Moscow State Conservatory, Great Hall
September 19, 8pm
September 20, 8pm
November 13, 8pm
The first foreign film about Russia accompanied by a symphony orchestra
The first foreign film about Russia accompanied by a symphony orchestra
September 19, 8pm
September 20, 8pm
October 25, 8pm
Moscow State Conservatory,
Great Hall
«Russia from above» is a grand movie epic, which will be a real revelation to many viewers.
The masterpiece of cinematography will get a new sound of a symphony orchestra. A nine-month voyage over the world’s biggest country: the viewers will see our vast and beautiful country from the Arctic Ocean to the deserts of Kalmykia, from Europe’s highest peak of Elbrus to Kamchatka’s volcanoes.
An unprecedented attempt by a professional international team to demonstrate the boundless spaces and striking contrasts of our country from a bird’s-eye view. The focus is on desert landscapes, impressive metropolitan areas, wild animals, taiga forests, Siberian cold and more.
Russia is certainly the biggest country on earth. Covering 11 time zones, it is twice the size of the United States of America and almost fifty times the size of Germany, the most populous country in the European Union. And yet, most of Russia is still a mystery.
This is Russia, as you have not seen it yet, filmed from helicopters with the best aerial film cameras in the world. The focus is on fascinating aerial views of pristine landscapes, wildlife and fascinating cities.
The camera crew was the first to be allowed to film many places. “Flight over Russia” shows life of the peoples of Siberia, the forbidden city of Norilsk and diamond mines in the city of Mirny, where one of the deepest quarries on the planet is located.
The view from Elbrus, Europe’s highest mountain in the Caucasus, looks like a view of the earth from the sky. Breathtaking views of the Altai, on the border with China, Mongolia and Kazakhstan, are equally impressive. And you will not find a safer viewpoint of one of the most volcanically active places on the planet, 29 active volcanoes of Kamchatka.
“This film is impressive not only due to majestic expanses of our country, but also the bright colors, unusual angles and scale of shooting”
Alexey Miller
Chairman of the Management Committee of PJSC “Gazprom”
“It was incredibly moving to see people crying while watching the movie. This is the connection that you hope to get as a film maker”
Freddy Rockenhouse,
Director of «Russia from above»
“I’m sure there’s not a single person in Russia who will be left indifferent by this film. And although I have visited all the regions in duty bound, but I have not seen such Russia”
Olga Golodets
“Visual poetry at its best”
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
“Emotionally thrilling, visually stunning”
Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung
Sergey Chonishvili is a Soviet and Russian theater and film actor, master of film dubbing, announcer, TV presenter, writer. Honored Artist of the Russian Federation.
He has a memorable voice of beautiful timbre. Ha narrated numerous television documentaries, commercials and announcements of many Russian TV channels.
At the «Russia from above» film concert, Sergey will perform as a narrator accompanied by a symphony orchestra.
Britain’s Golden Voice, opera singer Katherine Jenkins, after a joint concert with “Russian Philharmonia”, told the Kommersant reporter the following:
“The orchestra impressed me with its high professionalism. I’ve collaborated with the best orchestras in the world, and believe me, the quality of performance deserves great praise. I would like to continue working with it”
“Russian Philharmonia” really stands out among the many modern orchestras. Each of its performances gives listeners the feeling for which they are reaching for the music - it lifts them up above the ground and makes them feel winged. The orchestra has performed in the best concert halls of Germany, France, Austria and Japan.
September 1, 1866 is considered to be the opening day of Moscow Conservatory, when Nikolai Rubinstein, who obtained permission to establish a music school in Moscow following the form of Saint Petersburg Conservatory, was able to find funds and rent the premises. The house of Baroness Cherkasova on Vozdvizhenka was its first building. Opening of the Moscow Conservatory was widely praised by Moscow intellectuals.
Russian writers who spoke at the opening ceremony emphasized that music was a universal and incomparable language available to all nations. The attendees expressed confidence that Moscow music school would match the best European institutions. P.I. Tchaikovsky has worked as a teacher at the Conservatory from its first days until 1878.
Voronov estate had been located on the site of a modern building of Moscow Conservatory until 1895. Only part of the facade wall of the estate has been preserved. The estate had transformed into a conservatory by 1901, when the building took its present form.
