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 HERMITAGE MAGAZINE ISSUE 2(11) SUMMER 2008
Music is the international language par excellence that, while displaying national characteristics, nonetheless easily transcends the boundaries which constrain, for instance, literature. A small word for one of the most universal of all human activities, Music takes as many forms as there are ‘voices’ to bring it to life. In the summer issue of Hermitage we explore the wonderful world of colour and sound that gives expression to the full range of our emotions and meaning to our lives.
CONTENTS:
Books
Russians Abroad examines the new wave of success for Russian authors who follow in the footsteps of Dostoyevsky and Tolstoy by bringing contemporary Russian literature to international audiences.
Film
An interview with legendary Polish filmmaker Andrzej Wajda, the man behind one of the most talked about films of the year.
Theatre
A look at the traditions of the court theatre and the unique interaction between museum and theatrical spaces
Architecture
Since 2000, London’s Serpentine Gallery has invited internationally renowned architects to create projects for Hyde Park. This year’s invitee is Frank Gehry, who has created a project bristling with energy which promises to be one of the most celebrated of the series.
Art
A Photo-session featuring the artwork of legendary Leningrad photographer Boris Smelov, offers a vision of times gone by and of a modern metropolis on the eve of transformation
Music
A Song for Europe looks at 7 of Europe’s most important summer music festivals: why they matter and who will be there.
Easy Listening for the Hard of Hearing examines the quest for the mechanical reproduction of music throughout history and the composers who accepted the challenge of writing for some of the most demanding of ‘performers’.
Music, Might, Pageant and Statecraft ''Le Carrousel du Roi,'' was a Baroque equestrian ballet presented at Paris in 1612 to celebrate the betrothal of Louis XIII. Using the vocabulary of dressage, the display featured a cast of thousands and negotiated the terrain between courtly and public spectacle, using the most cutting edge military technology of the time: horses.
The In Sound From Way Out Lev Theremin was a brilliant Russian physicist and inventor who created the world’s first electronic musical instrument. Played without touching it, the Aethervox – or Theremin as it was later known – remains popular to this day.
Summer Dreaming A Midsummer Night’s Dream is one of Shakespeare’s best-loved plays – not only by audiences but by musicians as well. It is also one of the best served, with numerous musical settings of the text stretching back hundreds of years, interpreted by composers as diverse as Purcell, Mendelssohn, Orff, Britten, and Schnittke.
Musical Petersburg Each summer the Hermitage organizes a vast assortment of concerts in the city’s palaces, gardens and theatres that bring some of the greatest names in the world of classical music to the city to continue the traditions established in past centuries.
The Voices of Ancient Novgorod Gussli, gudki, and dudki are some of the oldest Russian musical instruments and date from the early medieval period. One man has taken it upon himself to restore the traditions of playing these rare and unusual instruments, in the process preserving an important part of the countries cultural heritage.
Living History The 225th anniversary of the Mariinsky Theatre is an occasion to look back at the history of this renowned theatre, and forward to what the future holds. An interview with Valery Gergiev by Juliya Kantor on the occasion of his 20th anniversary with the theatre offers a rare glimpse of the maestro’s thoughts about the links between life, music and art.
Art and Money
Russian Art-Shopping Russian’s have become some of the most important names on any art dealer’s list of clients and this article examines what they are buying and why every auction house in the world is eager to cultivate the newest players on the international art market.
Spotlight
In Search of the 4th Dimension Founded in Paris in 1960, the Groupe de Recherche d'Art Visuel (GRAV) included Julio Le Parc and Victor Vasarely's son Yvaral. Adopting a scientific approach to artistic practice, they investigated the use of movement and modern industrial materials to create a body of visually arresting work that defined the decade.
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Hyde Park Rendezvous
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 Every summer for the past nine years London’s Serpentine Gallery has invited world-famous architects to design a temporary pavilion for the grounds surrounding the gallery in London’s Hyde Park.
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 News
30.06.2008 - Biennale Architecture 11th International Architecture Exhibition Frank Gehry Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement
The Board of the Foundation La Biennale di Venezia, chaired by Paolo Baratta, attributed the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement for the 11th International Architecture Exhibition to Frank Gehry.
27.06.2008 - Manhattan dealers open in China
Two leading New York galleries are opening spaces in China this summer. PaceWildenstein will unveil its 22,000 sq. ft gallery in Beijing in August, while James Cohan Gallery opens a 3,000 sq. ft space in Shanghai in July.
27.06.2008 - New branch of the Guggenheim Museum to be opened in Spain
Government officials in Bilbao, Spain, have proposed that a new branch of the Guggenheim Museum there be built in the countryside, beyond the city’s outskirts, Reuters reported.
Events
24.06.2008-22.09.2008
Edward Steichen : Lives in Photography Opens at The Museo Reina Sofia in Madrid
Edward Steichen is one of the key figures in the history of photography.
21.06.2008-17.08.2008
The Spring-Time of Russian Avant-garde Opens at the Bunkamura Museum of Art, Tokyo
The Spring-Time of Russian Avant-garde - Works from the collection of the Moscow Museum of Modern Art is an unprecedented show will be on view at four Japanese museums.
21.05.2008-14.09.2008
Mariko Mori at BALTIC Contemporary Art Center
BALTIC presents an exhibition by the Japanese, New York based artist Mariko Mori. Mori will show works from the Primal Particles and Parallel Brane series alongside the Miracle installation.
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