August 19, 1996: Viktor Berkovsky and Dmitry Bogdanov - Viktor Berkovsky's songs.

UCSD Visual Arts Performance Space, Russel Drive, at 7 p.m.

Admission: $10; faculty/student $7; children (13 years) $1.

For more information, see the full ad for this concert.

For concerts in other cities, see artists' tour schedule courtesy of Natalie Levin

Try sound samples from San Diego concert; Berkovsky songbook - lyrics by Levitansky, Samoilov, Sukharev and others (courtesy of Dmitry Bogdanov -- write him before Sept/19/96). See also collections of:

Maksim Moshkov [Lat] [KOI], MIT Russian Club [ KOI], Tanya Wolfson [English], Boris Yusem [English]

Russian newspaper "O'Kay" is published in San Diego and enjoys worldwide circulation. For the newspaper's three-years' birthday its founders will give a concert

"O'Kay in the circle of friends"

Participating: Distinguished humorists, holders of "Golden Ostap" international award Semyon Livshin and Evgeny Kaminsky. Come and see!

Where: East County JCC (4079 54-th St., Rm.12).

When: Sunday September 15, at 7 p.m.

Tickets: $8 for the first few rows, $5 for the rest.

For more information and/or reservations, write exk@msi.com, or call 239-4916 (Genrikh), 583-3300 (Sonya). See also graphics ad in Russian at Ostankino page.

From: vladimir 
To: EURASIA
Subject: Friday meeting at USC

WHAT : Gathering of Russian-speaking community, hosted by USC Russian Club
WHEN : Friday September 27th
TIME : The doors are open at 5:30pm, the movie starts at 6:00pm
MOVIE: By the recommendation of a number of people, I got
       "Kavakazskij plennik", a newly released, highly acclaimed movie.
       No English subtitles, sorry.
WHERE: University of Southern California, Hoffman Hall of Business
       Administration, Edison Auditorium (down the stairs in Hoffman Hall).
DIRECTIONS:
      The USC campus is located near the downtown LA,
      bounded by Jefferson Blvd (north), Figueroa Street(east),
      Exposition Blvd (south) and Vermont Ave (west). Hoffman Hall is
      located right near the Exposition Blvd, on the south edge of campus.
      Both I-10 and I-110 provide convenient access to the campus. If you are
      coming by I-10, take Vermont exit, go south on Vermont, turn  left
      (east) on Exposition Blvd. Drive for about 300 yards (the campus will
      be to the left of you). Park on the street. If you are coming by I-110
      (Harbor freeway) take Exposition Blvd exit and go west on Exposition.
      Cross Figueroa street and drive for about 200 yards. Campus is to the
      right of you. Park on the street.
PARKING:
      Plenty of meter parking on Exposition Blvd. Meters are free starting at
      6 pm.

Where: Rancho Bernardo, 16495 Bernardo Center Drive, Consignment Plaza Piano and Organ Store.

When: Sunday September 29 at 6 (six) p.m. Admission: $10.

Directions: Take I-15 North. Exit Bernardo Center Drive. Turn right at the first plaza.

Seating is limited. Reservations and info: (619) 674-1035, Rita.

October 4, San Diego. Margarita Chkheidze, laureat of Mozart Competition (Zaltzburg, Austria), will give her second concert of two at Unity Church (3770 Altadena at 52-th south of the University ave). Works of Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, and Khachaturyan will be performed.

When: Friday October 4, at 7 p.m. Admission: $10. Reservations and info: (619) 674-1035, Rita.

See the schedule of her US tour, and English translations of her poems made by Tanya Wolfson.

October 22. Dmitry Mezhevich and Viktoria Medvedeva are on US tour now. Mezhevich is an actor of the Moscow Taganka Theater who worked for a long time with Yury Lyubimov and Vladimir Vysotsky. He was a personal friend of the late poet Alexander Galich, and wrote music to his famous song "Uezzhaete - uezzhaite".

As a songwriter, Mezhevich wrote music to poetry of the Silver Age (1900-1920). His repertoire with Medvedeva also includes songs of Vertinsky, Vysotsky, Galich and Bernes. Mezhevich maintains a close contact with the audience and is known as an excellent storyteller.

Mezhevich and Medvedeva are among the last Russian performers who are proficient seven-stringed guitarists. See his and her video clips courtesy of Dmitry Beransky.

The concert at UCSD is scheduled on Tuesday October 22, 1996 at 7 p.m. at the Visual Arts Performance Space (see directions above). Admission: $10 (undergraduates: $7). For more info, see our press release

November 14. Moscow "Lencom" theater actor Tatiana Vasilieva is performing at Unity Church.

November 16 (Saturday). Russian bard Alexander Bystritsky gives a concert at Visual Arts Performance Space at 7 p.m. Admission: $10 (undergraduate: $7).

A sound bite from Bystritsky and pictures from Southern California Russian Song Festival (see above) are now put together at Ostankino. November 19. Humorist Mikhail Zhvanetsky performs at Unity Church. Concert starts at 7 p.m. Admission: $12,15,18. Call Rita (619) 674-1035 for reservations.

November 24, 7-10 p.m. Russian Club "Sputnik" sponsors Roman Livshin and Svetlana Pikus singing/playing keyboards to popular Russian tunes of 20th century at Porter's Pub on UCSD campus. The event is free and open to the community. Contact: Stanley Currier

November 25. Russian Bards. Vladimir Turiyansky from Moscow sings at the UCSD Visual Arts Performance Space. Turiyansky, who is a poet and field geologist, is known since mid-60's. He wrote such hits of student and tourist folklore as "Montana", "Pitekantrops", "Geophysical Tango", "Who can tell why we ran from our warm city homes", and many other songs. See also our press releases in English and Russian (7 p.m., $10/$7).

Turiyansky songs' lyrics is available at Maksim Moshkov's collection. [Lat] [KOI]

November 26. Meet Vladimir Turiyansky at Tioga Hall. Sunset at 5 p.m., concert at 7, reception 9-12 ($10) (cancelled).

Turiyansky concert schedule for December is available courtesy of Mikhail Marmer.

December 5. Prof. Sergei Starostin from Moscow will speak at UCSD Linguistics Department on Theory & Practice of Long-Range Comparison: The Case of Nostratic. The talk is scheduled at 5 p.m. at 2148 McGill Hall (Linguistics TV Studio). For directions, see the press release.

December 5. Russian Bards. A.Ivashchenko & G.Vasiliev ("Ivasi") from Moscow, Russia sing at 7 p.m. at UCSD Visual Arts Performance space. Their concert in LA is scheduled on December 6; SF and Palo Alto follow on weekend. For more info, see press release. Artists' complete USA concert tour schedule was provided by Yury Knizhnik.

December 13. Russian poet Evgeny Evtushenko presents his work at Unity church at 7 p.m. Tickets: $12-15; call Rita (619) 674-1035. Directions are in the Ivasi ad. A map of the location can be accessed via ostankino.ucsd.edu.