The Gorky+ Art Festival will take place in Kazan from June 2 to 4

People's Artist of Russia Yevgeny Mironov became the art director of the festival

The Gorky+ Art Festival will take place in Kazan from June 2 to 4. This year, Russia is celebrating the 155th anniversary of the writer Maxim Gorky. The events will also take place in Moscow and Nizhny Novgorod. People's Artist of Russia Yevgeny Mironov became the art director of the festival. Tatarstan residents will have an opportunity to visit concerts and performances.

“Gorky is an iconic figure for the history of Kazan. There are many places in Tatarstan associated with the name of the writer. We tried to cover the highest number of locations. We have our own specific features related to the experience that Alexey Maksimovich obtained on our land. For example, a curious project “Gorky Bread” which will be based on the site of the Museum of M.Gorky and F.Chaliapin,”- said the Tatarstan Minister of Culture Irada Ayupova at a press conference in TASS.

The festival will open on June 2 at the Tatar State Philharmonic named after G.Tukay. The Mossovet State Academic Theater will present a new version of the drama “Vassa”.

Sergei Vinogradov's version shows Vassa Zheleznova as a toiler who has worked all her life for the welfare of her family. But hell is paved with good intentions, which is what her life turns into at the end. However, the performance is not gloomy. Romances, songs and dance melodies will be played on the stage, making the history of the Khrapov-Zheleznov family easier and more understandable to the modern audience.

Nelly Pshennaya, Yevgeny Danchevsky, Vladimir Prokoshin, Irina Klimova, Alexander Bobrovsky, Vlad Bokovin, Lilia Volkova, Anna Garnova, Viktor Gordeev, Marina Kondratieva and Tatiana Rodionova appear on the stage.

Kazan State Theater of Young Spectators will show “Easy Man” and “My Universities” at the Gorky+ festival.

The play “Former People”, staged by Ilnur Garifullin, will be performed at the courtyard of the Kazan State Theater of Young Spectators on June 2-3. The festival will host a director's laboratory, headed by theater critic Oleg Loevsky. Sketches with the participation of artists of the Kazan State Theater of Young Spectators – “My Universities”, staged by Timur Kulov, and
“Easy Man”, staged by Radion Bukaev will be performed in the theater.

The Gorky + Festival will be held in Kazan for the first time. Last year, the Gorky Art Festival took place in Gorky Park in Moscow. In the new season, the organizers decided to expand the geography and hold the festival in several cities of Russia, including in the capital of Tatarstan, where the writer lived for four years.