ASTANA. KAZINFORM The concert version of Rachmaninoff’s Aleko premiered with great success within the framework of the Rachmaninoff Tribute festival at Astana Opera on April 6 and 7. The audience responded to the artists’ performance of the passionate love story of the young man Aleko and the freedom-loving gypsy Zemfira with warmth and enthusiasm.
Vladimir Gilyarovsky's classic portrait of the Russian capital has never been translated into English, despite the fact that it is one of Russians' most beloved books. Gilyarovsky's self-described "chronicle" is a spectactular verbal pastiche: conversation, from gutter gibberish to the drawing room; oratory, from illiterates to aristocrats; prose, from boilerplate to Tolstoy; poetry, from earthy humor to Pushkin.
ASTANA. KAZINFORM Famous performers from the USA, Europe and Kazakhstan will participate in the Rachmaninoff Tribute music festival, dedicated to the great classic’s 150th anniversary. From April 4 to 7, four unforgettable evenings of the eminent composer’s immortal music await the residents and guests of the capital at Astana Opera.
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