May in 2016 has been marked by a range of great arrangements: May 1, on the day of Bright Sunday, the opening of XV Republican Easter Arts Festival “Gold Cupolas” took place, May 2 I Eparchy Cinema Festival “Kind Cinema”, in the program of which performance of TV programs and video plots about Orthodoxy in Yakutia, concerts, creative meetings were suggested.
One of the most interesting musical evenings during the holidays the concert of the 3rd Christmas festival of the Philharmonia of Yakutia named “Christmas Kaleidoscope” became. The concert took place on January 9 in the Ecclesiastical Seminary. The listeners were expected to see the performance of the symphony orchestra “Symphonica ARTica”, conducted by Pavel Vaskovsky and small collectives of the Philharmonia – string ensemble “Arco ARTico” and chamber ensemble “Camerata Yakutsk”.
On the second concert of the 3rd Christmas festival, held by Philharmonia of Yakutia in cooperation with Yakutsk and Lensk Eparchius, the hall was full with listeners. The Bishop of Yakutsk and Lensk Roman congratulated all the attendees with Christmas and wished happiness and all the best on Christ’s birthday.
Cheerful and mysterious Christmas holiday has given glory with magical music of the great Russian composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky, which sounds like from a fairy tale, played by the symphony orchestra “Symphonica ARTica”, conducted by Pavel Vaskovsky on the first philharmonic concert in the new 2016 year – “Philharmonia Wonderland”. With the concert the 3rd traditional Christmas festival, held by Philharmonia of Yakutia in cooperation with Yakutian and Lensk Eparchy, has been opened.
This year Yakutia celebrates 100th anniversary of YASSR Merited Artist, RSFSR, YASSR Honoured Artist, RSFSR Honoured Art Worker, Laureate of State Prize of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) named after P. A. Oyunsky, Citizen of Honour of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) Galina Mikhailovna Krivoshapko, after the name of which the Philharmonia of Yakutia is named.