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THIS WEEK'S EVENTS & EXHIBITIONS

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EXHIBITIONS

Dostoyevsky Apartment Museum

"One-to-One." Paintings by A. Kolesnikov. October 4-26

"Fifty-fifty." A collection by B. Khudoleva. October 6-30

Gallery 10/10

Paintings by Babi Badalov. Until October 10

Hermitage Museum

Italian paintings from the Corsini collection. All October.

Japanese paintings from the Utagawa school. All October.

Standing exhibits include "The Wealth of the Imperial Palace," "Winter Palaces of Peter the Great," and "The Mint"

Library of the Academy of Arts

"Colour Experts" Western European 19th and early 20th century paintings. Month of October.

Manege Central Exhibition Hall

International Tourism exchange INWETEX. October 5-8

Museum of the History of Religion

Standing exhibits include "Russian Church Art," "The History of Russian Orthodoxy," "The History of Western Christianity," "Catholicism and Protestantism," and "Religion of the East."

Museum of Russian Political History

Standing exhibits include, ‘Those Who Won the War," "Democracy or Dictatorship?," "Business Russia," :The State Duma Yesterday - and Today," "The Past Century and the Present," and "An Epoch Passes, Hope Remains."

Petropol Gallery

"Rose and Cross" Bone carvings. Until October 15

Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (Kunstkammer)

Standing exhibits include "The Shaman and the Universe," "Anatomical Rarities of the Kunstkammer," "The Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography During the Blockade"

Russian Museum

Graphics and porcelain by C. Chekhonin. Until October 25.

Russian Museum’s Marble Palace

Paintings by George Puzenkov. Until October 10

Russian Union of Artists’ Exhibition Center

"ONTO-ARTE" Exhibition by Professor Antonio Menegetti (Italy). Paintings, handicraft. October 1-8

"On her 80th birthday" An exhibition paintings and handicraft by Natalia Smirnova. October 4-22.

Paintings by Elifenda Gaiya (Barcelona). Until October 15.

Smolny Cathedral

"Our life 100 years ago, viewed through objects." Photos from photographic and movie archives. October 6 - December 6

St Petersburg Historical Museum, Rumyantsev Mansion

"Great Britain - St Petersburg: Architecture, parks, engineering, ideas and experts" Month of October.

EVENTS

Performances begin 7 pm unless otherwise noted

Anna Akhmatova Museum

"An Elders’ party" dedicated to Lev Gumiliev and Alexander Blok. October 4 (6 pm)

French Institute in St Petersburg, "Carnival" concert hall

"Chinese Idlers." Choreographer and dancer, Matilda Monet. Composer and musician, Louis Sclabis. October 4.

Jazz Philharmonic Hall

Blues evening by B. Belinov’s Blues Band. October 3 (8 pm)

Jazz dancing. "Northwest Dixie Band led by O. Samorukov. October 5 (8 pm)

Jazz dancing. Oleg Kuvaytsev’s Dixieland. October 7 and 10 (8 pm)

Vocal group "Digest" October 8 (8 pm)

Maly (Glinka) Hall

Chamber music theater, "St Petersburg opera" October 8 (5 pm)

Maly Opera and Ballet Company (Musorgsky Theater)

Ballet evening by Tchaikovsky music, "Serenade" and "Swan Lake," October 5

Mariinsky Theater of Opera and Ballet (formerly Kirov)

Minkus "Don Quixote," October 4

Mozart "Magic Flute," October 5

Tchaikovsky "Swan Lake," October 6

Asafyev "Bakhchisaraysky Fountain," October 7

Prokofiev "Love for Three Oranges," October 8

Verdi "Aida," October 10

Municipal Cultural Center

Tchaikovsky Youth Orchestra and the Schiller Gymnasium’s Women’s Choral Group (Germany). Tchaikovsky and Mozart. October 3.

Music and dance theater "Peterburgskaya Mozaika." Traditional music, songs and dances. October 6, 12, 15, 22, 27 and 28 (7:30 pm)

Museum of Theatrical and Musical Arts

Bizet’s opera "Carmen" and Prosper Merimee’s novel "Carmen’s Tragedy." Producer P. Bruk. October 4

Music by Wagner October 8 (3 pm)

Rimsky-Korsakov Apartment Museum

Vocal music. Rimsky-Korsakov. Yastrebtsev, Prokofiev, performed by Andrei Slavny and Yuri Serov. October 4.

Pianoforte music concert. Chopin’s "24 prelude" and Prokofiev’s "Sonata No. 6," October 7

Shostakovich Philharmonic Opening of the International Organ Festival. Kay Johannson (Germany) and the St Petersburg State Orchestra. Music by Bach, Mozart and Pulensk. October 4.

Pianoforte evening. Yekaterina Murina. Beethoven and Chopin. October 6.

Russian Academy Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra. Conductor V. Altschuler. Songs by the St Petersburg’s Cannel 5 choral group. October 7.

Russian Academy Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, choir. October 8.

Russian Chamber Music Orchestra. Conductor and Soloist Konstantin Orbelyan. October 10.

St Petersburg Capella (Glinka)

Olivier Messiaen organ music. "Concert at the end of the time" and Meditation in the mystery of Trinity." Organist Oleg Kinyaev. October 7.