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Educational Bridge Project
32nd Russian-American Festival of Art and Education - Fall 2017
Boston, USA

October 16 - 27, 2017

XXXII РОССИЙСКО-АМЕРИКАНСКИЙ ФЕСТИВАЛЬ
«ОБРАЗОВАТЕЛЬНОГО МОСТА»
Бостон, США

16 - 27 октября, 2017 г.

 

Press Release - Fall 2017

Festival program - Fall 2017 - English

Festival program - Программа фестиваля - Fall 2017 - Russian

 

EDUCATIONAL BRIDGE PROJECT’S 32nd RUSSIAN-AMERICAN FESTIVAL
September 25, 2017
Boston

Dear friends,

The Educational Bridge Project’s 32nd Russian-American festival is celebrating its’
TWENTIETH year! Time flies so fast, and it is hard to believe that our first festival was here, in
Boston, exactly two decades ago, almost to the date – October 23, 1997.

We had wonderful guests – two eminent Russian composers, professors of the St. Petersburg
Conservatory, Boris Tishchenko and Alexander Mnatsakanyan, who gave talks at the BU
Composers’ Forum, had their music performed by the Times Arrow under BU professor,
composer Richard Cornell and ALEA III under conductor Theodore Antoniou, met with the
students of Tufts University Music department organized by John McDonald, spoke with the BU
students about their teacher, Dmitri Shostakovich.

And in the following years Richard Cornell, John McDonald, Theodore Antoniou all went to
Russia for our festivals in St. Petersburg, and the students of Boris Tishchenko and Alexander
Mnatsakanyan came to Boston. I am honored to say that the Bridge has performed its most
important role: it DID connect people from Russia and America through art and education.

And now we are very excited to announce the Educational Bridge Project’s 32nd Annual Russian-
American Festival, Days of Russian Culture in America, which will run from October 16 to
October 27 (or November 4, if everyone gets their visa…….).

Some of the festival participants are known to the Boston audiences: we will have Coloratura
Soprano Maria Lyudko and three Alexanders, who have been here in the previous years:
composer Alexander Radvilovich, conductor Alexander Solovyev, and French Horn player
Alexander Kushnarev.

Young St. Petersburg architect Taisiia Makhova this time will visit architectural firms in Boston
and New York; the youngest participant, 12-year old Maya Solovyeva this time will have fullimmersion
program at the Sharon Music Academy.

St. Petersburg Baritone Alan Starovoitov, will be coming to Boston for the first time. We are
excited to have him on the program of the opening event of the festival on October 16, at 12:20-
1:10 p.m at one of the most beautiful venues – the Marsh Chapel of Boston University where he
will meet with the BU students and sing for them.

I hope to see you there – it is going to be beautiful!

The full schedule is below, and will be updated on our website.

Ludmilla Leibman,

Executive Director, Educational Bridge Project
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www.educationalbridgeproject.org

 

 

FALL 2017 FESTIVAL EVENTS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER

October 16th, 12:20 - 1:10 p.m.
Politically (In)correct: Modest Mussorgsky’s Ballad “The Forgotten”
Talk for the Writing Program students of Boston University
Ludmilla Leibman (musicologist) Alan Starovoitov (baritone) Maria Lyudko (piano)
@ Boston University, Marsh Chapel
735 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, MA 02215
Green B line, Boston University Center (org. by Maria Gapotchenko and Heidi Freimanis-Cordts).
Concert Poster

October 17th, 9:30 – 10:45 a.m.
Composers’ Forum’s Guest – Alexander Radvilovich, St. Petersburg, Russia
Alexander Radvilovich (composer)
Kyriell Paleologue (translator)
@ Boston University, School of Music, B38
855 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215 Green В Line, BU West (org. by Martin Amlin).

October 17th, 7 p.m.
Composer’s Portrait – Concert of Piano Music by Alexander Radvilovich
Alexander Radvilovich (composer, piano)
Haeshin Shin (piano)
@ Boston University, School of Music, 4th floor, office of Prof. Boaz Sharon
855 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215
Green В Line, BU West (org. by Haeshin Shin and Ludmilla Leibman).

October 19th, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
French Horns from Russia and America – Day One
Alexander Kushnarev, Moscow Conservatory student, participates in Horn Studio class of Prof. Ruske
@ Boston University, School of Music, 4th floor, office of Prof. Eric Ruske
855 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215
Green В Line, BU West (org. by Sarah Gagnon).
October 19th, 4 p.m.
Cultural Program for the Russian Participants
Alan Starovoitov and others invited to attend “The Boston Guy” event with Marshall Richards (baritone)
@ Boston Public Library, Commonwealth Salon
700 Boylston Street, MA 02116
Green В, C, D Line, Copley Square (free and open to the public).

October 20th, 8 p.m.
Cultural Program for the Russian Participants (cont.): Musical Evening at Boston Symphony
Alexander Kushnarev, Alexander Solovyev, Alan Starovoitov and others invited to attend “Casual Fridays” concert at Boston Symphony Hall. Boston Symphony Orchestra’s concert program includes Grieg “Peer Gynt”
@ Boston Symphony Hall
301 Massachusetts Avenue, MA 02115
Green E Line, Symphony (tickets will be provided by the EBP).

October 21st, whole day
One Full Non-Musician Day – Cultural Program for Alexander Kushnarev
Sofya Bazhаnova, BU senior (non-musician) student from Moscow, designed the program for Alexander Kushnarev which includes walking tour of MIT, Harvard, as well as MFA
@ MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138
MFA (Museum of Fine Arts) 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA, 02115 (org. by Sofya Bazhenova).

October 22nd, 12 noon-1 p.m.
Musical Instruments Collection at the Museum of Fine Arts – tour for the CHIZH Studio
Ludmilla Leibman (musicologist)
Alexander Kushnarev (French Horn)
@ MFA (Museum of Fine Arts), 1st floor
465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA, 02115 (org. by Maria Simonova).

October 24th, 5 p.m.
Leningrad Seige Diary – Event dedicated to Russian ballerina Tamara Bogdanova’s book
Tamara Bogdanova (ballerina, author)
Alexander Kushnarev (French Horn)
Ludmilla Leibman (musicologist)
Maria Lyudko (soprano)
Kyriell Paleologue (piano)
Alan Starovoitov (baritone)
@ Boston University, Mugar Memorial Library, room 205
771 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215
Green В Line, BU Center (org. by Svitlana Malykhina and Holly Mockovak).

October 26th, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
French Horns from Russia and America – Day Two
Alexander Kushnarev, Moscow Conservatory student, participates in Horn Studio class of Prof. Ruske
@ Boston University, School of Music, 4th floor, office of Prof. Eric Ruske
855 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215
Green В Line, BU West (org. by Sarah Gagnon).

October 26th, 8 p.m.
Cultural Program for the Russian Participants (cont.): Musical Evening at Boston Symphony Alexander Kushnarev, Alan Starovoitov and other participants invited to attend concert at Boston Symphony Hall. Boston Symphony Orchestra’s concert program includes Berlioz “Damnation of Faust”
@ Boston Symphony Hall
301 Massachusetts Avenue, MA 02115
Green E Line, Symphony (tickets will be provided by the EBP).

October 27th, 6 p.m.
The First Annual Gala BU/Russian Horn Spectacular – French Horns from Russia and America, Day Three
Alexander Kushnarev, Moscow Conservatory student, participates in performances of compositions by Beethoven, Handel and Humperdinck
@ Boston University, School of Music, Concert Hall
855 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215 Green В Line, BU West (org. by Eric Ruske and Sarah Gagnon).