May 12 2025

April 28 2025

Eduard Srapionov and His Synthesizers

A public talk about both the personality of Eduard Srapionov (‘Papa Srapa’) and the phenomenon of the instruments he was making. An impromptu performance on Papa Srapa’s synthesizers was introduced to the listeners at the end. Moderator: Irina Sevastyanova.

April 21 2025

SOMA Laboratory: The PULSAR Instrument Presented

Vlad Kreimer, the founder of the SOMA Laboratory, talks about the PULSAR-23 organismic drum-machine and demonstrates its capabilities within the Improschema exhibition space. The laboratory is supported by both the Ministry of Culture and the Composers’ Union of Russia.

April 11 2025

Early Examples of Tape-recorded Electroacoustic Music

Alvin Lucier’s workshop and performance I Am Sitting in a Room. Advisers of the Improschema exhibition: Nikolai Popov & Oleg Makarov. Moderator: Irina Sevastyanova, with participation of Maxim Tuluzakov, a restoration artist. The Artemyev Art Space

April 07 2025

Opening of the Exhibition The Keeper of Time (Painting, Graphics, Tapestry)

Natalia Lopukhina’s personal exhibition The Keeper of Time opened in the Small Hall’s left foyer on 2 April 2025. The lady is a talented painter (virtuoso of tapestry), teacher and researcher, an author of several significant scholarly and educational works in the area of fine arts, as well as a representative of the Lopukhins ancient Russian house.

April 02 2025

Opening of the Exhibition on Prof. Sveshnikov’s 135th Anniversary

A historical and documentary exhibition on Professor Alexander Sveshnikov’s 135^th anniversary, organized by the Conservatory Archival Office, opened in the Great Hall foyer on 27 February 2025.

February 27 2025

Exhibition on Jan Hřímalý’s 180th Anniversary

An exhibition dedicated to the 180^th anniversary of Jan Hřímalý, a prominent violinist and teacher, opened in the Small Hall foyer. The exhibition has been prepared by the Conservatory Archives.

December 16 2024

Yevgeny Romashko’s Personal Exhibition

The personal exhibition of Yevgeny Romashko, First Vice-president of the Creative Union of Russia’s Artists, will be opened at Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory from December 2024 to January 2025.

December 10 2024

The Therepsiton, a performance by Vladimir Yermachenkov and Oleg Makarov

Léon Theremin (1896–1993), the famous creator of the thereminvox (1920), designed an electronic instrument called therepsitone (1978) for Lidia Kavina, his cousin’s granddaughter (b. 1967). The dance artist Vladimir Yermachenkov and the composer Oleg Makarov, an engineer at the Moscow Conservatory’s Center for Electroacoustic Music, staged a performance specifically for this instrument. A unique specimen of the therepsitone occupies an important place at the exhibition “To Archive the Present Time” in the Art Space “Artemyev”.

December 07 2024