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A concert by artists from Russia and Japan opens the festival of Russian culture in Tokyo

TOKYO, August 29 – RIA Novosti, Ksenia Naka. RIA Novosti correspondent reported from the Kioi hall in Tokyo that the festival of Russian culture started in Japan with a joint concert of Russian and Japanese artists.

The program includes works by Scriabin, Shchedrin, Rachmaninoff, Rossini and other composers.

28 events are planned. In October, for the first time in 27 years, the State Academic Dance Ensemble named after Igor Moiseev – Igor Moiseev Ballet will go on tour. The tour has been postponed twice, the plans and schedule for its holdings this year have already been approved.

The Festival of Russian Culture in Japan has been held since 2006 and during this time more than 18 million people visited. More than 500 events took place in all 47 prefectures of Japan – concerts, exhibitions and other cultural events, and more than 11 thousand Russian cultural figures participated in them.

Last year, Japan’s organizing committee was chaired by former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, whose tragic death in July of this year shocked the country.

Source: Ria

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