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13 12, 2023

A lecture on the architectural history of Moscow during the Art Nouveau era took place in Belgium

2023-12-14T10:54:05+01:00December 13th, 2023|Categories: Exhibitions, Russian House News|Tags: , , |

On December 7, a lecture “Moscow of the Modern Age” was held at the virtual platform of the Russian House in Brussels. Anna Kistanova, Director - Chief Curator of the Melnikov Museum, State Scientific Research Museum of Architecture named after A.V. Shchusev (Moscow), devoted a lecture to the concept of style, the history of its appearance and the stages of formation in Moscow. The turn of the 19th-20th centuries is a bright period in the architectural history of the city, the monuments of which adorn the streets of the capital to this day. However, modernism is not only an elegant [...]

12 12, 2023

A festive evening dedicated to the intertwining of the cultures of Russia and Belarus was held in Brussels

2023-12-12T16:50:14+01:00December 12th, 2023|Categories: Russian House News|Tags: , |

On December 8, the Russian House in Brussels hosted a festive evening, “Interweaving of Cultures: Russia and Belarus.” «We live in different states, but it is still the common spiritual, moral and cultural foundations that unite our present and, undoubtedly, the future» - said Ambassador of the Russian Federation Alexander Avrelevich Tokovinin, opening the evening. Charge d'Affaires of Belarus Ekaterina Vladimirovna Shatokhina noted in her welcoming speech that the cultures of the two states are closely intertwined, since for several centuries the Belarusian and Russian peoples have been forming the cultural code of the [...]

1 12, 2023

A jazz music concert took place at the Russian House in Brussels

2023-12-01T14:25:05+01:00December 1st, 2023|Categories: Russian House News, Sergei Rachmaninoff|Tags: , , |

On November 28, the Russian House in Brussels hosted a jazz concert Gnesin Jazz 2023 with the participation of Valery Grokhovsky, classical and jazz pianist, vice-rector of the academy, director of the Gnessin School of Music, dean of the faculty of pop music, with the participation of Vadim Tkachuk (saxophone), Laureate of international competitions, graduate of the Royal Antwerp Conservatory.The musicians performed works by Sergei Rachmaninoff and piano jazz improvisations on themes from films and Russian folk songs. The concert was organized for the 150th anniversary of the birth of the Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninov [...]

24 11, 2023

The history of the Tolstoy and Bezobrazov families was told at an evening in the Russian House

2024-01-15T21:53:50+01:00November 24th, 2023|Categories: History & Memory, Our Compatriots, Russian House News, With Russian Roots|Tags: , |

On November 21, at the Russian House in Brussels, as part of the “With Russian Roots” program, an evening was held dedicated to the famous compatriot in Belgium, a representative of the post-revolutionary emigration - the commander of the Cavalry Guard and the Russian Imperial Guard, General Vladimir Mikhailovich Bezobrazov and his family. The evening was hosted by his granddaughter Alexandra Vladimirovna Bezobrazova and the Belgian writer and journalist Gregoire Tolstoy. They talked about the history of the noble Bezobrazov family, dating back to the 14th century, about the life path of its most famous representative - the great patriot [...]

23 11, 2023

Geographical dictation – 2023 was held in Belgium

2023-11-23T15:26:20+01:00November 23rd, 2023|Categories: Russian House News, Science|Tags: , , |

On November 19, the annual international event of the Russian Geographical Society “Geographical Dictation” took place at the Russian House in Brussels. The action was attended by students and teachers of Russian schools, compatriots living in Belgium. Before the official start of the Dictation, the dictation participants got acquainted with the photo exhibition of the Russian Geographical Society “Cultural Heritage of Russia”, located on the external stands of the Russian House. As the press service of the Russian Geographical Society previously reported, the dictation included traditional questions on geography and related sciences, as well as on the topic “Man and [...]

18 10, 2023

Musical evening by Vadim Piankov “Invitation to travel”

2023-10-26T17:36:36+02:00October 18th, 2023|Categories: Our Compatriots, Russian House News|Tags: , , |

On October 6, 2023, the Russian House in Brussels hosted a musical evening “Invitation to Travel” by the Russian artist Vadim Piankov - songwriter, poet-translator, graduate of VGIK (workshop of S. Bondarchuk and I. Skobtseva 1989). His concert program “Invitation to Travel” featured works in Russian and French of his own composition, songs based on poems by Alexander Blok, poems by French poets Charles Baudelaire and Alfred de Musset and others. Vadim is a graduate of the All-Union State Institute of Cinematography named after. Gerasimov, workshop of S. F. Bondarchuk and I. K. Skobtseva, theater and film actor, author-performer, translator. [...]

18 10, 2023

Online tour of the halls of the Russian National Museum of Music

2023-10-26T17:42:37+02:00October 18th, 2023|Categories: Exhibitions, Meet Russia, Our Compatriots, Russian House News|Tags: , , , |

For National Unity Day On October 17, as part of the traditional “Day of Museums” cycle of the Russian House in Brussels, an online tour of the halls of the Russian National Museum of Music “Treasures of the Museum of Music” took place. The excursion participants visited the musical past and touched the musical future. We saw with our own eyes a violin made by the great master Antonio Stradivari and the oldest organ in Russia, created in 1868. We heard the sound of the electric musical instrument theremin and the world's first polyphonic musical synthesizer. The guide spoke in [...]

13 10, 2023

Virtual tour of the Ivanovka Museum-Estate in the Tambov region

2023-10-26T18:05:56+02:00October 13th, 2023|Categories: Exhibitions, Meet Russia, Our Compatriots, Russian House News, Sergei Rachmaninoff|Tags: , , , , |

For the 150th Anniversary of the Russian composer Serge Rachmaninoff On October 5, 2023, on the virtual platform of the Russian House in Brussels, together with the Government of the Tambov Region, a tour of the Ivanovka Museum- Estate was held. The excursion participants visited the very center of Russia, in an amazing corner - the Sergei Rachmaninoff Museum-Reserve “Ivanovka”. From June 1890 to April 1917, the great Russian composer, musician and conductor Sergei Rachmaninov lived and worked there. Now Ivanovka hosts scientific conferences, music festivals, competitions and concerts, music and theater assemblies. Materials provided by the copyright holder. Video [...]

2 10, 2023

Conference-concert “I love you, creation of Peter’s”

2023-10-26T18:21:59+02:00October 2nd, 2023|Categories: Meet Russia, Peter The Great, Russian House News|Tags: , , |

On 28.09 the conference-concert “I love you, creation of Pierre” dedicated to the 320th anniversary of Saint Petersburg took place at the Russian House in Brussels. Maestro Andrei Chevtchouk, conductor and choir director, who has worked for over twenty years in France, Belgium, Germany and other European countries, as well as in Russia as a conductor of orchestras and theater and festival choirs, artistic director of festivals and choirs, presented to the public the beautiful “capital of the North”, which since its creation attracted many architects who contributed to its beauty. Particular attention was paid to the musical history of [...]

2 10, 2023

Art of the turn of the 19th – 20th centuries in the permanent exposition of the Russian Museum has been shown online

2023-10-03T12:40:47+02:00October 2nd, 2023|Categories: Exhibitions, Russian House News|Tags: , , , |

Virtual tour to the Russian Museum to explore art of the late 19th – early 20th centuries The Russian Museum together with the Russian House in Brussels and Russian House in Paris held the virtual tour round the Russian Museum. Valentina Gorlova, Head of the Excursion and Lecture Department of the Russian Museum, has featured the art of the turn of the 19th – 20th centuries. The technologies of panoramic photography enable the viewers to explore the museum’s rooms where the paintings by famous Russian artists Andrey Ryabushkin, Konstantin Korovin, [...]

27 09, 2023

First Workshop on working with the Kandinsky neural network

2023-09-27T12:30:07+02:00September 27th, 2023|Categories: Innovation, Russian House News|Tags: , |

On September 12, the first Workshop: “Kandinsky: image generation” was held at the virtual platform of the Russian House in Brussels. Denis Dimitrov, executive director for data research, Sber AI, scientific consultant at the AIRI Institute of Artificial Intelligence, presented a new version of the Kandinsky 2.2 neural network and how to work with it. According to the developers, using the generative model, you can create high-resolution photorealistic images and change the aspect ratio during generation. Tatyana Nikulina, industrial engineer, spoke in detail about how to find an approach, a common language with a neural network, how to correctly come [...]

25 09, 2023

Belgium’s National Day celebrated in Brussels

2023-09-25T14:26:46+02:00September 25th, 2023|Categories: Russian House News|Tags: , |

On July 13, a piano concert of classical music was held at the Russian House in Brussels for the National Day of Belgium, performed by Timur Sergeyenia, professor of special piano at the LUCA School of Arts, Lemmens campus, Leuven. The concert program featured classical Russian and foreign music: P.I. Tchaikovsky, S.V. Rachmaninov, F. Liszt, S. Frank, C. Debussy, F. Chopin, J. Vila-Lobos and others. The pianist's virtuoso, ingenious piano playing amazes with his technique and professionalism. One of the main national holidays in Belgium is the anniversary of the oath of allegiance by King Leopold I to the Belgian [...]

20 09, 2023

A concert by the leading soloist of the State Academic Chapel Orchestra of St. Petersburg, Ilya Chirskov, took place in Brussels

2023-09-20T12:55:54+02:00September 20th, 2023|Categories: Russian House News|Tags: , |

On September 15, 2023, the New Season 2023-24 was opened at the Russian House in Brussels with a piano concert by the soloist of the symphony orchestra of the State Academic Chapel of St. Petersburg, Ilya Chirskov, dedicated to the northern capital of Russia, the city of St. Petersburg. The concert program featured works by Russian composers Igor Stravinsky and Mikhail Glinka, as well as foreign classics: John-Baptiste Loye, Frederic Chopin, Franz Liszt, Johann Strauss. The pianist captivated the Brussels audience with his virtuoso playing. At the end of the concert, the General Director of the State Academic Chapel of [...]

29 06, 2023

The multimedia project “Music of Heroes” was presented in Belgium

2023-06-30T11:52:36+02:00June 29th, 2023|Categories: Exhibitions, History & Memory, Russian House News|Tags: , , , |

To the 82nd commemoretion of the start of the Great Patriotic War On June 29, 2023, the presentation of the multimedia project of the Russian National Museum of Music "Music of Heroes" took place on the virtual site of the Russian House in Brussels. The project presented by Mikhail Bryzgalov, Director General of the Russian National Museum of Music, Honored Art Worker of the Russian Federation. "Music of Heroes" is a synthesis of the museum and theater, music and literature, photography and cinema. The music of heroes is the music of those who worked in the rear, fought on the [...]

11 05, 2023

Musical and poetic evening “Living memory of the past”

2023-05-11T12:00:41+02:00May 11th, 2023|Categories: History & Memory, Russian House News|Tags: , , |

  On May 9, our country celebrated the Great Holiday, Victory Day over Nazi Germany.   On May 10, 2023, a gala evening "Living Memory of Past Years" was held at the Russian House in Brussels, dedicated to the Day of Victory in World War II in Europe. We dedicated this Literary and Musical Evening to the memory of Soviet people who fell on the battlefields, were burned in the crematoria of concentration camps, tortured to death in the dungeons of the Gestapo, died under bombing, and those who lived to see the holy holiday - Victory Day.   Opera [...]

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