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Founders | Mikhail Bychkov |
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Headquarters | Russian Federation: Voronezh |
Website | http://www.platonovfest.com |
Platonov Arts Festival is an international arts festival, named after the Russian writer Andrey Platonov. [1]
Platonov Festival is an annual cultural event, held in Voronezh at the beginning of June. For the past 4 editions (2011-2014) the festival has become the major cultural project in Voronezh region. Musicians, theatre companies, artists and writers from all over the world take part in this cultural event. The 4th festival edition (5–15 June 2014) included projects from 18 countries - UK, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Germany, Israel, India, Spain, Lithuania, Mali, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Haiti, Portugal, Poland, Slovakia, Belgium, Azerbaijan, Russia.
The Artistic Director of the Festival [2] is Mikhail Bychkov, also known as a theatre director and founder of the Voronezh Chamber Theatre (1994 – 2023).
Platonov Festival presents works in fields of Classical Music, World Music, Theatre, Street Theatre, Exhibitions and Literature.
All festival events are divided into 3 programs:
Besides the traditional formats for the majority of arts festival (concerts, performances, art exhibitions, meetings with writers), there are special projects in the festival program:
World Music part, which was added to the music program of the festival in 2014, included concerts of Rokia Traore [3] (Mali), Alim Qasimov (Azerbaijan), Huun-Huur-Tu (Tuva), Cristina Branco (Portugal), Mostar Sevdah Reunion (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Marlene Dorcena (Haiti), Dr. Lakshminarayana Subramaniam (India) and Roma trio Loyko (Russia). Some of the artists had their first performance in Russia within Platonov Festival.
In the Theatre Program, Platonov Festival hosted performances of Philippe Genty, Eimuntas Nekrošius, Alvis Hermanis, Mindaugas Karbauskis, Rezo Gabriadze, [4] Lev Dodin, Rimas Tuminas, Sergey Zhenovach, Susanne Andrade, Victoria Thierrée-Chaplin, Yuriy Butusov, Anton Adasinskiy, Amit Lahav, Ivan Vyrypaev and others. Some foreign productions had their premieres in Russia at Platonov Festival – «Miranda» by Oskaras Koršunovas Theatre (Lithuania), «A Piece on Mother and the Fatherland» of the Polski Theatre from Wroclaw (Poland), cabaret-show «In the CROCODILE bar» directed by Ralph Reichel (Germany), «Happiness» Theatre on Pechersk (Ukraine), monoperformance «GO!» by Polina Borisova (France), «Untitled» by Slava Daubnerova (Slovakia).
The Art of Dance as part of Theatre Program at the past festival editions was presented by performances of such choreographers as Nacho Duato, Jiri Kylian, Jorma Elo, Ohad Naharin, Inbal Pinto & Avshalom Pollak, Russel Maliphant, Josef Nadj. [5] Productions «Daphnis and Chloe» and «The Rite of Spring» (The Grenoble National Choreographic Centre, France), «Oyster» (Inbal Pinto & Avshalom Pollak Dance Company, Israel), Russell Maliphant’s «Still Current» was presented for the first time in Russia within Platonov Arts Festival.
The Street Theatre Program featured French performance «Duo for a dancer and excavator». [6] (Association Beau Geste), shows of PAVANA theatre from Netherlands and Tall Brothers from Moscow, production «Planet Lem» (Teatr Biuro Podróży, Poland) and the street theatres parade along the main city avenue.
The Platonov Award in Literature and Art, [7] established by the Government of the Voronezh region, is annually conferred on Russian and foreign cultural figures for their significant contribution to cultural heritage of Russian Federation, for creation of outstanding works of literature, theatre, music, visual arts, and for innovative development of humanistic and cultural traditions. The amount of the Award is 500 thousand rubles.
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