An international conference dedicated to the life and work of Moisey Weinberg’s has been announced to be held at the Bolshoi Theatre and at the State Institute of Art Studies in Moscow in February 2017.
On 17 November, 2015 there was a meeting initiated by Andrei Ustinov at the Bolshoi Theatre of Russia where a Protocol was signed for joint organization and holding of an international conference in Moscow in February 2017 devoted to the life and work of Moisey Weinberg.
The Protocol was signed by Vladimir Urin, General Director, Bolshoi Theatre; Andrei Shishkin, Director, Ekaterinburg Opera and Ballet Theatre; Andrei Ustinov, Editor-in-Chief, Muzykalnoye obozrenie national newspaper; Aleksander Laskowski, Head of Expert Group of the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Warsaw and Dr. Natalia Sipovskaya, Director, State Institute of Art Studies.
Following the meeting work on the project has started at the Bolshoi Theatre.
A working title has been decided upon: “Composer Moisey Weinberg. The Heritage Returned. Celebrating the 100th Birth Anniversary in 2019”.
The conference organizers are: the Bolshoi Theatre, State Institute of Art Studies, Ekaterinburg Opera and Ballet Theatre, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Warsaw and Muzykalnoye obozrenie national newspaper.
The conference curators are: Andrei Ustinov, Aleksander Laskowski and Yekaterina Kliuchnikova, Cand. Sc. (Art).
Researches from Russia, Poland, Israel, the USA, Spain, Belorussia and other countries are expected to take part in the conference.
The event location and time: Moscow; February, 2017.