Festival Programme
THE IMPERIAL GARDENS OF RUSSIA FOURTH INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL PROGRAM
THE MIKHAILOVSKY GARDEN
May 26 – June 6, 2011
May 26, Thursday
The Berm, the Main Venue
12.00 a.m. Solemn Ceremony of the Festival Opening
3.00 p.m. Master-class of Ms. Midori Yamada Professor SO-KATOKU of
St Petersburg Branch of Institute Ikenobo – demonstration of art of arrangement
of isugumi stones in karesansui (dry landscape gardens)
The Stroganov Palace, Internet Center of eth Russian Museum
3.00 p.m. Panel Discussion devoted to 100th anniversary
of the outstanding Italian landscape architect and designer of the 20th
century Pietro Porcinai
May 27, Friday
The Stroganov Palace, Internet Center of eth Russian Museum
3.00 p.m. Panel Discussion “Landscape Architecture and Design: History
and Modern Age”
Children’s Playground
4.00 p.m.–5.00 p.m. Master-class on planting of historical
species of rhododendrons, granted to the Russian Museum by Belgian Exhibition
Center “Floralies” in honor of the 200th anniversary of the center
Rossi’s Pavilion
5.00 p.m. Interactive master-classes of Group Himawari of St
Petersburg Branch of Institute Ikenobo on free style of School Ikebana
Ikenobo and art of gifts wrapping in tissue wraps-furoshiki
The Berm, the Main Venue
7.00 p.m. The classicist of guitar song Alexander Gorodnitsky
with program “Atlantes Holding the Sky”, devoted to St Petersburg’s Birthday
May 28, Saturday
The Berm, the Main Venue
12.00 a.m. Master-class of florists of Alexander and Vladimir
Bermyakovs (St Petersburg) and Nikita Dementiev (Samara)
2.00 p.m. Award Ceremony of participants of “The Italian Midday” Exhibition-Contest
3.00 p.m. Concert of Russian Horn Chapel – “Tsarist Music of the Imperial
Gardens”
4.00 p.m. Performance of Royal Giraffe Theater (Estonia).
Performance “Dreams about the Italian Carnival”
6.00 p.m. Master class of Gennady Pastushenko (Workshop of Senya Verevkin)
7.00 p.m. Concert of Distinguished Artist of Russia, Grammy Diploma
Winner, soloist of the Mariinsky Theater – Eugenie Akimov.
Songs of Venetian gondoliers, Neopolitan songs, operatic arias and not only
they ...
May 29, Sunday
The Berm, the Main Venue
12.00 a.m. Master-class of florists of Alexander and Vladimir
Bermyakovs (St Petersburg) and Nikita Dementiev (Samara)
3.00 p.m. Children’s Vocal Festival “Flowers are like Songs,
Children are like Flowers” with participation of students of Creative Workshop of Yana Leontieva “LEANSS”
6.00 p.m. Cycle “Home Concerts in the Mikhailovsky Garden”.
Evening party of young poets and musicians “Vitruvian Man”. Dedicated to Leonardo.
Participants: Pavel Fakhrtdinov, Anatoly Bagritsky, Grigory Danskoy, Alexander
Vetrov, Dmitry Maximachyev, Present Perfect Band
May 30, Monday
The Berm, the Main Venue
7.00 p.m. “Zotochev-trio” with program “Adriatic Jazz Breeze”
May 31, Tuesday
The Berm, the Main Venue
7.00 p.m. Quintet “Remolino”. Program “Grace of Passion” – musical
journey through compositions of Astor Piazzolla
June 1, Wednesday
Alley at the Great Pond
Excursion and Lecture Department of the Russian Museum presents
the project “Plain Air in the Mikhailovsky Garden”.
Students of art schools of St Petersburg and the Leningrad Region are painting
12.00 a.m. –8.00 p.m. Speed-exposition “The Italian Midday”
The Berm, the Main Venue
12.00 a.m.–3.00 p.m. Excursion and Lecture Department of the
Russian Museum presents the project “The Alley of Artists”:
- Master-classes of St Petersburg artists for children and adults.
- (With participation of creative studios of St Petersburg and the Leningrad Region)
- Master-classes on decorative and applied art, design and floristic design
1.00 p.m. Performance of the Puppet Theater
Studio “Yellow Boots” of the Palace of Children’s Crafts of the Petrograd
District of St Petersburg with participation of the Studio of Pop Vocal “Nastroyenie”
2.30 p.m. Company “Societa Italia” presents:
Defile of Children’s Fashion of leading Italian brands “Alice in the Wonderland”
after the fairy-tale of Lewis Carrol
3.30 p.m. Gala Concert, devoted to the Day of Protection of
Children:
Participants:
- Orchestra of Russian Folk Instruments of St Petersburg Art School for Children named after Georgy Sviridov (director – prize winner of international contest Andrey Demidov)
- Model Collective Group “Children’s Folk Studio “Skylark” of The Center of Out-Of-School Work of the Central District of St Petersburg
7.00 p.m. Concert of Jazz Duet “Barens Tone” (Julia Babenko, vocal and Alexander Mikhailovsky, guitar) with program “Blue And Sentimenta”
June 2, Thursday
The Berm, the Main Venue
7.00 p.m. Neapolitan trio under the direction of Sergey Petrov
with Program “Music of Sunny Italy”
June 3, Friday
The Berm, the Main Venue
11.00 a.m. –3.00 p.m. Art Project “ Merry Tour. Comedia dell’Arte
in the Mikhailovsky Garden”.
Creative workshops for children from orphanages of Priozersk and Vsevolzhsk
of the Leningrad Region, Institute of Prosthesis named after Albrecht and Institute
of Children’s Hematology named after Raisa Gorbachyeva Theatrical performance and flashgun exhibition of children’s pictures, Mde
by participants of Art-Studio Palitra on the topic “We are Painting Italy”
7.00 p.m. Concert of Vladimir Razbo (tenor) with Program “In
Memory of Caruso”
June 4, Saturday
The Berm, the Main Venue
4.00 p.m. Performance “Play for Four Hands or How to Make everything
out of Nothing” of St Petersburg Suitcase-Duet “KVAM” – winner of Grand Prize
of the International Laughter Festival in Casablanca
7.00 p.m. Concert of Anna Malysheva, the finalist of contests
“New Wave” and “Slavyansky Bazar”, winner of First Prize and Andrey Petrov’s
Prize of “Spring of Romance-2011” Contest, and Myata Band with Program “Felicita”
June 5, Sunday
The Berm, the Main Venue
4.00 p.m. Performance “Play for Four Hands or How to Make everything
out of Nothing” of St Petersburg Suitcase-Duet “KVAM” – winner of Grand Prize
of the International Laughter Festival in Casablanca
7.00 p.m. St Petersburg singer Olga Favorskaya with the concert program
“I am Thinking of Love”
May 26 – 29
Venue at the Berm
Master class of the Guild of Blacksmiths and Artists on Metal
of St Petersburg and the North-Western Region “Italian Accord”
TIMETABLE OF EXCURSIONS AROUND THE LANDSCAPE DESIGN EXHIBITION “THE ITALIAN MIDDAY” AS A PART OF THE IMPERIAL GARDENS OF RUSSIA FESTIVAL
May 26 (Thursday) 3.00 p.m.; 4.00 p.m.
May 27 (Friday) 11.00 a.m.; 2.00 p.m.; 4.00 p.m.
May 28 (Saturday) 11.00 a.m.; 1.00 p.m.; 4.00 p.m.
May 29 (Sunday) 11.00 a.m.; 1.00 p.m.; 3.00 p.m.
May 30 (Monday) 11.00 a.m.; 3.00 p.m.
June 1 (Wednesday) 11.00 a.m.; 2.00 p.m.; 4.00 p.m.
June 2 (Thursday) 11.00 a.m.; 2.00 p.m.; 4.00 p.m.
June 3 (Friday) 11.00 a.m.; 2.00 p.m.; 4.00 p.m.
June 4 (Saturday) 11.00 a.m.; 2.00 p.m.; 4.00 p.m.
June 5 (Sunday) 11.00 a.m.; 2.00 p.m.; 4.00 p.m.
June 6 (Monday) 11.00 a.m.; 3.00 p.m.
As a part of the Festival excursions around the Mikhailovsky Garden for handicapped people (people with muscular and skeletal disabilities and children with mental development delays).
Preliminary subscription by tel. 8 -921-347-14-03.
Curator – Alyona Suslova
