"Time to move on to exporting our culture" — gave farewell by the Minister. And announced that already next summer in Japan start restored "Russian seasons" in 2017, the conceptual heirs of Diaghilev's.

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  Source: tvkultura.ru

Opens the "Russian seasons" performances of the Bolshoi theater, held in Tokyo, Hiroshima, Osaka, Otsu, and Sendai from 2 to 19 June 2017. The audience of the rising sun will show "Swan lake," "Giselle" and the premiere of — "Flames of Paris". Will continue the tour of 11 concerts with the Moscow Philharmonic. In the program — Glinka, Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, Shostakovich, special concert performance of "Eugene Onegin" with the participation of soloists of the Bolshoi and Mariinsky theatres.

Fine art will not remain on the sidelines. The Hermitage Museum will bring an exhibition of 85 masterworks of Western European art, plus special exhibition project will prepare ROSIZO.

now, at the level of plans, the "Russian seasons" looks like the most ambitious international project in recent decades. Only in 2017 in Japan is scheduled to tour more than twenty Russian cultural institutions. The Japanese will hold 250 events — will show the best Russian performances, exhibition projects, film ("Paradise" and "the Crew"), concerts and the circus program.

Sources: tvkultura.ru, tvkultura.ru

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