Dublin Festival of Russian Culture 6-13 March 2016

The 2016 Dublin Festival of Russian Culture kicks off this Sunday, 6th March, with a concert of classical music at the Hugh Lane Gallery (12-13:30) and a public guided tour of the gallery which will be interpreted into Russian (14-15). This will be followed by a screening of Alexander Sokurov's 2002 Russian Ark (15-16).

The Department is again involved with two events:

Wednesday, 9th March, 7-9pm, Atrium (underneath the Dining hall): "Literary Sketches – Women. An evening of poetry and songs", with performances by students of the Department. Afterwards we'll repair to Kennedy's for our next pub night.

Friday, 11th March, 3-5pm, 5051 (Arts Building): Departmental Open Day.
Includes:
- Presentations by students about living and working/studying in Russia 

- A fun quiz on Russia
- A guided tour of Trinity in Russian

- An opportunity to find out about our courses, state testing and other activities we're involved in.

The complete programme is at the Festival site.

Russian Event at St.Patrick's Festival

Russian Spectacular

Mon, 19 March at 7:30 PM, The Helix, DCU, Dublin 9   

 

A music and dance extravaganza featuring one of the finest musical ensembles in the world, the White Russian Central Band (formerly the Red Army Band) with special guest soloists from The Bolshoi and Dancers from The Belarussian National Folk Dance Academy.

Spectacular Finale ‘Last night of the Russian Proms’. This spectacular programme of music from across the world will feature one of the world’s finest bands who will be joined by traditional folk dancers and guest soloists. From traditional Russian music to the big band sound, there is something for everyone at this special event, which will foster links with Russia through the international language of music, song and dance.

An evening not to be missed! Tickets: €20, €22.50, €25 available from http://www.thehelix.ie/

See the White Russian Central Band march in the St. Patrick’s Festival Parade on 17th March! (source - St.Patrick Festival site)