Alexander Scriabin (1872- 1915) was one of the most innovative and most controversial of early modern composers. Many of his works are written for the piano. The earliest pieces resemble Frederic Chopin and include music in many forms that Chopin himself employed, such as the etude, the prelude and the mazurka. The style of composer changed enormously as he progressed. The early pieces are romantic, fresh and easily accessible, while his later compositions explore harmony’s further reaches.
An avid chamber musician, Teng-Kai Yang currently works on his doctorate in piano performance at University of Houston. His mentor is the most respectful pianist professor Abby Simon.
Wine will be served.
Advanced ticket purchase is recommended as seating is limited.
Director: Damian Wojciechowski. Co-producer: Caroline Walker. 2004, Russia
The documentary film Forgive Me, Sergey is a story of love, betrayal and forgiveness between two people who never met. It is an example of how the ideological war between the Soviet Union and the United States dramatically affected the fates of those living in the Twentieth Century. A 20-year-old Soviet sailor Sergey Kourdakov, on the third of September 1971, jumped from his ship in the Pacific Ocean and barely made it alive to the Canadian shore.
Before his death in 1973, he wrote his autobiography, which sold millions worldwide. This book inspired young American woman, Caroline Walker, to make a journey to Russia looking for truth about Sergey’s life.
Caroline Walker will be present to answer questions.
Time of screening: 53 min
Language: Russian with English subtitles
Advance tickets purchase is recommended as seating is limited
“Yellow Stars” is a concerto for orchestra in seven parts by Russian composer Isaac Iosifovich Shvarts, born 13 May 1923. Composed in 1998, the work was inspired by surviving diaries written from various Jewish Ghettos in World War II that the composer read. ”The idea of writing this work came to me while reading a shattering personal account of life in the Kovno ghetto in Kaunas (southern Lithuania). I was particularly moved by the description of the happy Jewish festival of Purim. Under the barbaric conditions of the death camp, it becam a ’festival of nooses’.” The concerto was recently recorded in Moscow by the National Philharmonic of Russia, conducted by Vladimir Spivakov.
In 2004, New York film producer, Joan Grossman, used film and still photography to create the film “Yellow Stars: Purim in the Ghetto.” This film is set to the Spivakov recording. Grossman has said that the film “is structured around the symphony’s seven movements. It is a collage of images from the war on the Eastern front, as the Germans fought the Russians, and from Jewish ghettos in Lodz, Warsaw, Kovno, and elsewhere. The images are punctuated with short excerpts from ghetto diaries that help to anchor the piece in place and time with personal thoughts and observations. The film is a meditation on fragments of film and writings, remnants of countless people who for the most part did not survive.”
This is a first time screening of this film will in Texas.
When: Saturday, September 29, 2007, 7:00 p.m.
Where: 2337 Bissonnet Houston, TX 77005
Tickets: $7; RCC members – $5
Information: 713-395-3301 or e-mail anna@ourtx.com
В субботу 17 марта, в 19:00 у нас в Русском культурном центре «Наш Техас» был показан документальный фильм режиссера Романа Ширмана « Опасно свободный человек». Фильм этот о гениальном режиссере Сергее Параджанове, и показом этого фильма мы завершаем нашу фотовыставку о Грузии фотохудожника Юлии Вайнер.
Роман Ширман — заслуженный деятель искусств Украины. Окончил режиссерский факультет ВГИКа. Лауреат национальных и международных кино- и телефестивалей. Его последний документальный фильм, посвященный Сергею
Параджанову — « Опасно свободный человек », — собрал едва ли не все высшие награды на фестивалях кино, а также стал номинантом российской национальной премии « Ника » в конкурсе лучших иностранных фильмов 2005 года.
“Опасно свободный человек” – смешной и грустный фильм о великом импровизаторе и фантазере – ироничная попытка соединить документальные кадры с анимацией, воспроизводящей фантазии знаменитого режиссера. Например, такой эпизод: “Как-то Сергей Параджанов пришел в Театр на Таганке на обсуждение нового спектакля Юрия Любимова. Постановку все ругали, режиссера обвиняли в неумении работать с актерами и читать материал. Вдруг на сцену выскочил Параджанов: “Поздравляю, коллега, – закричал он и обнял Любимова, – это великий спектакль. А если вас выгонят из театра, тоже ничего! Я уже много лет нигде не работаю и ведь живу. Папа Римский присылает мне по почте бриллианты, я их продаю. На жизнь хватает”.
Билеты на просмотр фильма «Опасно свободный человек» будут продаваться у нас в центре заранее.
Когда: суббота, 17 марта, 19:00
Где: 2337 Bissonnet Houston, TX 77005
Билеты: $ 7; для членов центра – $5
Справки по телефону 713-395-3301 или пишите anna@ourtx.com
In-house film screening “Опасно свободный человек” (in Russian) will take place March 17, 2007 at
7:00 pm.
Director: Damian Wojciechowski. Co-producer: Caroline Walker. 2004, Russia
