December is the time of long-awaited meetings at the traditional "Christmas Festival" in Novosibirsk

NOVOSIBIRSK. In the unofficial capital of Siberia is the XI International Christmas Festival.

The principle of the formation of the Novosibirsk Christmas Festival program in many respects echoes the concept of “December Evenings” at the Pushkin Museum. The synthesis of classical music, drama and painting is the format for which the future lies. The territorial remoteness of Novosibirsk and crisis times do not contribute to the inclusion of the city in the tour itinerary of absolutely all the stars whose visit is desirable at any cost of tickets. Regular and full-fledged tours of the capital’s theaters have remained in the past. The Christmas festival makes up for the inevitable shortage of experiences that the public so needs. And she in Novosibirsk is very grateful, friendly, readily accepting complex, innovative works.

December becomes the time of long-awaited meetings with the best musicians, sensational theater premieres, rare expositions. The festival is nearing completion. This year, his guests were: the winner of the Tchaikovsky competition in 1986, the Irish pianist Barry Douglas, who performed the plays of Mozart, Brahms, Beethoven and the pianist Alexander Paley, the organizer of classical festivals in Moulin d’Andé. The chamber ensemble "I Virtuosi сItaliani", who performed Vivaldi’s "Seasons" as part of the Italian music program, the Tomsk Symphony Orchestra, which played Rimsky-Korsakov’s works for children. The oratorio “Messiah” by Handel performed by the famous chamber ensembles of Novosibirsk, the ensemble of Daniel Kramer and the magnificent Hibla Gerzmava.

Many projects were created at the junction of various arts, embodying the basic concept of the international Christmas forum. Mention may be made of the poetic triptych “Time. City. The Muse ”- verses by Brodsky, Mandelstam, Pasternak with musical accompaniment by Daniil Kalashnik and the unique mime show“ Basho ”staged and performed by 85-year-old Adam Darius. The Goethe Center presented a pilot project, The New Anatomy, in which there was a harmonious coincidence of Velimir Khlebnikov, Daniil Kharms, the classic of German literature Christian Morgenstern (poets who left too early) and the cutting-edge, improvisational music of the jazz band from Germany.

Elena Tanakova © Gallerix.ru