Duduk, Soviet Hyperrealism and 1915 ?€“ What to Do in Moscow on Thursday

By The Moscow Times

April 22, 2015

Hyperrealism. When Reality Becomes Illusion (Giperrealizm. Kogda Realnost Stanovitsya Illyuziyei): Soviet hyperrealism from the 1960s to the early 1990s. New Tretyakov Gallery. Tretyakov Gallery

Duduk, Flute and Organ: Zoya Vyazovskaya, Alisa Yermakova (both flute), Araik Matinyan (duduk), Natalya Letyuk (organ) and the Art Novi Chamber Orchestra perform Bach, Schnittke and Armenian folk music. Sts. Peter and Paul Evangelical Lutheran Cathedral. 7/10 Starosadsky Pereulok. Metro Kitai-Gorod. 495-624-5820. At 8 p.m.

Grand Concerts: Big Mixed Choir and the Novaya Rossiya Symphony Orchestra conducted by Luciano Acocella perform Mozart's Requiem, Vivaldi's Gloria (Part One), choral works by Handel, Verdi, Wagner, Grieg, Orff and Beethoven. Dom Muzyki Svetlanov Hall. 52 Kosmodamianskaya Naberezhnaya, Bldg. 8. Metro Paveletskaya. 495-730-1011. At 7 p.m.

Hyperrealism. When Reality Becomes Illusion (Giperrealizm. Kogda Realnost Stanovitsya Illyuziyei): Soviet hyperrealism from the 1960s to the early 1990s. New Tretyakov Gallery. 10 Krymsky Val. Metro Oktyabrskaya, Park Kultury. 499-230-7788. 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.

Art in Evacuation (Iskusstvo v Evakuatsii): paintings, graphics, photographs, videos and documents from Russian museum collections. 7 Derbenyovskaya Naberezhnaya, Bldg. 31. Metro Paveletskaya, Proletarskaya, tram 3 to Novosspasky Dvor, entrance from Derbenyovskaya Ulitsa. 495-276-1212. 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Men and Beasts (Lyudi i Zveri): graphic works by Anatoly Zverev from the collection of Dmitry Apazidis. Vellum Gallery. 30 Prechistenka in the Artefact Gallery Center. Metro Kropotkinskaya. 495-776-3331. 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Marco Spada: Choreographer and designer Pierre Lacotte stages a new version of Daniel-Francois-Esprit Auber's ballet about the big-hearted bandit Marco Spada and his daughter Angela. Bolshoi Theater Main Stage. 1 Teatralnaya Ploshchad. Metro Teatralnaya. 495-455-5555. At 7 p.m.

Foreign-Language Movie

1915 (2015): Exactly 100 years after the Armenian Genocide, a theater director stages a play to bring the ghosts of the past back to life. Written and directed by Garin Hovannisian and Alec Mouhibian. In English; Russian subtitles. Pioner. 21 Kutuzovsky Prospekt. Metro Kutuzovskaya. 499-240-5240. Thurs. at 11:10 a.m.

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