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St Petersburg, November 19-20, 2009
In 2008 St Petersburg State Museum of theatre and music celebrated its centennial. For the anniversary year Museum prepared a number of exhibitions, memorial meetings and theatre festivals. The conference “Museums of theatre and music in the international space” has become one of the important events of the year. Participants of the conference from all over the world discussed history of the world famous museum collections, artists, actors, choreographers and collectors. A communication dedicated to the personality of Levkiy Ivanovich Zheverzheyev, founder of the Decorative Institute, one of the most famous theatre collectors, Maecenas and museum figures aroused great interest. In the course of discussion it was decided to prepare the whole conference dedicated to his personality and activities. As a result, St Petersburg State Museum of theatre and music holds “Zheverzheyev readings” on November 19-20, 2009. The papers dedicated to “Soyuz molodezhi [The Unit of the youth]”, famous performances “Vladimir Mayakovsky” and “Pobeda nad Solntsem [The victory over the Sun]”, Decorative Institute, Hermitage theatre and other important events and institutions of Russian culture related to the great personality of L. Zheverzheyev will be read during the conference.
Program of the International conference «Zheverzheyev readings»
November 19, Thursday
Main museum building (6 Ostrovsky Sq.)
11.00-11.15 a.m. Registration
11.15-11.30 a.m. Opening. Natalia Metelitsa, director of St Petersburg State Museum of theatre and music.
11.30-12.30 a.m. «Zheverzheyev readings»
Chair: Natalia Vainberg, head of the scientific department, St Petersburg State Museum of theatre and music Natalia Vainberg
«Theatre museum. Founders and creators (from its founding to the Blockade time)» Marina Tsapovetskaya
Head of the department of rare books, manuscripts, archive and graphic materials, St Petersburg State theatre library «Documents of Nadezhda Vasilieva (1852-1920) in the archive of St Petersburg State theatre library»
12.30-13.00 Coffee break
13.00-15.30
Zainchkovskaya Antonina, Ph. D. «Zheverzheyev's work for the Decorative Institute»
Grinchenko Natalia, senior scientist for Rare books department, Russian National library, Ph. D. «A Collector and an antiquarian (L. Zheverzheyev and L. Melin)»
Kharlamova Vera, deputy head of the department of rare books, manuscripts, archive and graphic materials, St Petersburg State theatre library «A personage on photography. V. Vsevolodsky-Gerngross»
Dynina Elena, chef methodologist of “Museum of St Petersburg avant-garde” (Matyushin's house), branch of State museum of history of St Petersburg «“Death of the righteous” by Boduen de Kurtene from the collection of State museum of history of St Petersburg»
Yakovleva Elena, Ph. D., professor of Russian Herzen State Pedagogic University, senior scientist of the State Russian museum «L. Zheverzheyev and N. Roerich»
Break
17.00-18.00 Excursion in the museum
November 20, Friday
Main museum building (6 Ostrovsky Sq.)
11.00 Dmitriev Pavel, Ph. D., deputy director of the music library, St Petersburg Shostakovich State Philharmonic «Notes of stage directors in Zheverzheyev album»
Pronina Irina, department of 1st half of 19th century paintings, State Tretiakov Gallery «L. Zheverzheyev and artists from “Soyuz molodezhi”»
Tuchinskaya Alexandra, St Petersburg State museum of theatre and music «„The first in the futurist's world“ and scenic experiments of V. Meyerkhold»
Kryuchek Elena, the Samoilov Family Museum «L. Zheverzheyev on watercolours by V. Samoilov»
13.00-13.30 Break
13.30 Obukhova-Zelinskaya Irina, Ph. D., Warsaw
«Zheverzheyev and Yuri Annenkov»
Mochalova Liudmila, St Petersburg State museum of theatre and music «Balanchin. The beginning»
Rybakova Yulia, Ph. D., St Petersburg State museum of theatre and music «My memories about Theatre museum. 1950s»
Plyatskovskaya Ninel, St Petersburg State museum of theatre and music «Recording of the rehearsal process. Materials from the Museum collection. 1930s and 1960s»
15.30 Recital
Program:
D. Shostakovich. Piano sonata No. 1. Performer- Pavel Tovpich, laureate of International contests. Narrator — Boris Tulintsev, St Petersburg State museum of theatre and music “Pavlovsk guiding light” (about A. Zelenova).
Solo performance of Galina Kostina, Akimov Comedy Theatre
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