May 18, 2014 at 3:00 PM, Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center

Cherry Orchard Festival presents

Vladimir Spivakov, Conductor and Violin Soloist
35th Anniversary Gala

Gala Soloists:
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone
Olga Kern, piano

“First-class string performers brought to perfection by Maestro Spivakov.” – The New York Times

“The Moscow Virtuosi live up to their name.” – The New York Times

Maestro Spivakov and his Moscow Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra return to US to celebrate their 35th Anniversary. Vladimir Spivakov, one of the world’s prominent violinists and conductors, leads his acclaimed Moscow Virtuosi since 1979, setting up the gold standard for chamber music performance. The Washington Post has hailed the Virtuosi as “a dramatically unified ensemble” with “a sound that would put many full orchestras to shame”. Enjoy an exuberant program and an inimitable performance style from the world’s most celebrated chamber ensembles!

Tickets: $45 to $125

May 18, 2014 at 3:00 PM
Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center
New York, New York

The Cherry Orchard Festival, a production of the Cherry Orchard Foundation, is a celebration of the international arts in the heart of New York City. Each of its world-class, multi-disciplinary performing and visual arts attractions is unique and never has been presented before in the US. Some of the Festival’s events are free to attend and open to the public! We find the newest and most daring projects in the international arts arena and introduce it to our audience. Our mission is to initiate and promotes global cultural activity and exchange of ideas to an inter-generational audience through entertaining and educational programs and events in all genres. The idea started a few years back, but the first Festival took place in May of 2013. We are committed to providing the finest entertainment, exceptional musical performances and enlightening educational programs to our patrons. Festival’s events are presented at selected prestigious New York City venues, such as City Center, Yamaha Hall, Rose Theatre, Time Warner Building and Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center.

Why we do it:

Art matters.
We strive to nurture an environment where impactful, artful experiences contribute directly to the quality of life for everyone, and are embraced as essential for the development and growth of the community.

How we do it:

We discuss and create art.
We imagine the Festival as a safe place for the open exchange of creativity and dialogue, ideas and participation.

What we do:

We present everything from “fun” to “wow factor.”
We envision a full spectrum of exclusive international programmingthat collectively creates vibrancy at the best and most prestigious venues in New York, provides respite and entertainment, inspires learning, and evokes a sense of wonder.

Why we chose the name Cherry Orchard:

The name of Anton Chekhov’s most famous play conjures up images of spring, and to us means the awakening of cultural sensibilities at the crossroads of the classical and the modern stage.

Who we are:

We are a young and ambitious team of art, music and theater professionals, looking to shine a spotlight on international culture, while encouraging family participation in the arts. Cherry Orchard Festival Foundation (COFF) is a registered 501(c)(3) organization located in New York, NY and is focused on presenting cultural performances.

Last season we presented:

John Malkovich and the cast of international actors and singers in The Giacomo Variations, directed by the celebrated Austrian director, Michael Sturminger and accompanied by the live Wiener Academy Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Martin Haselböck.
Leading international theater company, The Gesher Theatre (Israel), with the U.S. Premiere of “Enemies, A Love Story” by Nobel Prize-winning author, Isaac Bashevis Singer and adapted for the stage by the renowned director, Yevgeny Arye.

Classical piano recital by Olga Kern, the striking Russian Gold Medal winner of the 2001 Van Cliburn International Piano competition, of works by Beethoven, Schumann and Rachmaninoff.

Free pre-performance talks and meet-the artist sessions for public

How many people saw our events:

We had 16,000+ attendees over 10 day period, many attending more than one festival performance.

What’s next?

We are looking forward to a new and exciting season! We will present a legendary Vakhtangov State Academic Theatre of Russia at New York’s City Center and Boston’s Majestic Theatre, Vladimir Spivakov and Moscow Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra Gala-Concert and Benefit reception at Lincoln Center, an art exhibition and charity auction of works from private collections, a spectacular showcase of young star instrumentalists of the UNESCO-prizewinning Vladimir Spivakov International Charity Foundation, and many more events.

St. Peter’s Church а так же в Kolodzei Art Foundation are pleased to present What Remains: Asya Dodina and Slava Polishchuk

March 18 – May 9, 2016

Narthex Gallery, St. Peter’s Church
619 Lexington Ave (at 54th Street) New York City

Opening reception on Thursday, April 7, 2016 from 6pm to 9pm.

The series What Remains by Russian-American artists Asya Dodina and Slava Polishchuk appeal to the viewer on both analytical and emotional levels:  their  philosophical reflections on art drive their artistic process, alluding to the ephemeral nature of contemporary society and to the passage of time.  

Asya Dodina and Slava Polishchuk wrote: “Witnessing the destructive power of Hurricane Sandy and the unspeakable tragedies that it brought, we started our project What Remains. The project is addressed to the themes of loss and memory. Images of empty nests floating in nowhere; fragments of plants, drawn with graphite, juxtaposed to debris of the computers; cell phones,  assembled on the canvas and then covered with splashes of paint. Images are symbols of lost lives and homes, but at the same time they are symbols of hope.”

Personal and cultural memory acquire a spatial embodiment.  The artists extract and elevate visual images from the past, dramatize and transform them in order to arrive at something more universal, something common to the entire human experience.  Their artistic explorations and searches are very organic, being that they are brought forth by their internal need for creativity and driven by an original method of thought, giving rise to an intensely emotional condition later realized in painting and works on paper.  Juxtaposition and collision of different styles, aesthetics, media, combinations of elaborate fine details, textures, and remnants of computers interweaved onto  Japanese paper; the artists  construct their artworks on the intensity of coexistence of opposite extremes, playing on the ambivalence of meaning, encouraging discussion of their work.

Asya Dodina and Slava Polishchuk have been working on the series What Remains for the last five years.

About the artists:

Asya Dodina was born in Moscow, Russia. She received an M.F.A. from Brooklyn College, City University of New York (CUNY), and a B.F.A. from The State Moscow Art Institute named after V. Surikov. Her awards and honors include the Medal of the Russian Academy of the Arts, and Project Grants from the New York State Council of the Arts.

Slava Polishchuk was born in 1961 in Klintsy (Russia) and worked in Moscow. He received an M.F.A. from Brooklyn College, CUNY; a B.A from Brooklyn College, CUNY, and diploma from the 1905 Art School in Moscow. His awards and honors include Project Grants for Exhibitions, the NY State Council of the Arts, NY; The Charles G. Shaw Memorial Award for Excellence in Painting, Brooklyn College, CUNY, NY; The Joan Mitchell Foundation Nominee; Jewish Artists Awards Finalist, The Ben Uri Gallery, London.

Asya Dodina and Slava Polishchuk work in collaboration since 2003, they live and work in New York.

Dodina and Polishchuk have had several solo/duo exhibitions.  Their solo or joint works have been featured in many museums and galleries including: International Center of Arts, Remagen, Germany,  the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow; Lithuanian State Museum of Art, Vilnius, Lithuania; The Russian Academy of Art, Moscow; Chelsea Art Museum, New York; B’nai B’rith Klutznic National Jewish Museum, Washington, DC; Kentler International Drawing Space, NY;  Museum of Russian Art, Jersey City, NJ; Pace University Gallery, NY; Brooklyn College Gallery, NY; Hunter College Gallery, NY; The Alumni Gallery, St. Joseph College, NY; Künstlerforum, Bonn, Germany; Drawing Center, NY; Paul and Lulu Hilliard University Art Museum, Lafayette, LA; the Glasgow School of Art in Scotland.  Dodina and Polishchuk solo or joint works are in many museum and public collections including: State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow; Lithuanian State Museum of Jewish Art, Vilnius, Lithuania; Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, The Norton and Nancy Dodge Collection of Nonconformist Art from the Soviet Union, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ; Kolodzei Art Foundation, NJ; Brooklyn College Library, CUNY, NY; Pace University of New York, NY; Fox & Fowle Architects, NY; Safe-T-Gallery, NY; Moscow Union of the Artists, Moscow; Russian Academy of Art, Moscow; Russian Ministry of Culture, Moscow.

About St. Peter’s Church: Saint Peter’s Church contributes to New York’s vibrant art scene by hosting rotating exhibitions in two prominent gallery spaces. Exhibitions typically explore spirituality in its broadest sense, provoking discussion regarding art’s place in culture, in spiritual thought and in daily life.  The Chapel of the Good Shepherd (1977) at St. Peter’s Church is the only existing NYC environment designed by Louise Nevelson (born 1899 in Poltava Governorate of the Russian Empire; died in 1988 in NY). 

St. Peter’s Church 619 Lexington Ave. at 54th St. New York, NY 10022 
Gallery hours: daily 9:00 A.M. – 11:00 P.M

About The Kolodzei Art Foundation, Inc., a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit public foundation started in 1991, organizes exhibitions and cultural exchanges in museums and cultural centers in the United States, Russia and other countries (often utilizing the considerable resources of the Kolodzei Collection of Russian and Eastern European Art), and publishes books on Russian art, For additional information visit http://www.KolodzeiArt.org or email Kolodzei@KolodzeiArt.org

Dedicated to 100th anniversary of the Russian Exodus