MOSCOW, August 8 Two thousand people from 13 countries of the world will come to the II International Children's Cultural Forum, which will be held in Moscow from August 10 to 12, the Minister of Culture of Russia said Olga Lyubimova.
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"This is the second International Children's Cultural Forum… 2,000 people from 89 regions of Russia will come to us. Of these, 59 children will come from new regions. Also foreign guests from 13 foreign countries will come to us: from Abkhazia, Belarus, Azerbaijan, Bolivia, Egypt, India, Qatar, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Palestine, Turkmenistan. They are also engaged in art and plan to be associated with art all their lives, and are ready to communicate,” Lyubimova said at a press conference.
According to her, about 140 events will be held for young participants during the days of the forum.
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“These are master classes, these are dialogues with prominent cultural figures, these are lectures, seminars… Excursions are also waiting for the forum participants. They will go to the Pushkin Museum, and the Tretyakov Gallery, and the Museum of Music, and the Great Moscow Circus, and VGIK, and Zaryadye, and VDNKh, and Mosfilm. – such iconic spaces,” the minister noted.
This year the forum will be held in seven creative areas. The Director General of the Moscow Zaryadye Concert Hall, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation Ivan Rudin will become the curator of the Musical Art line. Theatrical and circus art will be presented by GITIS Rector Grigory Zaslavsky and the General Director of the Great Moscow Circus, People's Artist of the Russian Federation Edgard Zapashny. «Literature and journalism» — literary critic, director of the Dahl GMIRL Dmitry Bak. «Choreographic Art» — choreographer and Honored Artist of Russia Yegor Druzhinin. The curator of «Producing» will be the Deputy General Director of «Rosconcert» Svetlana Kondratyeva. «Museums and Fine Arts» will be presented by the General Director of the Tretyakov Gallery Elena Pronicheva, and «Film and Animation» by film and television director, screenwriter, producer Anton Kalinkin.