St.Petersburg Cultural, Sport, Business Events 2012:

Here on these pages you may find some useful information on: city news, playbills for the biggest and the most famous Opera and Ballet Houses of St. Petersburg, as well as information on newest festivals, exhibitions, sport events, conferences and seminars. We hope this information will help you to be in the very midst of interesting cultural life of the Northern Capital of Russia.

Theatres

MARIINSKY THEATRE actual playbill

MIKHAILOVSKY THEATRE Playbill

HERMITAGE THEATRE Schedule of Performances

Art Exhibitions

1.03.12 - 31.05.12
"300 YEARS OF SHEREMETYEV'S MANSION THE FOUNTAIN HOUSE"
Location: Museum of Theatrical and Musical Art. Sheremetev Palace

1.03.12 - 31.05.12
"THE BEAUTIES OF RUSSIAN THEATRE"
Location: Museum of Theatrical and Musical Art

1.03.12 - 31.05.12
"SKETCH, STUDY, MODEL". Drawings, paintings, sculptures
Location: The State Russian Museum. Mikhailovsky Castle

1.03.12 - 31.12.12
"RIMSKY-KORSAKOV AND BELSKIY. OPERA MASTERPIECES"
Location: Museum of Theatrical and Musical Art. Rimsky-Korsakov Memorial Museum

6.03.12 - 20.05.12
"SECOND LIVE". Coins and medals in the European applied arts
Location: The State Hermitage Museum

1.04.12 - 22.12.12
"THE CITY - FROM BIRTH TO OBLIVON"
Location: The State Center of Photography

20.04.12 - 22.07.12
"The 150th anniversary of Nikolay LIHACHEVWRITINGS ARE ONLY HEARD".
Location: Hermitage Museum

MAY 2012
"LET'S GO TO GATCHINA!"
Location: Central Exhibition Hall "Manege"

MAY 2012
Tamara SATAROVA "INVISIBLE STONE". Stone decoration of St. Isaac's Cathedral
Location: Isaakievsky Cathedral

1.05.12
"WHITE SEWINGS"
Location: The State Russian Museum. Stroganov Palace 1.05.12 - .09.2012
Boris SHALYAPIN's painting exhibition
Location: Museum of Theatrical and Musical Art. Shalyapin Apartment Museum

15.05.12 - 18.05.12
"POSTAL GAMES". Exhibition-action for children
Location: A. S. Popov Central Museum of Communications

15.05.12 - 25.05.12
"DETISSIMO". Exhibition of children's paintings
Location: A.S. Popov Central Museum of Communications

18.05.12 - 19.08.12
"GIORGIO DE CHIRICO IN THE HERMITAGE"
Location: The State Hermitage Museum

1.06.12 - 30.06.12
"GODDES-LIKE PRINCESS..." CatherineII in Derzhavin's and Pushkin's works
Location: The National Pushkin Museum. Derzhavin Museum

1.06.12 - 31.07.12
"ALL REMBRANDT". Paintings from the Nederlands museums collections
Location: Central Exhibition Hall "Manege"

1.06. 12 - 31.07. 12
Exhibition from the collection of the Thessalonici State Museum of contemporary Art (Greece)
Location: Central Exhibition Hall "Manege"

1.06. 12 - 31.08. 12
"LONG VACATION"
Location: Museum of Theatrical and Musical Art. Sheremetev Palace

1.07.12 - 31.08.12
Walter ROSENBLUM. Personal exhibition
Location: The State Center of Photography

1.07.12 - 31.08.12
"CROWN OF THE EARTH". Exhibition from the collection of Japanese Photo Society
Location: The State Center of Photography

August 2012
"BE PROUD OF FAMILY RESEMBLANCE: THE PATHS AND FATES OF ALEXANDER PUSHKIN'S CHILDREN"
Location: The National Pushkin Museum. Pushkin Apartment Museum

Contests and Festivals

1.06.2012 - 30.06.2012
International Chess Festival "WHITE NIGHTS"

1.06.2012 - 10.06.2012
16th International Art Festival "SERGEY OSKOLKOV AND HIS FRIENDS
" Location: Composers' House, Mikhail Shemyakin's Foundation, Peterhof Museum-Reserve

1.06.2012 - 30.06.2012
7th International Festival of Baltic Cities
Location: "Baltic House" Theater-Festival

1.06.2012
6th St. Petersburg International Choir Festival
Location: Shostakovich Academic Philharmonic, Academic Cappella, Alexandrinsky Theater, St. Isaac's Cathedral, Russian Museum, Mikhailovsky Garden

1.06.2012 - 31.07.2012
International Festival "MUSICAL COLLECTION"
Location: Shostakovich Academic Philharmonic

1.06.2012 - 30.07.2012
19th International Jazz Festival "WHITE NIGHTS' SWING"
Location: Jazz-Philharmonic Hall, Arts Square

5.06.2012 - 12.06.2012
5th Kronstadt International Environmental Art Festival
Location: Town of Kronstadt

6.06.2012 - 11.06.2012
9th International Bard-Song Festival "PETERSBURG'S CHORD-2012"

9.06.2012 - 12.06.2012
11th International Festival of Argentinean Tango "WHITE NIGHTS TANGO"
Location: city's concert halls

12.06.2012 - 22.06.2012
Festival of Traditional Japanese Culture "GARDEN OF PLEASURE"
Location: Pavlovsk Museum-Reserve)

22.06.2012 - 27.06.2012
International Festival "KOTLINFEST"
Location: Town of Kronstadt

23.06.2012 - 29.06.2012
20th St. Petersburg International Film Festival "FESTIVAL OF FESTIVALS-2012"
Location: Cinema Centers:"House of Cinema", "Rodina";Sergei Kuryokhin Contemporary Arts Center, "Cascade" Cultural Center

23.06.2012
Contemporary Art Festival "CELEBRATION AT HOME"
Location: "Pushkinskaya-10" Art Center

23.06.2012 - 24.06.2012
International Jazz Festival "PETER JAZZ-SUMMER"
Location: Beach of Peter and Paul

26.06.2012 - 4.07.2012
10th International Festival and Competition of Camber and Vocal Music "THREE CENTURIES OF CLASSICAL ROMANCE"
Location: Shostakovich Academic Philharmonic (Glinka Small Hall),Academic Cappella, Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory (Glazunov Concert Hall)

7.07.2012 - 8.07.2012
"NIGHT OF MUSIC IN GATCHINA"
Location: Gatchina Museum-Reserve

7.07.2012 - 8.07.2012
"USADBA. JAZZ" Festival
Location: Elagin Island

7.07.2012 - 8.07.2012
12th International Empress Maria Fedorovna Flower Festival "IMPERIAL BOUQUET"
Location: Pavlovsk Museum-Reserve

8.07.2012 - 12.07.2012
12th International Festival "MUSIC OF THE GREAT HERMITAGE"
Location: Great Court-yard of the Hermitage, Hermitage Museum halls

14.07.2012
Theatrical Celebration "ALEXANDER NEVSKY'S WREATH OF GLORY"
Location: Staraya Ladoga Village of Volkhovsky District, Leningrad Region

14.07.2012
"BASTILLE-2012"
Location: Yusupov Gardens

3.08.2012 - 8.08.2012
10th International Festival of Choral Art "SINGING WORLD"
Location: Academic Cappella, City

4.08.2012 - 5.08.2012
14th International Bikers Festival in Olgino
Location: "Olgino" Hotel, Primorsky Region

Seminars and Conferences

1.06.2012 - 30.06.2012
The World Congress of The Association of European Conservatories

5.06.2012 - 8.06.2012
"THE STATE OF AND PROSPECTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF ENERGY SYSTEMS. 2012."
13th All-Russian Conference

8.06.2012 - 10.06.2012
5th International Conference of Analytical Psychology and Chinese Culture

9.06.2012
"REMOTE TRAINING IN HIGHER PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION: EXPERIENCE, ISSUES, AND PROSPECTS FOR DEVELOPMENT."
5th Intercollegiate Academic Conference

9.06.2012
4th International Congress of Peter's Cities

21.06.2012 - 23.06.2012
16th St. Petersburg International Economic Forum

25.06.2012 - 29.06.2012
"LASER OPTICS 2012". 15th International Conference

JULY 2012
"ST. PETERSBURG - MARITIME CAPITAL OF RUSSIA. MARITIME TOURISM"

18.07.2012 - 21.07.2012
4th International Science Conference of Analytical Psychology and Jungian Research

30.08.2012 - 2.09.2012
2nd European conference of psychology

Sport Events

1.05.2012 - 30.06.2012
Fencing World Cup - F.I.E. Grand Prix "ST. PETERSBURG FOIL"

30.05.2012 - 11.06.2012
International Regatta "SAILS OF THE WHITE NIGHTS - PALACE CONGRESS"

1.06.2012 - 30.06.2012
International Ice Hockey Tournament "WHITE NIGHTS"

1.06.2012 - 30.06.2012
Russian Federation Presidential Rowing Cup "GOLDEN OARS OF ST. PETERSBURG"

1.06.2012 - 31.07.2012
International Tennis (ITF) Tournament for Boys & Girls (under 18)

1.06.2012 - 10.06.2012
Open Billiards Cup of Russia, "Longoni" (male and female)

1.06.2012 - 10.06.2012
Russian Billiards Championships "DYNAMIC PYRAMID " (male and female)

1.06.2012 - 30.06.2012
Highway Cycling Championship of Russia for youth of 12-13 years

1.06.2012 - 31.07.2012
11th All-Russia Beach Volleyball Festival

2.06.2012 - 10.12.2012
International Motor Car Tournament, "TROPHY-ROAD "LADOGA - 2012"

9.06.2012 - 10.06.2012
Russian Powerboat Championships "Formula Future" Class

25.06.2012 - 27.06.2012
Russian Rowing Championships "Yalah"

28.06.2012 - 2.07.2012
Russian Rowing/Sailing Championships

30.06.2012 - 1.07.2012
World Aquatic Motor Sports Championship Stage for F1 Racing

7.07.2012 - 8.07.2012
World Aquatic Motor Sports Championship "24 HOURS OF ST. PETERSBURG"
(Endurance Pneumatics class - 1/2/3/4/5)

13.07.2012 - 15.07.2012
Russian Sailing Championship in the yacht class "Farr-30" 14.07.2012 - 21.07.2012
All-Russia Youth Regatta "Cup of Baltic sea"

15.07.2012
15th Traditional Track & Field/Cross Country "Hepoyarvi". Open St. Petersburgs Championship, Cross Country at 16 km

21.07.2012 - 28.07.2012
All-Russian Windsurfing Competition "Baltic Cup"

3.08.2012 - 12.08.2012
Open Russian Sailing Championship

4.08.2012
International Route Race - Class PR 750-3000 River Marathon "ST. PETERSBURG TO ORESHEK"

9.08.2012 - 12.08.2012
International Regatta and Yacht Sailing Festival "SAINT-PETERSBURG CLASSIC WEEK-2012"

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