When the circle of light begins. Concert Hall "Mir"
From September 23 to 27, 2017, the VII Moscow international festival"Circle of Light" The Circle of Light festival is held annually. For five days, Moscow will once again turn into a city of light - lighting designers and specialists in the field of audiovisual art from all over the world will transform architectural appearance capital Cities.
Its most famous buildings will feature colorful large-scale video projections, the streets will be illuminated with fabulous installations, and fantastic multimedia shows using light, fire, lasers and fireworks will give an unforgettable experience and vivid emotions.
Entrance to the opening ceremony "Circle of Light", as with other performances of the festival - free. At the same time, tickets to the stands are distributed through social services and departments of the Moscow government. Tickets are also raffled off in competitions in in social networks festival
Circle of Light 2017 - theme, what's interesting
The festival will take place at the following venues in Moscow: Ostankino, Teatralnaya Square, Tsaritsyno Museum-Reserve, Strogino, Digital October and the Mir Concert Hall.
This year, guests of the Festival of Light will be treated to performances by artists of various genres, music shows, master classes and lectures, various installations and light shows prepared by the best Russian and foreign designers and art artists.
Every year, the Festival of Lights in Moscow covers different venues - this time there will be seven places where Muscovites and guests of the capital can come for free and enjoy the colorful multimedia performances of the Festival of Lights 2017.
As part of the VII Moscow International Festival “Circle of Light”, Moscow will again take on the appearance amazing city Sveta! Get ready for unexpected changes pleasant surprises and amazing meetings that await you at all festival sites.
The theme of the seventh Festival of Lights in Moscow is dedicated to “The Seven Tallest Buildings of the World”. Seven sites will become places where professional lighting designers and amateurs in the field of 2D and 3D graphics will transform their architectural space with the help of multimedia and lighting installations.
Circle of Light 2017 in Moscow - schedule, venues
Ostankino
September 23 from 20:00 to 21:15 – opening ceremony of the festival.
September 24 from 20:00 to 21:00 – multimedia show performance in different countries of the world.
Viewers will be transported to the fabulous Lavender Fields, to the foot of Niagara Falls, to the very heart of Yellow Stone Park and the Bamboo Flute Cave, experience the heat of the Sahara Desert or the refreshing breeze of the Great Barrier Reef, witness the mesmerizing power of Mount Fuji, the immense depth of Lake Baikal, and the endless beauty of the Ural Mountains. mountains and captivating charm of Sakhalin Island. The program will end with a grandiose pyrotechnic show.
theatre square
On this site, the “Celestial Mechanics” program is a kind of non-verbal dialogue of a couple in love and a plastic dialogue of two buildings, reports the portal C-ib.ru. The synthesis of choreography, drama and light will erase the boundaries between the Bolshoi and Maly theaters.
The second show is Timeless. The Maly Theater will invite you on a journey through centuries and eras along with the great Russian classics. Denying the linear flow of time, decorations created from historical sketches will appear on two facades at once, and scenes from famous performances will unfold.
Also at the Bolshoi and Maly theaters the works of participants in the Art Vision competition will be shown.
Tsaritsyno
September 23–27 from 19:30 to 23:00 – light show on the facades of the palace, dancing fountains and light sculptures.
September 24 from 20:00 to 21:00 – concert of Soprano Typetsky.
Throughout the evening, amazing light installations from leading lighting designers from all over the world will be running in Tsaritsyno Park.
Patriarch's Ponds
For the first time, as part of the Circle of Light festival, visual images will be created in real time under live show pianist
Strogino
September 27 from 21:30 to 22:00 – 30-minute pyrotechnic show. Hundreds of pyrotechnic charges will be launched from four barges, the largest of which, 600 mm caliber, has never been presented in Russia before.
Digital October
September 23 and 24 – educational program by prior registration (time to be confirmed).
Concert hall"WORLD"
September 24 from 20:00 to 23:00 – competition of the best light and music artists in the direction of VJing. Participants will create completely new works using unexpected visual images and video clips.
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From September 23 to 27, the VII Moscow International Festival “Circle of Light” will take place in Moscow. Impressive light and sound performances will be presented free of charge at seven venues.
Architectural video mapping - projection volumetric images on city buildings and structures - can be seen on the Ostankino Tower, which this year celebrates its half-century anniversary. In addition to the Ostankino TV Tower, the Circle of Light festival program will include four more open areas: Theater Square, Tsaritsyno Museum-Reserve, Patriarch's Ponds and Stroginskaya Floodplain.
Ostankino tower
One of the main venues of the Moscow International Festival “Circle of Light” will be the Ostankino Tower. On September 23, from 20:00 to 21:15, the opening ceremony of the festival will take place here.
An amazing musical and multimedia show using video projection, choreography of fountains, synergy of light, lasers and fire will unfold on the Ostankino Tower and the surface of the Ostankino Pond.
With the help of modern water and pyrotechnic technologies, as well as the magic of light and music, viewers will be transported to the fabulous Lavender Fields, to the foot of Niagara Falls, to the heart of Yellow Stone Park and Bamboo Flute Cave, to experience the heat of the Sahara Desert or the refreshing breeze of the Great Barrier Reef, witness the mesmerizing power of the Fuji volcano, the immense depth of Lake Baikal, the endless beauty of the Ural Mountains and the captivating charm of Sakhalin Island.
The opening ceremony will end with a 15-minute grandiose pyrotechnic show involving the Ostankino Tower.
As part of the festival, the Ostankino TV tower, 540 meters high, will alternately turn into the Eiffel Tower (300 meters), the Dubai skyscraper Burj Khalifa (828 meters) and the New York Empire State Building (443 meters), as well as the Toronto TV tower (553 meters ), Shanghai (486 meters), Tokyo (332 meters) and Sydney (309 meters).
theatre square
This year, Theater Square united two buildings at once - the Bolshoi and Maly Theaters. A unique light show was developed especially for this, where the interaction of two facades will become part of one love story.
In addition, the site will host a screening of works from the beloved ARTVISION competition. Participants from all over the world will demonstrate new works of light art to the audience at the Bolshoi Theater in the Classic category and at the Maly Theater in the Modern category.
On the facades of the Bolshoi and Maly theaters from September 23 to 27, from 19:30 to 23:00, a light show based on several works performed on their stages will be shown. Viewers will see fragments of plays by classics of Russian literature - Alexander Ostrovsky, Nikolai Gogol, Anton Chekhov and others.
Tsaritsyno Museum-Reserve
From September 23 to 27, Tsaritsyno Park will appear for visitors in a new fabulous light. Spectators can expect an audiovisual show at the Grand Catherine Palace, a live performance by an art group Soprano Turkish to the accompaniment of light and music, a mesmerizing show of fountains on Tsaritsynsky Pond and amazing light installations.
In Tsaritsyno, on all festival days you can admire the show of dancing fountains. Water jets will be illuminated using special installations. The musical background of the performance will be works from the repertoire of Mikhail Glinka, Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Sergei Prokofiev and other Russian composers.
Also on September 24, the art group Soprano will perform for guests of Tsaritsyno Park. Participants in the unique project of Mikhail Turetsky will accompany with their vocals spectacular video projections on the building of one of the palaces. And from September 25 to 27, Soprano will be performed in recording.
The best light installations will add additional colorful touches to Tsaritsyno Park famous designers from all over the world.
Patriarch's Ponds
On Patriarch's Ponds On September 25 from 20:30 to 21:30 Dmitry Malikov will perform own works on the piano. Romantic music and elegant video images on the facade of the yellow pavilion on the pond will create a harmonious light and music composition.
Strogino
On September 27, in the waters of the Stroginsky backwater, at the end of the Moscow International Festival “Circle of Light”, for the first time in Russia, spectators will be treated to a large-scale 30-minute pyrotechnic show from Japanese manufacturers.
Spectators can expect a bright and unforgettable 30-minute Japanese pyrotechnic show, which has no analogues in Russia. Hundreds of pyrotechnic charges will be launched from four barges installed in the waters of the Stroginsky backwater, the largest of which, 600 mm caliber, has never been presented in Russia before.
Japanese fireworks are unique in their properties and have no analogues in the world. They surpass other fireworks in their color and brightness, and the manual production process, passed down from time immemorial, makes each projectile a true work of art.
Digital October
From year to year, the Digital October platform remains a constant meeting place for famous professionals in the field of visual art and aspiring light artists.
Educational program consisting of lectures, seminars and practical classes helps beginners master the basics and reveals many secrets and subtleties in working with light.
On September 23 and 24, the center will host educational lectures by lighting designers and creators of laser installations. Admission is free subject to pre-registration on the festival website.
Concert Hall "MIR"
On September 24, the “Art Vision VJ” competition will take place at the “Mir” theater and concert hall on Tsvetnoy Boulevard. Teams from different countries compete in the skill of creating light images to music.
Spectators will witness a competitive competition of the best light and music artists in the direction of VJing. Participants will demonstrate 10-minute VJ sets, where in real time under performed music will create completely new works using unexpected visual images and video clips.
Admission is free subject to pre-registration on the festival website.
The seventh international festival “Circle of Light” will be held in Moscow from September 23 to 27. Traditionally, viewers will be able to see multimedia laser shows, special lighting effects and fireworks on the streets of the city, and the main venue will be the Ostankino TV tower. Admission to all events is free.
Ostankino
theatre square
The Bolshoi and Maly theaters will be united into single platform for two shows: Celestial Mechanics and Timeless. "Celestial Mechanics" will tell romantic story love and loneliness, theater buildings will symbolize two lovers. Lighting effects will be complemented by choreographic performance and music.
On the show “Timeless”, viewers will travel back in time with A. N. Ostrovsky. Unique historical scenery will be restored using projectors on the facades of theater buildings and excerpts from famous performances will be shown.
After the show on Theater Square There will be video mapping competitions in the “classic” and “modern” categories. Video mapping is the creation of light projections on buildings, taking into account their size, architecture and location in urban space. Muscovites will be able to take a fresh look at buildings familiar from childhood.
Where: Moscow, Grand Theatre, Maly Theater
"Tsaritsyno"
All days of the festival, the Tsaritsyno Museum-Reserve will host a fountain show and light installations. The center of the program is the “Palace of Feelings” show, during which the Tsaritsyn Palace will become a canvas for video mapping. With the help of light projections and music, the building will come to life, and viewers will be invited to immerse themselves in its intended feelings and emotions. Every day, songs will be performed on the site by the Soprano art group of the Turetsky Choir, which has collected the entire range of female voices, from the lowest to the highest, and on September 24 the group will perform live. And on September 25, Dmitry Malikov will perform a classical program in Tsaritsyn. Lighting designers will create visual metaphors against the backdrop of the palace in real time while the pianist plays, which will help to understand classical music in a new way.
Where: Moscow, State Museum "Tsaritsyno"
Stroginsky backwater
The festival of light will end on September 27 in Strogin: here you can see a 30-minute pyrotechnic show using Japanese fireworks, which have no analogues in the whole world. For the first time in Russia, a large pyrotechnic charge of 600 caliber will be used in the show.
Where: Moscow, Bolshoy Stroginsky backwater,
Digital October
Those who are interested in new products in the field of video mapping and visual arts will be able to visit the educational program at the Digital October center. On September 23 and 24 there will be lectures, discussions and master classes conducted by specialists in computer graphics, representatives of design studios, programmers, lighting engineers, architects, etc. In particular, on September 24, at a lecture about contemporary art“All Art Was Modern” will talk about how culture reflects our reality and changes in society, and the lecture “From Phantasmagoria to Sensory Reality” will talk about visual arts, its history and development over the centuries. Listeners will learn about how science and art were connected, what the earliest optical technologies were. Pre-registration is required to participate.
Where: Moscow, Bersenevskaya embankment, 6, building 3.
VJing competition
You can watch the competition of the best VJs as part of the Art Vision competition in the Mir concert hall.
VJing (VJ) is the creation of visual images to music, mixing visual effects and video with music in real time. Pre-registration is required.
Where: Moscow, Tsvetnoy Boulevard, 11, building 2.
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The Circle of Light festival will take place in Moscow for the seventh time and promises to become one of the most spectacular events of the coming autumn. According to tradition, all performances, as well as training seminars by lighting design masters, are held at city venues in a publicly accessible free format, annually attracting an audience of millions, including residents of Moscow and the Moscow region, Russian and foreign tourists. Thus, in 2016, “Circle of Light” reached record attendance figures - more than 6 million people in five days.
In 2017, the Circle of Light will be held at six venues. The opening ceremony of the festival will take place on September 23 in Ostankino. The country's main television tower celebrates its half-century anniversary this year. The technology of projecting three-dimensional images onto an architectural object - video mapping - will allow the birthday girl to “try on” the images of the seven tallest buildings in the world. The famous skyscrapers and TV towers of France, the UAE, Canada, the USA, China, Japan and Australia will appear before the audience against the backdrop of the natural attractions of these countries, due to the Year of Ecology taking place in Russia. Fountains, burners, and lighting devices will be installed on the Ostankino pond. Guests will be presented with an extraordinary multimedia show combining light, lasers, choreography of fountains and fire, as well as a grandiose pyrotechnic show. An ice rink will be built on the pond for figure skaters to perform.
Theater Square, familiar to regular viewers of the Circle of Light, will use the façades of both the Bolshoi and Maly theaters for performances for the first time this year. All days of the festival, two thematic light shows will be shown here: “Celestial Mechanics” - about loneliness and love, and “Timeless” - plots based on the works of outstanding Russian playwrights. Also, the works of the finalists will be shown on the facades of leading theaters in Russia. international competition Art Vision, held as part of the festival.
In Tsaritsyno Park every day, from 19:30 to 23:00, visitors will be able to see the impressive audiovisual performance “Palace of Feelings” on the Bolshoi building Catherine Palace and a mesmerizing light and sound show of fountains on Tsaritsynsky Pond. On September 24, the art group SOPRANO by Mikhail Turetsky will perform here, and on the remaining days the unique vocals of the female group will be heard in recordings, accompanying video projections on the facade of the palace. The next day, September 25, he will give a concert National artist Russia Dmitry Malikov. “Tsaritsyno Park will be decorated with amazing installations from the world’s leading lighting designers throughout the festival period.
The finale of the Circle of Light festival will be a grandiose fireworks display - the first Japanese pyrotechnics show in Russia, which will be held in the Stroginskaya floodplain on September 27. To do this, barges will be installed on the water, on which pyrotechnic installations will be placed. The charges of Japanese fireworks are much larger than usual, each shot is made manually, and the design is individual. They will open at an altitude of 500 meters, and the diameter of the light domes will be about 240 meters.
Festival events will be held simultaneously at two indoor venues. On September 24, the “Art Vision VJing” competition will take place at the “Mir” theater and concert hall, where teams from different countries will compete in the skill of creating light images to music. And on September 23 and 24, the Digital October Center will host free educational lectures by lighting designers and creators of laser installations.
