Eduard Artemyev’s birthday will be celebrated with a grand concert at the National Centre RUSSIA

On November 30 at 17:00, the National Centre RUSSIA will host a concert in honor of the birthday of the legendary Soviet and Russian composer Eduard Artemyev. The event will feature his granddaughter, Yekaterina Artemyeva, lead soloist of the Gradsky Hall theatre Andrei Lefler, Nikita Shutov (trumpet solo), as well as the Sound Puzzle Chorus and the Moscow ensemble OpensoundOrchestra.

The prologue to Artemyev's melodies at the concert will include new works by young composers, whose art was inspired by Eduard Nikolaevich's masterpieces. Their music will be enhanced by modern technologies and generative design: the engineering team has prepared a visual accompaniment based on algorithms and neural network technologies.

As part of the main program, the audience will hear Eduard Artemyev's soundtracks for films by Andrei Tarkovsky, Nikita Mikhalkov, and Andrei Konchalovsky. The concert will also include works by contemporary composers from popular Russian films.

The performance will be accompanied by visuals compiled from the films "At Home Among Strangers, a Stranger Among His Own," "Slave of Love," and " Family Relations."

The National Centre RUSSIA was established by order of the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, to preserve the legacy of the International RUSSIA EXPO and to showcase the achievements of the country and its citizens on a permanent basis. Federal government agencies, state companies, corporations, and regions take part in the Centre’s work.