WITH 23 to 27 September 2017 Moscow will turn into the capital of light as part of the Circle of Light international festival.

According to the tradition of the festival, professionals in lighting design and audiovisual art will allow you to look at familiar buildings, streets and boulevards from the other side, thanks to colorful video projections and magical installations. From bright multimedia shows using lights, lasers and fireworks will take your breath away.

The international festival "Circle of Light 2017" will be held at the following venues in Moscow:

• Ostankino;
• Theatre square;
• museum-reserve "Tsaritsyno";
• Patriarch's Ponds;
• Strogino;
• Digital October;
• KZ "Mir".

Ostankino Park is one of the main venues of the festival. 23 September The opening ceremony will take place here. A musical and multimedia show will unfold on the Ostankino Tower and the water surface of the Ostankino Pond using video projection, choreography of fountains, synergy of light, lasers and fire, and will end with a grandiose pyrotechnic show.

On Theater Square all the attention of the audience will be riveted to the buildings of the Bolshoi and Maly theaters, where a light show about a love story will unfold. Participants of the ARTVISION competition will demonstrate their works in the field of light art at the Bolshoi Theater in the "Classic" nomination and at the Maly Theater in the "Modern" nomination.

The program of the museum-reserve "Tsaritsyno" includes an audiovisual show at the Great Catherine Palace, live show art group Soprano Turetsky to the accompaniment of light and music, a fountain show on the Tsaritsyno Pond and amazing light installations.

At the Patriarch's Ponds September 25 Dmitry Malikov will perform, accompanied by live video projections.

Lectures, seminars and practical lessons working with light for beginners.

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Form and procedure of payment

Cash payment upon check-in

Payment by credit card: Visa, Maestro, MasterCard, MIR
(when paid at the hotel issued cash receipt and information account)

Payment by bank transfer(for individuals)
The accounting department issues an invoice according to the guest's passport data. The invoice must be paid within three to four days prior to arrival. (an information invoice will be issued after check-out)

Payment by bank transfer(for legal entities)
The accounting department issues an invoice on the basis of an official application on the letterhead of the organization signed and sealed. The invoice must be paid within three to four days prior to arrival. After departure, closing documents are provided - an act and an invoice, which are sent by Russian post to the postal address legal entity within 10 days after the departure of the guest.

"Tsaritsyno" will become the site of the festival "Circle of Light"

From September 23 to September 27, the Tsaritsyno park will appear for visitors in a new fabulous light as part of the Circle of Light festival. Spectators are waiting for an audiovisual show on the facade Grand Palace, live performances by the art group Soprano Turetsky and pianist Dmitry Malikov to the accompaniment of light and music, a mesmerizing fountain show on the Tsaritsyn pond and amazing light installations, according to the website of the festival organizer.

In the Tsaritsyno Park daily, from 19:30 to 23:00, visitors can see the impressive audiovisual performance "Palace of Senses" on the building of the Great Catherine Palace and the fascinating light and music show of fountains on the Tsaritsynsky Pond. On September 24, Mikhail Turetsky's art group SOPRANO will perform here, and on other days unique vocals women's team will sound in the recording, accompanying the video projections on the facade of the palace.

The next day, September 25, will give a concert National artist Russian Dmitry Malikov.

A show of fountains will take place on Tsaritsynsky Pond - accompanied by works by Russian composers, they will turn into a water orchestra. In the park, guests will also see original installations by leading lighting designers from around the world.

The Circle of Light festival will be held in Moscow for the seventh time and promises to be one of the most spectacular events of the upcoming autumn. By tradition, all performances, as well as training seminars by lighting design masters, are held at city venues in a publicly accessible free format, attracting millions of people every year, including residents of Moscow and the Moscow region, Russian and foreign tourists.

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. Projection Technology volumetric images on an architectural object - video mapping, will allow the birthday girl to "try on" the images of the highest buildings in the world. The famous skyscrapers and TV towers of France, the United Arab Emirates, Canada, the USA, China, Japan and Australia will appear before the audience against the backdrop of the natural attractions of these countries, which is due to the Year of Ecology taking place in Russia. Fountains, pyrotechnics, burners, lighting fixtures 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 for figure skaters will be built on the pond.

Theater Square, familiar to the regular viewers of the Circle of Light, for the first time this year, will use the facades of both the Bolshoi and Maly theaters for performances. 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 the leading theaters in Russia international competition Art Vision, held as part of the festival.

The finale of the Circle of Light festival will be a grandiose fireworks display - the first show of Japanese pyrotechnics 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 by hand, and the pattern is individual. They will open at a height of 500 meters, and the diameter of the light domes will be about 240 meters.

Seventh international festival"Circle of Light" will be held in Moscow from 23 to 27 September. Traditionally, viewers will be able to see multimedia laser shows, lighting special 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 combined into a single venue for two shows: Celestial Mechanics and Timeless. The Celestial Mechanics will tell a romantic story of love and loneliness, the theater buildings will symbolize two lovers. Lighting effects will complement the choreographic performance and music.

At the show "Timeless" the audience will go on a journey through time together with A. N. Ostrovsky. Unique historical scenery will be restored on the facades of theater buildings with the help of projectors and excerpts from famous performances will be shown.

After the show, the Theater Square will host 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 the urban space. Muscovites will be able to take a fresh look at the buildings familiar from childhood.

Where: Moscow, Bolshoi 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 show "Palace of Senses", during which the Tsaritsyno Palace will become a canvas for video mapping. With the help of light projections and music, the building will come to life, the audience will be invited to immerse themselves in its supposed feelings and emotions. Every day, songs performed by the Soprano art group of the Turetsky choir will sound on the site, which has brought together the entire range female voices, from the lowest to the highest, and on September 24 the band will perform live. And on September 25 in Tsaritsyn with classical program Dmitry Malikov will perform. Lighting designers will create visual metaphors against the backdrop of the palace in real time, which will help to understand classical music in a new way.

Where: Moscow, GMZ "Tsaritsyno"

Stroginsky backwater

The festival of light will end on September 27 in Strogino: 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, Big Stroginsky backwater,

Digital October

Those who are interested in innovations in the field of video mapping, visual arts will be able to visit the educational program at the Digital October center. On September 23 and 24, lectures, discussions and master classes will be held by computer graphics specialists, representatives of design studios, programmers, lighting engineers, architects, etc. In particular, on September 24 at a lecture on 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. Students will learn about how science and art were connected, what were the earliest optical technologies. Pre-registration is required to participate.

Where: Moscow, Bersenevskaya nab., 6, building 3.

VJing competition

You can watch the competition of the best VJs within the framework 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 to music in real time. Pre-registration required.

Where: Moscow, Tsvetnoy Boulevard, 11, building 2.

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The Circle of Light Festival is underway, during which the architectural space of the city will be transformed by the hands of lighting designers and professionals in the field of 2D and 3D graphics.

The facades of religious buildings will be transformed into something extraordinary, will be painted bright colors light show and show completely different and unimaginable landscapes and stories.

The festival originates from the city of Lyon in France late XVII century, later finds popularity throughout Europe.

In 2002, Anton Chukaev (a Moscow artist) sent an application to the Moscow Committee for Culture to hold such an event, but only after 9 years did the debut of the festival take place, which was recognized and received annual status.

Festival themes

Every year the festival has a new theme.

• In 2012 - "The Energy of Life" (the main idea is the speed of changes in the consciousness of society, fashion, tastes, the idea is the unity of peoples and cultures).
• In 2013 - "Relay of Light" (during the festival, the Olympic Flame arrived in Moscow, 11 countries of the world take part)
• IN 2014 - " Trip around the world» (combined iconic places and sights of the capital in a multimedia show)
• In 2015 - "In the city of light" ( amazing journey to the capital, which no one has ever seen before)
• In 2016 - "Circle of Light" (a grandiose journey around the world)
• In 2017 - "The Seven Tallest Buildings in the World" (Eiffel Tower (300 meters), Dubai's Burj Khalifa (828 meters) and the New York Empire State Building (443 meters), Toronto TV Tower (553 meters), Shanghai (486 meters), Tokyo (332 meters) and Sydney (309 meters).

"Circle of Light" for children

The event is generally family format and involves a wide audience coverage - it is interesting for everyone. In 2015, for example, on Lubyanka, the Central Children's Store was painted with bright colors fairytale heroes and showed the small spectators a parade of toys.

Reviews and photo reports

The number of visitors is growing every year - from 1 million (in 2011) to 8 million people (in 2017). Entrance to the festival is free, anyone can become part of the show. Just to see the opening ceremony as close as possible, you need to have complimentary ticket, which in turn can be obtained via social media or win a contest on the festival's official page (they are distributed by the department of the Moscow government).

It is interesting to look at the festival works of past years, such an opportunity is given by the reports of Turister users. RU. The festival was held from September 26 to October 4. 9 sites were involved. This year the event entered the Guinness Book of Records for the first time as the largest video projection (on the building of the Ministry of Defense on Frunzenskaya Embankment). In the year from September 23 to September 27. light shows were held at 6 venues, 2 light performances with a total duration of about 50 minutes were shown (“Unlimited Moscow State University” and “Keeper”). Each evening ends with a pyrotechnic show (more than 19,000 fireworks). It also broke its own record in the Guinness Book of Records - the largest video projection.

Awards and achievements of the festival "Circle of Light"

• Moscow Design Biennale - 1st place in the Multimedia Show/Event Design category (2016)
• "Guinness Book of Records" nomination "The largest video projection" (2016)
• "Guinness Book of Records" nomination "The largest light output when projecting an image" (2016)
• "Guinness Book of Records" nomination "The largest video projection" (2015)
• "Innovation Time" nomination "Event Project of the Year" (2015)
• "Event of the Year" nomination "City Event of the Year" (2015)
• The Moscow Times Awards nomination "Cultural Event of the Year" (2014)
• "Best in Russia/Best.ru" nomination "The best cultural event of the year" (2014)
• "Guiding Star" nomination "Best Event Project" (2014)
• "Brand No. 1 in Russia" category "Festival" (2013, 2014)
• "Brand of the Year / EFFIE" category "Entertainment" (2011, 2012)

Where will the Circle of Light festival take place in 2019: program

Preliminary action plan:

• Solemn opening / closing ceremony of the festival: September 21 - 25
• Competition "ART VISION VJing": September 22 ( concert hall"World")
• Competition "ART VISION Modern": September 23 (facade of the Grand Tsaritsyno Palace)
• Competition "ART VISION Classic"": September 24 (Russian Academic youth theater, Bolshoi and Maly theaters of Moscow)

How to get there

Every year the venues are different and different parts cities. The only trend is that there are very few parking spaces, the best option to bypass traffic jams, use the metro or any other public transport.

Even in Moscow, it is convenient to use taxi applications - Uber, Gett, Yandex. Taxi and others.

Festival "Circle of Light": video

The festival of light in Moscow becomes a real gift to all lovers of extraordinary art.

Festival "Circle of Light" in the midst of "golden autumn" fills the capital of Russia with bright colors of high-tech works of art. Leading Russian and foreign lighting designers, 2D and 3D artists are joining forces to decorate the architectural space of Moscow with incredible multimedia installations, each of which is worthy of the title of a masterpiece. Since the start of the festival in 2011, the Moscow Department of Mass Media and Advertising and the Department of National Policy, Interregional Relations and Tourism of Moscow have been its creators. Each season, the Circle of Light dedicates its program to the most important anniversaries and events celebrated by the whole country.

The Circle of Light venues will traditionally be several significant architectural objects in the central part of the Mother See. The opening ceremony of the festival will unfold at the foot of the legendary Ostankino TV Tower and the adjacent Ostankino Pond (September 23 and 24 at 20:00). The guests of the festival will enjoy a multimedia show-tour through different countries of the world and their geographical natural beauties . The final chord of the ceremony will be a 15-minute pyrotechnic performance.

The most spectacular multimedia performances throughout the existence of the festival, many viewers of the "Circle of Light" invariably recognize the projection shows on the facade Bolshoi Theater, which are inspired by the brightest images from classical ballets and performances. In 2017, the projection space of the Circle of Light festival on Theater Square will also expand to the Maly Theater, where a light performance of participants in the ARTVISION competition will be shown. in the nomination "Modern".

Light shows of the Circle of Light 2017 cover the Great Catherine Palace in Tsaritsyno Park, the MIR concert hall, the Digital October art center, Patriarch's Ponds and the water area of ​​the Stroginsky backwater. Last playground for the first time in the history of the festival will host a performance of pyrotechnicians from the Country rising sun. On the last day of the festive marathon, a large-scale 30-minute pyrotechnic show from Japanese manufacturers awaits its guests. Hundreds of pyrotechnic charges will be launched from four barges, the largest of which reaches a caliber of 600 mm.