Culture

• 22 December 2011, 17:25 Concert marking Sofia Gubaidulina's anniversary to take place in Moscow

  Gubaidulina’s works are to be performed by famous violinist Gidon Kremer and Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra.

• 22 December 2011, 16:57 Abdurakhman Absalamov’s 100th anniversary to be marked at Aksenov museum

  The evening will take place on 25 December at the Vasily Aksenov museum.

• 21 December 2011, 15:51 An Enchanted Wanderer opera to be performed within Shaliapin Festival in Kazan

  Mariin Theatre soloists, choir and orchestra will present the opera at the Jalil Opera and Ballet Theatre.

• 19 December 2011, 14:54 Singer Cesaria Evora dies at the age of 70

  Singer Cesaria Evora, dubbed the "Barefoot Diva" for often performing without shoes, has died in her native Cape Verde at the age of 70.

• 16 December 2011, 08:48 Twelve plays and two concerts included in 30th Shaliapin Festival's programme

  The festival will open on 1 February 2012 with a premiere of P. Tchaikovsky’s Evgeny Onegin’s “lyrical scenes”.

• 15 December 2011, 13:25 Yuri Shevchuk: “The DDT concert in Kazan will be a European-class show”

  The DDT's front man gave a press conference at Tatar-inform.

• 12 December 2011, 08:59 French cinema holiday under way in Kazan

  Meetings with actors and directors of presented films to be held within the festival.

• 9 December 2011, 18:56 Dmitry Khvorostovsky: “I have Tatars in my family line”

  The famous baritone will tomorrow give a concert in Kazan.

• 8 December 2011, 13:40 Opera about cavalrywoman Nadezhda Durova composed in Austria

  The inspiration was a report made by N. Durova museum in Yelabuga chief Farida Valitova.

• 7 December 2011, 14:52 Republican competition of young pianists after Zhiganov to take place in Kazan

  The competition is held to mark the great Tatar composer’s centennial anniversary.

• 7 December 2011, 11:35 'Lost Da Vinci' prompts art row

  Art experts have signed a petition to stop drilling into a fresco in Florence's Palazzo Vecchio which may be hiding a Leonardo Da Vinci work.

• 5 December 2011, 15:10 Remeslo theatre festival kicks off in Kazan

  The opening will take place at the Tatar State Theatre after Kamal with a play Look Back in Anger.

• 2 December 2011, 16:12 'Lost' Rembrandt self-portrait revealed

  An unfinished self-portrait by the Dutch master Rembrandt has been discovered under another painting using advanced scientific techniques.

• 2 December 2011, 11:02 Action Comics Superman debut copy sells for $2.16m

  A copy of the first issue of Action Comics, featuring Superman's debut, has become the world's most expensive comic, fetching $2.16m.

• 1 December 2011, 09:18 UNESCO adds 11 new items to Intangible Heritage List

  The next meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Heritage will take place in Grenada in 2012.

• 30 November 2011, 15:08 Kazan Kremlin, Bolgar and Sviyazhsk presented in Paris

  The presentation was held within the ICOMOS’s 17th assembly.

• 28 November 2011, 11:24 Tatarstan Symphony Orchestra gives charity concert

  The purpose was to help mothers in a difficult situation and children left without maternal love and care.