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 Co-chairs of the Commitee:
Minister of Culture of the RF Alexander Avdeev
Governor of St Petersburg Valentina Matvienko
Patrons:
Pierre Berge, Yvette Chauvire, Valery Fokin, Pierre Lacotte, John Neumeier, Mikhail Piotrovsky, Ghislaine Thesmar, Bettina von Siemens.
This year we celebrate the centenary of the Russian Seasons, Sergey Diaghilev´s great creation. This important date will be honored by the whole world. Sergey Diaghilev discovered Russian art for the west and turned it into a significant factor of influence on the development of the international culture of the XX century. Nothing seemed impossible for the great impresario – the only project that he failed to realize was return to St Petersburg. For the Russian audience the phenomenon of Diaghilev has forever become a legend.
St Petersburg state museum of Theatre and Music, the holder of all Diaghilev’s memorabilia left in Russia, State Hermitage museum and State Academic Alexandrinsky theater initiated the first International Festival of Arts «Diaghilev. Postscriptum», which will be held in St Petersburg from 12 to 19 October 2009. The Governor of St Petersburg Valentina Matvienko and minister of culture of the Russian Federation Alexandre Avdeev supported the idea and have become co-chairs of the Honorable Committee of the Festival.
www.diaghilev-ps.ru
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