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Platonov Arts Festival is an international arts festival, named after the Russian writer Andrey Platonov.〔(Platonov Arts Festival Teaser, - Vimeo. )〕 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 〔(About Platonov Arts Festival )〕 is Mikhail Bychkov, also known as a theatre director and founder of the Voronezh Chamber Theatre (1994 – present). ==Program== 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: * ''Main program'' includes masterpieces with artistic values recognized at various festivals and by professional critics. * ''Actual art program'' is a platform to showcase creative experiments and search for new artistic means. The festival program is composed by the Expert Council. * ''Platonov program'' consists of works based on Platonov’s literary heritage, or devoted to the Platonov’s work. 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: * Street theatres parade – one of the brightest festival projects, a pageantry. Russian and foreign theatre artists, acrobats, dancers, stilt-walkers, musicians and clowns take part in the procession along the main street of Voronezh city – Revolution Avenue (Prospekt Revolutsii). * Platonov Club – literature project of the festival, which unites scholars, writers, translators, philosophers from Russia and abroad. During round-tables and meetings of Platonov Club new books on Platonov issues are presented, club members discuss influence of Platonov’s ideas on contemporary art and philosophical process, analyze his heritage in the context of modern culture and discourse and raise other related issues. * During the festival Book Fair, which works 3 days in one of the city squares, a lot of independent publishing houses present and sell their books of different genres – modern prose and poetry, children's books, albums and art books, memoirs and biographies, intellectual literature and non-fiction books, originally illustrated conceptual publications and much more. Meeting with famous Russian writers, poets and literary critics are held within the Book Fair working days, children’s tent provides interactive games and workshops for the very young readers. * Open-air concerts in the castle park in Ramon – fashionable festival events, gathering more than 500 people in the yard of Castle of von Oldenburg family, also known as Princess Oldenburg Castle, historical neo-gothic manor estate of the 19th century that used to belong to the Russian branch of von Oldenburg house. * At the Festival Night, whose goal is to attract to Platonov Festival as many people as possible, all exhibitions are free till the very late hour, city venues host simultaneously several festival concerts, performances and special festival projects. * Public Readings gather lot of Platonov lovers at the open stage of Soviet square, among them there is not only the governor of Voronezh region, well-known politicians, scientists, businessmen, artists, actors, but also festival guests and citizens of Voronezh that apply for participation via internet. One by one they read pieces from Andrey Platonov writings. The whole marathon lasts several hours. * Free events segment includes various open-air concerts and shows of Russian and foreign companies, free workshops, lectures, open rehearsals and other educational events. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Platonov Arts Festival」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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