Yves Saint Laurent, an iconic French fashion label that is synonymous with elegance, innovation and flair, showed its fall-winter 2011/2012 collection as part of Style.Uz Art Week at Tashkent's Radisson SAS Hotel. Presented to a full house, the glittering runway show was a feast for the eyes.
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On October 24 music legend Ennio Morricone, one of the world’s most influential composers and conductors, played an epic concert in Tashkent as part of Style.Uz Art Week, his first-ever appearance in Central Asia, in what was a major cultural milestone for Uzbekistan. The white grand piano, the choir and the Roma Sinfonietta orchestra performing under the baton of the genius of music made for a breathtaking and unforgettable experience.
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French comics artist Alexandre Clerisse showed his art on October 24 at the Center of National Arts as part of Style.Uz Art Week 2011. Visitors to the show had the opportunity to view works made with the use of computer graphics, pen and pencil. While full of humor and irony, the Frenchman’s art conveys artistic and philosophical messages.
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Tashkent’s Intercontinental Hotel on October 23 hosted a charity gala dinner, a fundraiser in support of 25 breast cancer patients slated to be provided with free medication and treatment. During the gala dinner Gulnara Karimova, the chairperson of the Fund Forum’s Board of Trustees, presented free ultrasound equipment certificates to the representatives of cancer clinics in Uzbek regions and the Republic of Karakalpakstan. The organizers of the gala dinner include the Fund Forum, the Women’s Council and “In the Name of Life” National Breast Cancer Association.
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The first day of Art Week featured a joint concert by two prominent Russian musicians, opera star Dmitri Hvorostovsky and composer Igor Krutoy. Titled Déjà vu, the concert included songs in French, Italian and Russian.
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Style.Uz Art Week 2011 kicked off with the 6th Tashkent International Biennale of Contemporary Art which offers a string of major exhibitions. Following welcome speeches at the opening ceremony the sizable art-loving crowd scattered across the three showrooms on the first floor of the Youth Creativity Palace to see what this year’s Biennale has to offer.
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Today Tashkent has plunged into a cultural frenzy as the sixth Style.Uz Art Week has kicked off at the Youth Creaticity Palace, drawing nearly 3 thousand people despite a rainy day in an otherwise sunny country. Housed across the two floors of the Palace are exhibitions of photography, design, fashion as well as unusual installations. For six days in a row, camera lenses will be following the multitude of guests and participants of “the Event of 2011”. One of the Fund Forum’s most far-reaching projects, Style.Uz brings together motley crowds of people united in their love for exquisite art.
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The 6th Tashkent International Biennale of Contemporary Art to be held as part of Style.Uz Art Week 2011 will kick off on October 23 at p.m. The 9 exhibitions of contemporary art that make up the Biennale will feature photos, pictures and installations by Uzbek and international artists from Afghanistan, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, China, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, India, Indonesia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Poland, Russia, South Korea, Spain, Tajikistan, Turkey, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, the UAE, the USA and Uzbekistan. Organized by the Fund Forum, the Academy of Arts and the Ministry of Culture and Sports of Uzbekistan, the Biennale will also include a roundtable titled “Crisis or Transformation of Multiculturalism: the Biennale Space”.
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On October 24, world-famous Italian composer and conductor Ennio Morricone will take the stage at the Palace of International Forums in a joint concert with the National Symphonic Orchestra of Uzbekistan on the first day of Style.Uz Art Week. Up to 50% of tickets to the concert will be distributed among talented young people in Uzbekistan.
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