Visitors to the city this month will get the chance to re-live the grand heyday of Russian Imperial society with all its masquerades, balls and exquisite theatre performances when the Arts Square Festival begins at the Shostakovich Philharmonic, this week.
During the summer St Petersburg's long evenings are celebrated with the White Nights Festival and the Arts Square Festival aims to bring the same kind of magic to the city during the dark, snowy, shivery season. The festival was founded by Yury Temirkanov, artistic director of the St. Petersburg Philharmonic, and aims to recreate the lavish, romantic high society Tsarist balls and events that existed prior to the 1917 Revolution.... |