Welcome to the Educational Bridge Project (EBP)
The idea of connecting two countries, Russia and America, with the goal of promoting mutual understanding through collaborative initiatives in the arts, has been a dream of mine ever since I came to the United States and became a university professor. Cultural exchange, which advocates people to people diplomacy, has become the core principal of the Educational Bridge Project, which I founded in 1997.
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Boston University violinist Zhongling Li stands in Moscow's Red Square during Days of American Culture in Russia (Spring 2002 - photo credit: Kevin Carleton) The Educational Bridge Project (EBP) provides educational and artistic exchanges between Americans and Russians. EBP organizes two annual festivals: Days of Russian Culture in America / Days of American Culture in Russia These festivals create opportunities for faculty and students of participating academic institutions, museum curators and theater performers to become their country's cultural ambassadors. Using the power of the universal languages of art and music, the Project bridges the rich cultural and educational traditions of two countries and enriches the local communities. Learn more about the Educational Bridge Project. Educational Bridge Project
23rd American-Russian Festival, Spring 2013
Moscow and Saint Petersburg, Russia
PROGRAM
Monday, May 13 4 p.m. Moscow State University of Culture and Arts, Department of Jazz/Vocal ( poster-PDF / афиша-PDF ) Tony Schemmer conducts a master-class with students of the University Tuesday, May 14 7 p.m. Moscow, State Glinka Museum, Prokofiev Hall ( афиша-PDF ) “Concert with Historical Commentaries” – a dedication to the victims of WWII. Georges Devdariani, Jacob Katsnelson, Guila Clara Kessous, Ludmilla Leibman, Boris Lifanovsky Wednesday, May 15 7 p.m. Moscow, Tchaikovsky Cultural Center Thursday, May 16 1 p.m. Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory Vladimir Tarnopolski, Chairman of the Contemporary Music Department, Professor of the Moscow Conservatory and Director of the Studio for New Music Ensemble, discusses his music Friday, May 17 2 p.m. St. Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering ( poster-PDF / афиша-PDF ) Vladimir Taytslin speaks at the opening of an exhibit of his drawings of Boston architecture (the exhibit will run through May 25) 2 p.m. St. Petersburg State Hermitage Museum, the Apollo Hall of the Winter Palace Opening of the exhibition: “A Fourteenth-Century Italian Panel Painting Restored,” on invitation from Anna Konivets Saturday, May 18 11.30 a.m. A Day at Peterhof – a tour of the City of Fountains 10 p.m. St. Petersburg – a tour of the “Night of Museums” Sunday, May 19 12 noon. Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory, Conference Hall “Young voices of America, a visit to a choral rehearsal,” a master-class with Russian choral conductors, by Ekaterina Anoshkin
Monday, May 20 11 a.m. St. Petersburg, Chekhov Central District Library ( афиша-PDF ) ( заметка - article about the event ) “We did not sit and cry by the waters of Babylon,” a presentation by Stephanie Sandbeck about Viktor Ullmann’s opera Der Kaiser von Atlantis 2:30 p.m. St. Petersburg, Russian Institute of the History of Arts ( poster-PDF / афиша-PDF ) Anny Kessous-Dreyfuss presents her new book, La Passant du Pont de l'Europe, on the life of French-Jewish composer Charles Valentine Alkan (1813-1888), with performances by Dmitri Berezin and Alexey Vуakhirev Tuesday, May 21 12 noon. St. Petersburg, Baltic State Technical University ( афиша-PDF ) “A Dialogue of Cultures,” a round table discussion with Stephanie Sandbeck, Vladimir Taytslin, Barbara Tornow, and students of Professor Tatyana Kholostova 6:30 p.m. St. Petersburg State Hermitage Museum, Student Club ( CANCELLED - ОТМЕНЕН ) “My Boston”, a talk by Vladimir Taytslin about the impact of I.M. Pei on the architecture of Boston 8:30 p.m. St. Petersburg, Art Studio of Luba Kostenko “An Evening of Literature and Music” – performed by Aaron Larget-Caplan, Anastasia Golovina, Yulia Krylova, Alexander Levashov, Lubov Nosova, Ilya Rimar, Dmitri Tabala, Yunona Tabala Wednesday, May 22 11 a.m. St. Petersburg State Academic Philharmonic Hall Rehearsal of the St. Petersburg State Academic Symphony Orchestra – on invitation from Associate Concertmaster Alexander Zolotarev Thursday, May 23 11 a.m.-5 p.m. St. Petersburg, National University of Mineral Resources (Mining University) “Gorny”, 5th International Conference on the humanitarian aspects of higher education: Ludmilla Leibman (poster-PDF / афиша-PDF), Vladimir Taytslin (poster-PDF / афиша-PDF), Barbara Tornow (poster-PDF / афиша-PDF) participate 6:30 p.m. St. Petersburg Department of Steklov Institute of Mathematics (poster-) “Mathematics and Music”- Ludmilla Leibman discusses the spatial dimensions in music, symmetry, mirror inversion and more, with illustrations from Bach, Chopin and Paganini performed by David Chakvetadze, Elizaveta Marchenko, Evelina Skripacheva and Evgeniy Zaretskiy Friday, May 24 2 p.m. St. Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering (poster-PDF / афиша-PDF) Ludmilla Leibman talks to the students: Boston as Mecca of the Higher Education in America 6:30 p.m. St. Petersburg Association of International Collaboration (poster-PDF / афиша-PDF) “From Boston to St. Petersburg” – a concert by American and Russian musicians with the premiere of Schemmer’s sonata for violin and piano: Aaron Larget-Caplan, Anna Gribkova, Lubov Nosova, Dmitri Pavliy, Ilya Rimar, Ma Shen-Shin, Arina Suvinskaya, Yuri Suvinski, Dmitri Tabala, Melanie Tochilova, Igor Zolotarev Saturday, May 25 7 p.m. St. Petersburg Composers Association Concert Hall ( poster-PDF / афиша-PDF ) Farewell concert of the festival – classical and contemporary music performed by Alexey Osipov, Sergey Red’kin, Aaron Larget-Caplan Educational Bridge Project - 23rd Festival, Spring 2013, Program with poster links - PDF
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