Main Administration for Service to the Diplomatic Corps (GlavUpDK) under the MFA of Russia summed up the results of the 2nd Architecture of Diplomacy All-Russian Creative Competition, which was held among young artists aged 18 to 35. Professional artists and amateurs, students at secondary professional and higher educational institutions, including bachelor, specialist and master students, students at colleges, other creative courses or schools can join the contest.
To celebrate the Year of Music and the 150th anniversary of Sergei Rachmaninoff, the participants were offered a new theme for creative search and source of inspiration, the Architecture Is Frozen Music concept. Young artists were asked to draw parallels between music of Russian composers and mansions known as architectural landmarks under the patronage of GlavUpDK under MFA of Russia.
71 works by artists using different techniques - from watercolor painting to graphics - were submitted. The participants were inspired by works by J.S. Bach, A. Borodin, A. Verstovsky, A. Vivaldi, W.A. Mozart, M. Mussorgsky, S. Prokofiev, A. Scriabin, I. Stravinsky, S. Rachmaninoff, N. Rimsky-Korsakov, P. Tchaikovsky, F. Chopin, D. Shostakovich, classical romances and works by contemporary composers, for example, I. Kornelyuk or I. Beshevli, a representative of Russian neoclassicism.
Artists from Russian 31 regions, including Arkhangelsk, Rostov, Sverdlovsk and Tomsk regions, Bashkortostan and Mordovia republics, Stavropol and Krasnoyarsk territories, Moscow and St. Petersburg, took part in the competition.
This year, the jury board consists of:
· Mikhail Bryzgalov, General Director, Russian National Museum of Music
· Oksana Goncharova, Director, Russian Center for Artistic Creation Development and Humanities
· Pavel Gusev, Editor-in-Chief, Moskovsky Komsomolets
· Maria Zakharova, Director, Information and Press Department of the MFA of Russia
· Sergey Kulikov, Chief Architect, Central Scientific Restoration Design Workshops
· Vyacheslav Fatin, Acting Head, GlavUpDK under the MFA of Russia
· Zurab Tsereteli, President, Russian Academy of Arts
· Dmitry Shvidkovsky, Chancellor, Moscow Institute of Architecture
· Nikolay Shumakov, President, Union of Architects of Russia
The winners of the competition were:
· O. Baranova (The Circle of Time) inspired by Suite No. 2 for two pianos by S. Rachmaninoff
· I. Borisov (Kekusheva Mansion. Exterior) inspired by The Poem of Ecstasy by A. Scriabin
· O. Burmistrova (The Night is Mournful)
· E. Vasilyeva (The Feather of the Firebird) inspired by Firebird by I. Stravinsky
· E. Zhivchik (Dance of the Knights) inspired by Dance of the Knights by S. Prokofiev
· A. Zabatygin (Kekusheva Mansion) inspired by The Little Island by S. Rachmaninoff
· A. Katukhina (Kekusheva Mansion) inspired by Margarita theme from The Master and Margarita by I. Kornelyuk
· K. Mokrova (Sadko) inspired by Boris Godunov by M. Mussorgsky, The Maid of Pskov by N. Rimsky-Korsakov, Prince Igor by A. Borodin
· N. Musoyan (General A.P. Ermolov’s Mansion and T.I. Korobkov’s Mansion) inspired by Swan Lake by P. Tchaikovsky and Four Seasons: Spring by A. Vivaldi respectively
· K. Solontsova (Untitled).
· A. Fedulova (The Rock and Fallen Knight) inspired by The Rock and The Miserly Knight by S. Rachmaninoff respectively
· A. Chernykh (Deja Vu) inspired by Deja Vu by I. Beshevli
· A. Shelukhina (The Gingerbread House of the Sugar Plum Fairy) inspired by Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy by P. Tchaikovsky.
The competition is held so that the general public can learn about creative potential of young Russian artists, with a focus on historical and cultural issues of the Russian Diplomatic Service.