Moscow on Monday: Italians, Ghanaians and Svetamuzika

By The Moscow Times

Oct. 4, 2015

RAI National Symphony Orchestra wikipedia.org

The Italians Are Coming! The first concert in Russia of the RAI (Radio Audizioni Italiani) National Symphony Orchestra takes place on Monday at the Conservatory Great Hall. The famed orchestra performs Rossini, Paganini, Rota and Rachmaninov with soloist Anna Tifu (violin) under the direction of conductor Marco Angius. The orchestra will then head off for a grand tour of Russia, including stops in St. Petersburg, Perm and Yekaterinburg. Conservatory Great Hall. 13 Bolshaya Nikitskaya Ulitsa. Metro Pushkinskaya, Biblioteka Imeni Lenina. 495-629-9401. At 7 p.m.

Svetamuzika: Up-and-coming jazz group from St. Petersburg with pianist Svetlana Marinchenko. Guest Sasha Magerova (vocals). Kozlov Club. 16 Olimpiisky Prospekt, Bldg. 2, at the Art&Shock Complex. Metro Prospekt Mira. 926-952-0077. At 8 p.m.

Six Artists From Ghana: Exhibition of contemporary art from Ghana. Mossovet Film Theater. 12 Preobrazhenskaya Ploshchad. Metro Preobrazhenskaya Ploshchad. 495-963-0332. From noon to 7:30 p.m. Admission free. Extended through Wed.

The Intern: A retired successful business owner and widower (Robert De Niro) lands an internship at a fashion website run by a young, career-driven woman (Anne Hathaway). A comedy written and directed by Nancy Meyers. In English; Russian subtitles.

Pioner. 21 Kutuzovsky Prospekt. Metro Kutuzovskaya. 499-240-5240. At 4:10 and 7:15 p.m.

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