop and rock music, drawing inspiration from such bands as Genesis, the Clash, Simple Minds, and U2. Shortly thereafter, he began to combine the two styles together. Read more
Crocus City Hall |
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| 27.03.10 22:00 |
Scooter (Germany) | |
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Scooter took the world by storm in 2008, conquering all before them – not only in Germany, but also in the UK, where they swept the competition aside on their way to the top of the charts. International superstars most definitely sat up and took notice - Scooter were officially number one in the motherland of pop, a just reward for the band’s unflinching graft and sticking to their own guns for all these years. To list their countless successes would take up more space than most artists need for their entire biography. Over 25 million sales and more than 80 gold and platinum awards all over the globe underline their extra-special status. Scooter are a rare phenomenon, staying at the top for well over a decade without losing their golden touch, their energy levels as high as the day they started! Always ready to think outside the box, they have even crossed musical boundaries to collaborate with legends like Status Quo. Read more
Milk |
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| 09.04.10 19:00 |
Duke Ellington Orchestra (USA) | |
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By the time of his passing, he was considered amongst the world's greatest composers and musicians. The French government honored him with their highest award, the Legion of Honor, while the government of the United States bestowed upon him the highest civil honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He played for the royalty and for the common people and by the end of his fifty-year career, he had played over 20,000 performances worldwide. He was The Duke, Duke Ellington. This legacy continues with The Duke Ellington Orchestra under the direction of Paul Ellington. Read more
The State Kremlin Palace |
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