The Cannes festival has ended.

Tatyana Mikhalkov, the General producer of the festival Tatiana Shumova

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Tatiana Mikhalkova with fashion designer Claude Bonucci

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Tatiana Mikhalkova again became a participant of the Festival of Russian art, which for the nineteenth time was held in Cannes. Tatiana Evgenievna — permanent guest of the festival. She came here several times with my husband, Nikita Sergeyevich Mikhalkov was raised with him on the famous steps of the Palais des Festivals do not just represent on the Cote d’azur your Fund “Russian silhouette”, and watched as her son Artem is on the forum the award-winning films of their film festival debuts “Movement”. Over the years, Mikhalkov already began to learn French spectators who come to watch the festival events from around the côte d’azur. This is not surprising because Tatiana remains faithful to his style: black dress, black bow in hair and a bright shawl.

Alexander Oleshko

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Alexander Oleshko

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Not missing this festival and the singer Maria Maksakova, a company which often is her mother, the famous actress Lyudmila Maksakova. This year Maria performed at the Grand gala concert “Russian night”, hitting the audience by slender figure (after all, Mary only four months ago became a mother for the third time). And at the concert in the local Church for her on the piano and was accompanied by his son Ilya, who with six years of professional experience in music.

Maria Maksakova with her son Elijah and husband Denis Boronenkov

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Not once came to the festival and Alexander Oleshko trust management of “Russian nights”. Last year the actor also flashed, singing the evening songs of Alexander Vertinsky. And this year Oleshko turned into Charlie Chaplin.

Each year the festival represents one of the regions of Russia. This time the guest of Cannes was Khakassia, where they came from Khakas Ensemble of dance “kun Susa” and the song and dance Ensemble Ulger. Not without the famous Russian ballet, which was presented by students of the Moscow choreographic school. Lavrovsky, soloists of the Bolshoi theater and musical theater.Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko. Russian vocal art traditions were presented by the students of the Academy of young singers of Mariinsky theatre: the concert was held on the terrace of a luxury Villa Domeng” with a beautiful view of the sea. Also in the program of the festival includes film screenings, exhibition on the history of Russian cinema (with costumes from the fairy tale “Barbara, Beauty, long braid” and “frost,” the storyboards of Sergei Bondarchuk “War and peace”), exhibition of young artists.

Maria Maksakova with her son Ilya

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Was held with great success and the traditional gala concert “Russian night, at which honorary reward in the French cultural figures who contributed to the development of Russian-French cultural ties. In past years the award was given to Maurice Druon and Pierre Cardin, Charles Aznavour and Patricia Kaas. This time the statue of work of Zurab Tsereteli presented the ballet master of the Faith, Boccadoro. She has set ballets on the Russian stage, and even worked as a choreographer on the popular Soviet film “31 June.”