Category: Culture

The incredible story of Igor Savitsky and the Nukus Museum Have you ever heard of Igor Savitsky? No? What about Nukus? A city of 250,000 inhabitants –– Nukus –– in the autonomous Republic of Karakalpak, in the northern part of Uzbekistan, it hosts the world’s second largest collection of Russian avant-garde art (after the Russian Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg) –– in the Nukus Museum. It is also home to one of the largest collections of archaeological objects and…

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On the 17th of April 2015, classical music enthusiasts are invited to attend exceptional concert at Victoria Hall in Geneva. On the occasion of the commemoration of 100th anniversary of Armenian Genocide, come to listen to Pergolesi’s “Stabat Mater” and other masterpieces interpreted by the Neuchatel Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Sergey Ostrovskiy and by great Armenian voices Varduhi Khachatryan and Juliette Galstian. www.avetis.ch

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