Exhibition "Moscow Jazz" Automatic translate

May 19 at the Gilyarovsky Center opens the exhibition "Moscow Jazz". This is a joint project of the Gilyarovsky Center, the Union of Young Talents Foundation, the Jazz Research Center with the participation of children from the Klass-Center school. The exhibition will work as part of the international youth festival-contest Drumsfest Russia, the main program of which will be held at the Museum of Moscow.

The Moscow Jazz exhibition is the history of the development of jazz in Moscow from the beginning of the 20th century to the present day. The main milestones of jazz history will be presented on two floors of the Gilyarovsky Center. Guests of the exhibition will learn about the pioneers of jazz in the USSR - Valentin Parnakh, Alexander Tsfasman, Leonid Utesov, get acquainted with the "era of extension of saxophones" and the fight against cosmopolitanism, trace the rapid development of domestic jazz after 1957 and the Khrushchev "thaw". It will also be possible to learn about jazz ensemble festivals, to see cafes in which jazz was performed - "Youth", "Aelita" and "Blue Bird". Finally, the exposition will tell about the “small ice age” in the history of jazz from the second half of the 70s to the first half of the 80s. And of course, guests will hear a story about the role and place of jazz in modern Russia.

A special place in the exposition is dedicated to the establishment of a jazz school in Moscow and the history of two jazz drummers, Vladimir Vasilkov and Anatoly Makurov, who from 2010 to 2013 supported the international youth festival-contest Drumsfest Russia as jury members and teachers of master classes.

The event program will take place within the framework of the exhibition:

May 23, Thursday, 19:00
Announcement of the winners of the short prose contest "Moscow Jazz".

May 29, Wednesday, 19:00
The concert "Spring Jazz", which will be attended by students of the department of pop-jazz singing RAM them. Gnesins. The concert is dedicated to the 35th anniversary of the department.

May 30, Thursday, 19:00
Lecture by Anna Bashtova “Fashion and Music: Club 27” as part of the Fashion to know lecture. Anna will talk about the phenomenon of “Club 27” and its impact on the global catwalk and street fashion.

Saturday, June 1, 7 p.m.
Performance by CoolGroove BigBand Orchestra.

Sunday, June 2, 7 p.m.
Creative meeting with jazz drummer Vladimir Sheinin and a master class “Technique of playing with legs. Heel-toe. "

Saturday June 8, 7 p.m.
Concert "Modern jazz" by Conglomerate.

Sunday 9 June, 4 p.m.
Speech by students A.P. Makurov and students of the Music College of pop and jazz art.

Entrance to the exhibition and event program is free.

The exhibition was created with the support of the Union of Young Talents Foundation.

The Moscow Museum was founded in 1896, it is one of the oldest museums in the city. The museum is located in Proviant warehouses - a monument of architecture of federal significance. Today it is a modern museum, exhibition, educational and cultural center that combines the past, present and future of Moscow and unites a variety of people. The Museum of Moscow also includes several branches: the Museum of Archeology of Moscow, the Old English Courtyard, the Museum of the History of Lefortovo, the Center of Gilyarovsky. www.mosmuseum.ru

Drumsfest Russia - international youth festival-competition "Parade of percussion instruments." In 2019, it will be the 8th time, the main venue is the Museum of Moscow. It represents both the traditional art of playing percussion instruments, as well as performances by contestants of ethnic genres, military marching music, popular jazz and contemporary art forms. The participants are children and young people from different countries aged 9 to 28 years. The members of the jury of Drumsfest Russia are world-famous percussionists and performers of higher musical education. Director - Alexander Bilenky. http://www.drumsfest2019.ru/

The Autonomous Non-Profit Organization for the Promotion of Jazz Art “Jazz Research Center” is an all-Russian public institution that collects, stores, catalogs, and puts into circulation materials on the history of jazz in Russia: documents, manuscripts, correspondence, notes, interviews, photographs, audio recordings, video and filming. The second most important area of ​​activity is research and educational work with these materials, as well as the organization of access to them for the widest possible range of people - that is, ultimately, propaganda of the history of Russian jazz art. The funds of the ANO “Jazz Research Center” are located in the Yaroslavl City Jazz Center, but the Center conducts research and popularization work throughout the country. https://www.jazz.ru/research/