It's hot from the heat: Kusturica's "Spirit of Fire" and Jura Borisov's gold

Movies

Summer will end, 18+

Directors: Vladimir Munkuyev, Maxim Arbugaev. Starring: Yura Borisov, Makar Khlebnikov, Dmitry Podnozov, Alexander Mosin, Vasily Shchipitsyn, Ivan Tarabukin

A young boy, Kesha, returns to the village after a long absence. His father and Tim's younger brother are waiting for him. Kesha is twenty—seven. He has a deadline under his belt. He's back and just wants to live — find some kind of job, save up some money, and then decide what to do next. The youngest Tim is only seventeen. He has school behind him, he dreams of going to college on a "budget". And everything seems to be going according to plan. Tim gets high scores on the entrance exam, Kesha gets a job in a gold mining artel. But very quickly, Kesha is thrown by prospectors, he is left without a job and a future, and decides to take revenge. The guy steals the gold and goes on the run with his younger brother.

Starting February 27 at the box office

North Pole, 12+

Directed by Alexander Kott. Starring: Andrey Merzlikin, Evgeny Mironov, Olga Lomonosova, Elena Sever, Karen Badalov, Konstantin Topolaga, Alexander Bukharov, Igor GordinThe beginning of the 1960s, the period of aggravation of the confrontation between the USSR and the USA. In the most difficult weather conditions and with malfunctions on board, the first Soviet nuclear submarine K-3 sets off on a hike under the ice of the Arctic Ocean to surface exactly at the North Pole.

Starting February 27 at the box office

Two captains, 18+

Directed by Bair Uladaev. Starring: Alexey Garmaev, Grigory Leonov, Roma Zhigan, Vadim Badmatsyrenov, Genghis Guruyev, Madegma Dorzhieva, Anastasia Turusheva

Two children find themselves on the brink of life and death after running away from home, and their fathers, once best friends, continue their bitter feud over the woman who destroyed their past. Instead of saving the children, they are increasingly immersed in a showdown. But do they realize the value of their truth?

Starting February 27 at the box office

Potato sack, 12+

Directed by Marta Kotova. Starring: Hanna Masalskaya, Sergey Shteps, Ruslan German, Alyona Zmeu, Maria Dolkan, Anna Golotova, Dmitry Danilov

Pavel had a difficult childhood, but he grew up humble and kind. By day, he's a realtor, selling a candidate's house, and by night, he's a beloved anonymous benefactor nicknamed Potato Angel. His client, fearing to lose the election, pretends to be the night hero himself.

Starting February 27 at the box office

Taiga, 16+

Directed by Alexander Kasatkin. Starring: Grigory Chaban, Natalia Zemtsova, Daria Ekamasova, Vladimir Seleznev, Yulia Volkova, Marina Denisova, Elena Koreneva

The detective story takes place in a small town where a series of mysterious murders take place. The maniac has a special style: only girls from dysfunctional families become victims. The trial is assigned to investigator Demidov, who is himself the father of two daughters. After a while, he realizes that by some monstrous coincidence, the maniac is much closer to his family than one might have imagined.

From March 5 on PREMIER and KION

Theater

Petrograd — Leningrad, 12+

Directed by Ivan Popovsky. Starring: Elena Veremeenko, Galina Voynichenko, Anna Komova, Alyona Parfenova, Leila Egamova

The premiere, inspired by the work of Dmitry Shostakovich and dedicated to the 80th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War. Director Ivan Popovsky and musical director and arranger Oleg Sinkin combined the composer's great music with the history of the great city on the Neva River in the production.

February 28, March 1, March 2, 19.00, Elena Kamburova Theater of Music and Poetry

Book of Fates, 16+

Directed by Evgeny Slavutin. Starring: Lyudmila Davydova, Vera Semenova, Evgeny Panferov, Roman Zuev, Marianna Lemeshko

Lyrical comedy, based on Tatiana Tolstoy's short story "Sweet Shura" and Vera Inber's prose "The Nightingale and the Rose". Their stories are about inextinguishable female romance and fleeting male infatuation. Two different works combine in a performance full of humor, tenderness and retro music that touches the soul of viewers of all generations.

March 4, 19:00, BRIDGE Theater, Main Stage

Boris Eifman Theater tour, 12+

The Boris Eifman Ballet Theater needs no introduction: this collective is deservedly considered one of the best in the country, and over its long history has successfully toured the USA, Great Britain, Germany, Spain, Italy and many other countries. A recognizable feature of Eifman's choreography is that almost all of his productions are narrative and often have a literary basis. Two ballets will be shown in Moscow. February 27, "Anna Karenina". The hit of the theater has not been out of its repertoire for 19 years. February 28 — "Eugene Onegin". The choreographer describes the production as an attempt to express the mystery of the spirit and unravel the mystery of the Russian soul.

February 27-28, 20:00, KZ "Moscow"

Crime and punishment, 16+

Directed by Anton Yakovlev. Starring: Vasily Neverov, Dmitry Vysotsky, Andrey Finyagin, Yanina Tretyakova, Irina Grineva, Irina Vybornova, Anna Gulyarenko, Irina Rudnitskaya, Alyona Goncharova, Ekaterina Sakhno, Anastasia Epifanova, Maria Lisova, Andrey Rebenkov, Kirill Kovbas

The premiere of the play based on the novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky. In this version, the classic characters become participants in an unusual investigative experiment, arranged specifically for Rodion Raskolnikov. The viewer seems to be immersed in a feverish dream of the main character — the place in which he is and the people around him seem so strange. Raskolnikov's psyche distorts reality, displacing everything that happened from memory. The task of the investigation team of ten people is to restore the sequence of events, details and motives of a terrible crime, to make the hero remember everything, accept and realize what he has done.

February 28, 19:00, Gogol Theater

The Last Fairy tale, 12+

Directed by Anna Shevchuk. Starring: Anastasia Stotskaya, Pavel Levkin, Nikita Smolyaninov, Nikita Shishkin, Asya Budrina, Yulia Dovganishina, Daria Yanvarina, Alexander Babik, Alexander Sukhanov, Stanislav Belyaev, Andrey Birin

The musical from the creators of "Fear Nothing, I'm with you", "Chess", MAMMA MIA!, CHICAGO, "Beauty and the Beast", the Broadway Moscow Theater Company and producer Dmitry Bogachev is an exciting and extraordinarily spectacular journey into the world of the fabulous East with its magnificent palaces, colorful bazaars, majestic caravan, flying on a magic carpet and Tarkan's super hit. A young couple from modern Moscow unexpectedly finds themselves in the universe of Scheherazade, where the characters will meet Aladdin, Jinn, Ali Baba and other characters of The Arabian Nights, thanks to whom they will be able to sort themselves out and fall in love with each other again.

February 27, 28, March 4, 5, 19:00, March 1, 2, 13:00, MDM Theater

Elementary, Hudson! The case of the dog B., 12+

Directed by Igor Teplov. Starring: Pavel Alekseev, Sergey Annenkov, Anton Anosov, Efim Belosorochka, Alisa Kurbatova, Ksenia Savina, Oleg Savtsov, Vera Shpak

The play is based on the famous story of Sherlock Holmes and the hound of the Baskervilles, transformed into a wild musical comedy with wild songs and real Irish dancing. Good old England. A mystery shrouded in darkness. The brilliant duet of Holmes and Watson. Mrs. Hudson, Moriarty, Sir Baskerville, Barrymore the butler, and the monster of the Grimpen Marshes are also there.

February 27, 28, March 4, 5, 19:00, March 1, 2, 14:00, 17:00, Maska Theater

Key on the bridge, 16+

Directed by Olga Melkumova. Starring: Valentina Gofer, Olga Davydova, Yulia Nikanorova, Sergey Ababkin, David Posulikhin, Vitaly Fomin, Dmitry Khromov

The operetta by Jacques Offenbach awaits the audience. He is considered the founder of modern operetta and the master of musical comedy. The plot of "The Key on the pavement" is simple. A young man escapes from an enraged cuckold husband and ends up in the bedroom of someone else's bride.

March 4-6, 19:00, Helikon Opera

Concerts

Golden Rock Hits & Queen, 6+

The concert program "Golden Hits of Rock & Queen" will be presented by the Russian Philharmonic Orchestra. This evening, the audience will hear the world hits of the bands Deep Purple, Queen, Scorpions, Metallica, Aerosmith, Rolling Stones, Europe, Led Zeppelin. International soloists Simone Romanato (Italy) and Dominic Warren (South Africa) and conductor Roberto Molinelli (Italy) will take the stage with the symphony orchestra.

March 2, 17:00, the State Kremlin Palace

The Little Orchestra and Alexey Goman, 12+

A big concert in honor of the main spring festival with a "Small orchestra". The musical director of the band is Valeria Kogan, composer, former member of VIA Tatiana. Alexey Goman is the winning soloist of the People's Artist project. The program will feature all the original songs of the band, as well as the most beloved works from the time of the Thaw and Soviet pop music by Tariverdiev, Artemyev, Zatsepin, Krylatov.

March 5, 19:00, Russian Song Theater

Alessandro Safina, 6+

Italian tenor Alessandro Safina, a favorite of the audience, will once again perform in front of the Russian audience. This time, the famous singer will present an updated program consisting of new compositions and timeless hits. Among them is Luna, who brought the artist worldwide fame. The concert will be accompanied by the Moscow Symphony Orchestra "Russian Philharmonic".

March 3, 19:00, the State Kremlin Palace

Dedication to Luciano Pavarotti, 6+

Young tenor David Sanikidze, known to many for his participation in major television projects, will perform famous arias and songs from the repertoire of the legendary Pavarotti, who conquered the main stages of the world with his incredible "sunny" timbre and virtuoso vocal skills. The concert will be accompanied by the State Kremlin Orchestra, with Konstantin Chudovsky at the conductor's desk.

March 5, 19:00, the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory

Julia Parshuta's solo concert, 16+

Singer and author Yulia Parshuta, mesmerizing with her voice, possessing a special magnetism, will give a solo concert in Moscow. Her songs are filled with a kaleidoscope of images and stories. The audience will hear the tracks "Flying", "Amelie", "Krishna" and other works.

March 1, 19:00, club 1930 Moscow

Solo concert of Kai and Hetaera, 0+

The duo of Elizaveta Bardash and Pavel Kalatseya has more than 850 thousand listeners per month on Yandex Music alone. The tandem's creativity is a warm synergy of a retrospective of the past and a fresh look into the future.

March 2, 19:00, Blanc

Festivals and awards

Richard Wagner Festival at the Bolshoi Theatre, 16+

Soloists from the Bolshoi and Mariinsky Theaters will take part in the performances. From February 26 to 28, on March 1 and 2 (18:00), the audience will see "Lohengrin" (director Francois Girard, set designer and costume designer Tim Yip). This is Wagner's first opera staged on the Russian stage. A majestic spectacle in which the worlds of paganism and Christianity are confronted in a fantasy style. Valery Gergiev will be at the conductor's desk on February 26, 27, March 1 and 2. The festival will continue with a screening of the tetralogy "Ring of the Nibelung". The Mariinsky Theatre had already brought her to the Bolshoi twenty years ago before the closure of the historic building for reconstruction. The event was truly grandiose: then, for the first time in many years, the Moscow audience saw Wagner's tetralogy in its entirety. "Gold of the Rhine" — March 5 (20:00), "Valkyrie" — March 6 (18:00), "Siegfried" — March 8 (17:00), "Death of the Gods" — March 9 (17:00).

From February 26, Bolshoi Theater, Historical Stage

X Russian National Music Award "Victoria - 2025", 12+

The Victoria Music Award will celebrate its tenth anniversary with a grandiose show. Grigory Leps, SHAMAN, Lucy Chebotina, Dima Bilan, Ani Lorak, Philip Kirkorov, Leonid Agutin, Vladimir Presnyakov, Tatiana Kurtukova and other artists will take the stage. This year, about six hundred musical compositions and projects were submitted for the competition. The finalists in the thirteen nominations were determined by a closed—door expert jury of leading artists, composers, poets, producers, top managers of media holdings and music labels. The names of the winners will be announced at the award ceremony.

March 1, 19:00, LIVE Arena

Sausage Shop, 18+

The main rave of the noughties "Sausage Shop" is back. The audience is waiting for a powerful charge of electronic music, a line-up with legends and new artists, a bright show from Record Chicks, an additional dance floor "Tin" in the lobby, a 3D show by MS Flashkin. DJ Quicksilver will be the foreign headliner. Regular festival participants MC Jean and DJ Riga will play their main bangers. For the first time, the Turbosh project will appear — a rave collective that reinterpreted classic eurodance, pumping house and trance.

March 7, 22:00, Yubileyny Sports Complex (St. Petersburg)

XXIII International Film Debut Festival "Spirit of Fire", 16+

The Emir Kusturica Festival is one of the main venues for young directors. The international jury included director Shin Young-shik (Republic of Korea, chairman of the jury), director Farhat Sharipov (Kazakhstan), actress Irina Rozanova (Russia), director, producer Magdalena Ralcheva (Bulgaria), director Epichmenio Ibarra (Mexico). The Russian cinema program will be evaluated by director Yuri Moroz, cinematographer Alisher Khamidkhodzhaev, actress Ksenia Kutepova, and composer Ivan Sintsov. The jury of the short film competition includes composer Igor Babaev, actress Nadezhda Mikhalkova, director Igor Voloshin, producer Julia Mishkinene.

From March 5 to March 9, Khanty-Mansiysk

Maslenitsa, 0+

The traditional winter send-off events will be held in the capital until March 2. The main points of attraction will be the central streets and festival grounds. For example, you can celebrate Maslenitsa with the heroes of fairy tales on Manezhnaya Square, and taste pancakes on Revolution Square.

Until March 2, Moscow

Museums

Heroes of the Sky, 0+

The exhibition is dedicated to the history of the Normandy-Neman aviation regiment. Among the authentic exhibits are awards, a map of the regiment's combat path, flight books, documents, photographs, printed publications, and uniforms of French pilots. These rarities were brought to the museum on Poklonnaya Gora by members of the Association of Museums of Military Glory of the Normandy-Neman Aviation Regiments. In total, the exhibition includes more than a hundred items from the collections of 32 schools from all over Russia.

Until March 12, Victory Museum

Heritage, 0+

Exhibition of the jeweler Ilgiz Fazulzyanov. "Heritage" is a contact with the ethnic culture of different peoples, an opportunity to see the diversity of national traditions that one would like to pass on to future generations. One of the most significant exhibits is considered to be the jewelry piece "Rus", which embodies the richness and diversity of Russian folk costume.

From February 28, the State Historical Museum

Valery Yurlov. Experiments of speculation, 12+

The State Tretyakov Gallery presents an exhibition project by Valery Yurlov— an artist and philosopher, one of the pioneers of abstract art in the 1950s. For more than 70 years, his work has been a laboratory for the study and analysis of the structures underlying the surrounding reality. The retrospective, which brought together over 150 works from the collections of the Tretyakov Gallery, the author himself and private collections, demonstrates the versatility of Valery Yurlov's method and the integrity of his artistic thinking.

From March 5 to May 25, New Tretyakov Gallery, West Wing

Evgeniya is Here. Slow Shores, 16+

The Moscow Museum of Modern Art and the FUTURO Gallery present a solo exhibition by artist Evgenia Tut, revealing a collective image of the inner world of the traveling artist. The exhibition is based on Evgenia's multimedia works — videos, installations, photographs and graphics. The six sections seamlessly merge into each other, creating a single fabric of memories and sensations.

From March 5 to May 11, Moscow Museum of Modern Art

Various pictures. Painting and graphics, 18+

Yuri Langleben's retrospective exhibition is dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the author. The exhibition will feature paintings and graphics by the artist dating back to the 1980s. The works demonstrate a wide range of genres that Yuri addresses. Lvovich's creative profession ranges from landscapes and still lifes to portraits and story compositions.

From February 25 to March 16, A3 Gallery of the Moscow Exhibition Halls Association

Ivan Shishkin. Master of the epic landscape, 0+

Russian Russian Museum has a unique opportunity to see forty works by a great Russian artist from the collection of the Russian Museum. The exhibition combined both early canvases and masterpieces of the late 19th century. It is complemented by a multimedia area so that everyone can immerse themselves in the atmosphere of the master's paintings.

From March 6 to June 29, Zvenigorod Manege (Zvenigorod)

Ocean flowers, 0+

Moskvarium will show residents and guests of the capital unique photographs of coral polyps from different waters around the world. Images taken in macro mode will allow you to see the smallest details that are sometimes impossible to see with the naked eye. Each photo is an opportunity to immerse yourself in an amazing journey through the depths of the sea, where the diversity of these bright and mysterious creatures fills the ocean with graceful shapes and textures.

From March 1 to March 31, Bauman Garden of Culture and Recreation

Lectures

Geography: The structure of the Earth, 12+

The Polytechnic Museum continues Evening School classes for adults who want to refresh their knowledge of subjects that seemed difficult or boring during their school years. Participants will learn how geologists study the structure of the Earth, why earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur, how continents and oceans form, and where to look for minerals. The lesson will be conducted by Vyacheslav Bogolyubsky, a graduate student of the Faculty of Geology at Lomonosov Moscow State University, a laboratory assistant at the Museum of Earth Sciences, and a junior researcher at the Geological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Admission is free, but prior registration is required on the Polytechnic Museum's website.

March 3, 19:30, N.A. Nekrasov Library