Andrey Kulik, Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Korea, and Director of the Center for Regional Studies of the Asia-Pacific Region, Hanyang University, Om Guho, delivered a welcoming address. The Russian ambassador noted that the launch of the books takes place on the eve of the 150th anniversary of the birth of the prominent Russian composer Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninov. Thanking the authors of the publications and the team of the Pushkin House for preparing the books, as well as for the efforts aimed at developing friendly relations and mutual understanding between the peoples of Russia and Korea, Andrey Kulik expressed his confidence that the books ” they will allow you to plunge into the unique and most interesting world of Russian music and dance to get acquainted with the works of PI Tchaikovsky, NA Rimsky-Korsakov, DD Shostakovich, MI Glinka, SV .
It should be noted that the new books cover in detail the history of the heyday of opera and ballet in Russia from the 19th century to the present day, they tell about the artists who played the main roles in the world-famous Russian theatrical works of art. .
After the welcome speech, to the attention of the participants of the event, which brought together several dozen people, episodes of the main opera “Aleko” by Sergei Rachmaninov performed by talented Korean artists were presented.
