Musical Thursday in the White Hall Automatic translate

May 11, 2017 at 17.30 in the main building of the State Museum of Fine Arts of the Republic of Tatarstan (Kazan, Karl Marx Str. 64) will be held "Musical Thursday in the White Hall". This time, the evening program includes excursions to exhibitions of Russian and Western European art and a vocal concert.

The State Museum of Fine Arts of the Republic of Tatarstan - one of the largest regional art museums in Russia - was established in 1958 on the basis of the art gallery of the State Museum of TASSR. The collection is based on the private collection of Andrei Fedorovich Likhachev.

Currently, in the funds of the Pushkin Museum of the Republic of Tatarstan there are more than twenty-six thousand works of painting, graphic art, sculpture, decorative and applied art. The main building of the museum is worth a visit to see the masterpieces of ancient Russian icon painting of the XVI century, works of Russian painting of the XVIII - XIX centuries. : portraits by F. Rokotov, D. Levitsky, works by K. Bryullov, V. Tropinin, I. Repin, V. Serov, M. Vrubel, I. Levitan, a large monographic collection of works by the outstanding Russian landscape painter I. Shishkin. Western European painting of the 16th-19th centuries, diverse in genres and art schools (Italian, French, Austrian, German, Flemish and Dutch), is represented by the works of Puligo, Domenicino Zampieri, Mariotto di Nardo, Jean Marc Nattier and others.

The music department of the evening will be presented by graduates and graduate students of the Kazan State Conservatory. N. Zhiganova, Arthur and Elsa Islamov, Aisyl Salmanova and Honored Artist of the Republic of Tatarstan Baryshnikova Alsu.

Arthur Islamov - laureate of the 1st prize of the International Vocal Competitions named after I. Shakirov, performers of the Bashkir and Tatar songs, performers of the Tatar song named after R. Vagapova (2008), laureate of the 3rd prize of the Regional Vocalists Competition named after S. Saydasheva (2008), laureate of the I International Competition “Vissi d’arte” (2012), founder and soloist of the Tatar rock band “Alqanat”, soloist of the Tatar Academic State Opera and Ballet Theater named after M. Jalil. Alsu Baryshnikova - Honored Artist of the Republic of Tatarstan, accompanist of TAGTOiB named after M. Jalil, teacher of the Kazan State Conservatory named after N. Zhiganova, repeatedly participated as a concertmaster in Russian and international vocal competitions, where her professionalism was awarded with special awards of the jury. Elsa Islamov (Myasnikov) and Aisyl Salmanov (Ainatullova) - graduate students of KGK them. N. Zhiganova, class of Albina Shagimuratova, laureates of national and international vocal competitions.

The program of the vocal concert will include arias, scenes from operas and romances of Russian and foreign composers.