TEXAS OLYMPIADA OF SPOKEN RUSSIAN
The Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies will be hosting the Texas Olympiada of Spoken Russian here on campus on Saturday, April 5 from 8:00am to 4pm. This is a huge event to test the skills of high school students studying Russian. We need adult judges who speak Russian to volunteer for this event.
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RUSSIAN EASTER
The Russian Orthodox Church of the Holy Theothokos invites you for
Russian Easter celebration
Father Cassian, our priest from The Protection of the Holy Theotokos Russian Orthodox Church, Austin, and the church choir will perform the Easter service on Sunday, April 27, 2008 at 4 pm at Episcopal Church of the Resurrection, 2200 Justin Lane, Austin TX 78757. The service will last for about 2 to 2.5 hours.
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PIANIST ILYA PETROV
Ilya Petrov was born in 1985 in Krivoy Rog in Ukraine into
a family of musicians, and began to study music in early
childhood; his first teachers were his father and grandfather.
At age seven, he had already performed a Mozart concerto
with an orchestra, and three years later he appeared on stage
playing Bach...
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LITERARY-MUSICAL CAFE-14: GREGORY DIKSHTEIN
Many of you who are familiar with Russian bard songs, an intelligent and most sincere direction of Russian underground culture developed in the early 1960’s, certainly know Gregory Dikshtein’s name. His songs have been spread in every Russian speaking community all over the world and even translated...
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