The II International Khlebnikovsky festival LADOMIR will be held in Kazan

From  April 18 to  20,  2013,     the  II International  Khlebnikovsky  festival  LADOMIR will be held in Kazan. This  forum is to become a kind of continuation of past in December   poetic festival named after N. Lobachevsky.  Velemir Khalebnikov   is  considered Reformer  of poetic language, one of theoreticians of Russian futurism and avantguard art, spent in Kazan  the most lasting period of his life  – about 10 years.

The program of  festival  includes  Festive of poetry in Kazan Federal (Volga)  university, roundtable  «Poet-budetlyanin  today: features to portrait», creative meetings with  famous poets:  Alexandr Timofeevsky, Evgenyi  Stepanov,Alexandr Pereverzin, Andrei Novikov, Vadim Terekhin, Evgenyi Kharitonov, Alexandr Navrotzky, Milosh Kamil Manasterky  (Poland), Arsen  Mirzoev, Evghenyi  Myakishev, Seva  Gurevich, Irina Goryunova,  Ruben Ishkhanyan  (Armenia), Tatyana Pertseva  (Finland), Maya Sheremetova  and other.

Kazan is represented  by  Aleksei Ostudin, Eduard Ucharov, Nuri Burnash, Natan Solodukho,  Aiart Bik-Bulatov, Alyana Karimova, Nail Ishmukhametov, Svetlana Grunis  and others.

Cultural program includes pedestrian walks  across historical places of Kazan, excursions  down Kazan Kremlin, RT National museum and National library and other.

For the first time public will see  stuffed animals made  by Velemir Khlebnikov and his father.

Organizer and coordinator of the festival  - Lilia Gazizova, ligazizova@mail.ru, +7 960 047 16 12.

Press service, RT Ministry of culture