“On behalf of the United States Government, I congratulate the Russian American Foundation and the Bolshoi Ballet Academy on 15 years of successful partnership. Your collaboration has deepened ties between the U.S. and Russian dance communities and encouraged cross cultural understanding through the arts, despite the challenges in the official bilateral relationship. Your success demonstrates that the Russian and American people can perform, learn, and thrive side-by-side. I wish you many more years of successful collaboration ahead.”
- Honorable John J. Sullivan, U.S. Ambassador to the Russian Federation, 2022
“The Russian American Foundation’s contributions to cultural, educational, and sports programs in the United States and Russia help foster greater understanding between the people. Such programs highlight the things that the American and Russian people have in common.”
- Honorable Michael A. McFaul, former U.S. Ambassador to the Russian Federation, 2012
14th Annual Russian Heritage Month®
“Quo Vadis?”
Concert of Organ Music by Russian Composers
A concert of organ music concludes the 14th Annual Russian Heritage Month®. A renowned organist Lada Labzina will perform the organ symphony “Chernobyl” by Mikael Tariverdiev, as well as selections by Mussorgsky, Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky and Prokofiev. Presented in collaboration with Mikael Tariverdiev Charity Foundation and St. Patrick’s Cathedral.
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Love is Where It All Begins…
Poetry Evening with Andrey Dementyev
An Evening of poetry with a prominent Russian lyricist Andrey Dementyev, an honored artist of Russia and recipient of the USSR State Prize. The program features a rousing selection of the poet’s most cherished masterpieces. The concert will be performed in Russian. Hosted by: Liza Kaymin, News Anchor at RTVi.
Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
154 West 57 Street, New York, NY 10019
14th Annual Together in New York® Festival
The Annual Community Festival and Health and Sports Fair
14th Annual Together in New York® Festival offers a vast afternoon program of live music and dance performances by the community youth groups, a chess tournament, traditional ethnic cuisine and thousands of prizes.
Special guests: famous duet The Rose Sisters.
Asser Levy/Seaside Park
West 5th Street, Brooklyn
The Memory of Time and Space: The Portrait of the Community
Photo Exhibition of Works of Young Photographers
The exhibition presents works of the younger generation photographers. Ross Den, Svetlana Didorenko, Julia Levit, and others portray the prominent leaders of the Russian-speaking community of New York. Presented in collaboration with COJECO.
The National Arts Club, Gregg Gallery
15 Gramercy Park South, New York, NY 10011
The Legends of Russian Ballet
Ballet Dance Photography by Nina Alovert
A retrospective photo exhibit by an acclaimed photo artist Nina Alovert. Photographs of the legendary ballet performers Mikhail Baryshnikov, Galina Ulanova, Maya Plisetskaya, Vladimir Malakhov, Diana Vishneva, and others.
The National Arts Club, Grand Gallery,
15 Gramercy Park South, New York, NY 10003
Pieced Together: Patchwork Quilts from Russia
An Exhibit of Quilts
The exhibition from private collections showcases the diversity and exuberance of some of the most talented contemporary Russian craftswomen. These quilted masterpieces have never been seen by an American audience.
The National Arts Club, Gregg Gallery
15 Gramercy Park South, New York, NY 10011
The New Land Film Festival. Part II
Day 2 and 3 of a Three-Day Documentary Films Screening.
June 6: “Ilya and Emilia Kabakov: The Art of Departure” by David Grubin, “Brodsky. Landscape with a Flood” by Sergey Kokovkin, “Stateless” by Michael Drob.
June 7: “Boba – The Sapper of The Bolshoi Dramatic Theater” and “It’s a Fine Kettle of Fish” by Edward Staroselsky. Presented in collaboration with YIVO Institute for Jewish Research. Presented as part of the annual Russian Heritage Festival® in commemoration of the First, Second and Third Waves of Russian cultural migration to the United States.
YIVO Institute for Jewish Research
15 West 16th Street, New York, NY 10011
Philippe Quint & Friends: From Bloch to Rachmaninoff
Third Annual Benefit Concert
Third annual benefit concert of the world-renowned Russian-American violin virtuoso Philippe Quint, joined by Ani and Marta Aznavoorian. A remarkable exhibit of unique string instruments by Antonio Stradivari & Giuseppe Guarneri del Gusu. Presented in collaboration with Bein & Fushi, The Stradivari Society® of Chicago and Reuning & Son Violins.
Photo by Philipp Jekker
The National Arts Club, Grand Gallery
15 Gramercy Park South, New York, NY 10003
The New Land Film Festival. Part I
Day 1 of a Three-Day Documentary Films Screening.
Documentary screenings dedicated to the lives and works of artistic masterminds of the Third Wave. Part I opens with the tour of the current exhibits and screenings of “Vagrich and the Black Square” (Vagrich Bakhchanyan) by Andrei Zagdansky, and “The Demarche of the Enthusiast” (Sergei Dovlatov) by Sergey Kokovkin. Presented as part of the annual Russian Heritage Festival® in commemoration of the First, Second and Third Waves of Russian cultural migration to the United States.
The National Arts Club, Grand Gallery & Gregg Gallery
15 Gramercy Park South, New York, NY 10011
The Third Wave and “Novy Amerikanetz”: Russian Culture in New York 1970-1990
Exhibit Dedicated to the Third Wave of Russian Cultural Migration
The exhibition focuses on the Third Wave of Russian cultural migration and the newspaper “Novy Amerikanetz” (“The New American”), featuring its brightest luminaries: Sergei Dovlatov, Elena Dovlatova, Aleksander Genis, Boris Metter, Aleksey Orlov, Evgeny Rubin, Pyotr Vail, and others. Photographs of Nina Alovert, Nataliya Dyakovskaya, Leonid Lubjanitsky, Lev Poliakov, Mark Serman, Lana Ford, Yuri Shalamoff, Natalia Sharymova. Artworks of Vagrich Bakhchanyan, Mihail Chemiakin, Vitaly Dlugy, Ilya Kabakov, Henry Khudyakov, Vitaly Komar, Alexander Melamid, Oscar Rabin, Oleg Tselkov, Igor Tulipanov, Mikhail Turovsky and others. Presented as part of the annual Russian Heritage Festival® in commemoration of the First, Second and Third Waves of Russian cultural migration to the United States. Photo by Nina Alovert.
The National Arts Club, Grand Gallery
15 Gramercy Park South, New York, NY 10011
Joseph Brodsky and His Time
Photography by Leonid Lubjanitsky and Lev Poliakov
Two distinguished photographers, Leonid Lubjanitsky and Lev Poliakov, document Brodsky and his contemporaries during various periods of poet’s life.
Photo by Lev Poliakov
The National Arts Club, Trask Gallery
15 Gramercy Park South, New York, NY 10011
Vagrich Bakhchanyan: The Diary of a Non-Conformist
Art Exhibit of works by Vagrich Bakhchyanyan
The exhibit features rarely shown artistic creations of Vagrich Bakhchanyan, a Ukrainian-born prominent writer and conceptual artist of an Armenian descent, whose works became an essential part of the Soviet dissident culture. From the private collection of Irene Bakhchanyan.
The National Arts Club, Gregg Gallery
15 Gramercy Park South, New York, NY 10011
This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.