May 10-17 the U.S. Consulate General Vladivostok carried out a multi-event, multi-city music program in the Russian Far East with Portland based folk-rock trio Three for Silver. This music diplomacy program included master-classes and concerts in Artem, Ussuriysk, the settlement of Chuguevka (the first concert of American band in the history of this village), Vladivostok, ...
Read More» By U.S. Mission Russia | 23 May, 2017 | Topics: Culture, News, Vladivostok | Tags: 2017 News, Music Diplomacy
When Burn the Ballroom, a rock-band from North Virginia was performing a public diplomacy tour around the Russian Far East in August 2016, drummer (and high school football coach) Jack Ivins was thrilled to discover that young people in this territory share his passion for American football. So on March 19 – April 5 Jack ...
Read More» By U.S. Mission Russia | 20 April, 2017 | Topics: News, Vladivostok | Tags: 2017 News, Music Diplomacy, Sport Diplomacy
August 17 – September 5, the U.S. Consulate General Vladivostok carried out a multi-event, multi-city music program reaching over 10,000 music fans in Vladivostok, Khabarovsk, and Irkutsk, including headlining the largest rock music festival in the Russian Far East, V-ROX. American group “Burn the Ballroom” built on their growing Russia fame by continuing the tour, ...
Read More» By U.S. Mission Russia | 7 September, 2016 | Topics: News, Vladivostok | Tags: 2016 News, Music Diplomacy
May 24 – June 6, Portland, Oregon-based folk musician trio “Three for Silver” carried out a robust music diplomacy program in three capital cities of the Russian Far East. This project was made possible when the Khabarovsk-Portland Sister City Association invited the trio to perform at the Khabarovsk City Day. U.S. Consulate General Vladivostok expanded ...
Read More» By U.S. Mission Russia | 6 June, 2016 | Topics: News, Vladivostok | Tags: 2016 News, Music Diplomacy
On February 13-21, American hip-hop/soul fusion band Soul Inscribed visited Vladivostok and Khabarovsk as a part of the American Music Abroad program. In Vladivostok, the group wowed kids with a showcase and master class for 50 students of Art School #3, with youngsters jamming with the band and, along with their teachers and parents, learning ...
Read More» By U.S. Mission Russia | 21 February, 2016 | Topics: News, Vladivostok | Tags: 2016 News, Music Diplomacy
On November 10-16 the Primorskiy Philharmonic hosted the XII International Jazz Festival with the support of U.S. Consulate General Vladivostok. For 6 days, musicians from the United States, Japan, France, Korea, Germany, and Russia wowed audiences on the Philharmonic’s main stage. American masters performed in three concerts as the Staple Quartet, the Freedom Jazz Movement ...
Read More» By U.S. Mission Russia | 17 November, 2015 | Topics: Culture, News, Vladivostok | Tags: 2015 News, Jazz, Music Diplomacy
From August 27 to 31, American singer-songwriter and rocker Hanni El Khatib and his band headlined the annual V-ROX music festival in Vladivostok. One of Russia’s top music festivals, V-ROX gathered 300 musicians from all over the world on multiple stages and attracted thousands of spectators from Vladivostok and the Russian Far East. Hanni’s headlining ...
Read More» By U.S. Mission Russia | 31 August, 2015 | Topics: News, Vladivostok | Tags: 2015 News, Music Diplomacy, V-ROX
On March 22-28, Jerry Chae (Clarinet – USA) and Andrey Vinichenko (Piano – Russia) performed a classical concert tour throughout the Russian Far East. An enthusiastic Russian public warmly welcomed the musicians in Khabarovsk, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, and Vladivostok, the latter of which hosted the duo as part of the Philharmonic’s classic music festival “Far Eastern Spring.” ...
Read More» By U.S. Mission Russia | 28 March, 2015 | Topics: News, Vladivostok | Tags: 2015 News, Far Eastern Spring Festival, Music Diplomacy
March 28 to April 1, American conductor and pianist Peter Freisinger rehearsed and performed with the Pacific Symphonic Orchestra in Vladivostok as part of the Primorskiy Philharmonic’s annual classic music festival “Far Eastern Spring.” Enthusiastic, broad media coverage of the festival described his concert as a “highlight” of the program, and Freisinger’s efforts were covered ...
Read More» By U.S. Mission Russia | 28 March, 2015 | Topics: News, Vladivostok | Tags: 2015 News, Far Eastern Spring Festival, Music Diplomacy
