Berlin-Moscow activities for 2011: 20th anniversary of the Berlin-Moscow city partnership 12 January Meeting of the Berlin-Moscow Joint Committee (Berlin group) 30 January to 4 February The seminar Berlin-Moscow: Metropolises with a strong cultural sector brought together German and Russian journalists: a group of print and online journalists and media representatives from Moscow came to Berlin as part of a project organized by the European Academy Berlin and the Russian Academy for Civil Society in Moscow 24 to 27 February Specialist exchange on Vocational and social integration of people with disabilities in Berlin (specialist seminar with participants from Berlin s LaGeSo and Moscow s Foundation Co- Integration [NGO]) 9 March Organizational session of the Berlin Chamber of Notaries Moscow Committee 12 to 13 March Guest performance of Shukshin s Stories by Moscow s Theater of Nations at the Schaubühne in Berlin as part of the 10th Festival of International New Drama (F.I.N.D.) 13 to 18 March 44th Seminar of the Senate Department for the Interior and Sport in Berlin for a delegation from Moscow headed by Deputy Mayor Valery Vinogradov, with 10 prefects from all of Moscow s administrative districts, on Housing, transportation, the environment, and the administration as challenges facing large cities 17 March Berlin meets Moscow A visitberlin reception for journalists, travel industry representatives, and multipliers held at the German Embassy in Moscow in connection with the MITT tourism trade fair 19 to 21 April Specialist exchange on Vocational and social integration of people with disabilities in Moscow (with participation of LaGeSo, USE ggmbh, and Moscow s Foundation Co-Integration [NGO]) 26 April Concert (Janácek s Glagolitic Mass ) by the Rundfunkchor Berlin at the Moscow Easter Festival 16 to 19 May Walter Momper, President of the Berlin House of Representatives, and the presidium visit Moscow 23 to 29 May Berlin Days in Moscow 2011 Berlin s Governing Mayor visits Moscow (23 to 24 May 2011)
2 Opening event: Silent film gala featuring Fritz Lang s Metropolis, the Moscow City Symphony Orchestra Russian Philharmonic, and the Berlin conductor Fritz Strobel including presentation of trainee projects: - Hairdressers: Hairstyles in modern metropolises - Photographers: Exhibition on Fashion photography (23 May, 7:00 p.m., at the New Opera Theater, with an outdoor screening at the Hermitage Garden) School partnership day: Presentation on and discussion of the results of contacts between schools under the Berlin-Moscow city partnership (23 May 2011 at 11 a.m.; Kotelnicesky pereulok 5, House 8, 109172 Moscow) Reception at the invitation of the city of Moscow including presentation of trainee projects: - Pastry chefs: Birthday cakes Signing of agreements: Memorandum on friendship and cooperation between the Moscow city government and the Berlin Senate Program for cooperation in the area of general and vocational education Memorandum of Understanding between the Moscow and Berlin Chambers of Industry and Commerce Agreement on cooperation between the Moscow and Berlin Chambers of Notaries (24 May, 6:00 p.m., at Petrovsky Palace) Open-air photo exhibition: Berlin, 1880 1990: Life on the streets of the city (23 May [6:00 p.m.] to 5 June 2011: Strastnoi Boulevard) Moscow loves Berlin, Berlin loves Moscow event: Brandenburg Gate in Moscow (details starting on 15 April 2011 at www.beberlin.de) (23 May [6:00 p.m.] to 5 June 2011: Strastnoi Boulevard) Exhibition: A future for our past Archaeology and city planning in Berlin (24 May to 5 June at the White Chambers, Prechistenka 1) Colloquium: Archaeology and city planning on 24 May 2011 Working visit and exchange of information on employment, including a roundtable discussion on the topic of labor migration (23 to 25 May 2011) Business day in Moscow (conference and trip for business community) Major presentation on Berlin as a business location and on the following sectors: Health care industry, pharmaceuticals, medical technology Environmental technology, with a focus on renewable energy and energy efficiency Information technology and telecommunications Investors panel (23 to 25 May 2011; Moscow conference center)
Film festival: Moscow: Achtung Berlin! (Opens on 25 May 2011 with the Russian premiere of Drei by Tom Tykwer) (25 to 29 May 2011: Pioneer Cinema; program: new Berlin-related films; meetings with actors and producers; closing event: Film Night from 11:00 p.m. on 28 May to 4:00 a.m. on 29 May 2011) Ich bin ein Berliner! German-Russian alumni & friends event hosted by Berlin s Freie Universität, including the Russian premiere of In Berlin at Khudozhestvenny Cinema (24 May 2011, 7:00 to 10:00 p.m.) Dialogue on monuments: Soviet realism s architectural legacy Russian- German interaction after 1945 (One-day conference and excursion day) (25 to 26 May 2011) Berlin-Moscow Musical Encounter (Concert by young musical soloists from the Julius Stern Institute of Berlin s University of the Arts with the Gnessin Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra of Gnessin College) Program: Works by Niccolo Paganini, Max Reger, Felix Mendelsohn Bartholdy, Antonio Vivaldi, Franz Waxman, and Joseph Haydn (26 May 2011, 7:00 p.m.: Galina Vishnevskaya Opera Center) Quiz competition at Berlin partner schools in Moscow on How much do I know about Berlin? Event hosted by the Moscow Chamber of Notaries and the Berlin Chamber of Notaries 3 2 June Concert by the Berlin Symphony Orchestra in Moscow (Konzerthaus Berlin takes part in a Moscow festival) 10 to 12 June 5th German-Russian Festival in Berlin 6 to 28 June Young people from Berlin go to a summer camp organized by Moscow 4 to 7 July 8th seminar on social services (LaGeSo and the Department for Social Services) on promoting employment opportunities for people with disabilities in Moscow 1 to 21 August Metronaut exhibition: Photos of the Moscow Metro by Bernhard Ludewig in Café Moscow in Berlin 25 to 27 August A delegation from Moscow takes part in the EU project Integration Counseling (LaGeSo, USE ggmbh, Ms. Michailova, Ms. Kulick)
4 30 August to 2 September A delegation from the Moscow Department for Families and Youth takes part in the specialist seminar International Youth Exchanges in Berlin 25 September to 6 October 5 teachers from Berlin take part in a continuing education program for foreign language teachers in Moscow 4 to 14 October 5 young people from Moscow take part in the METEUM International Science Camp of the Technischer Jugendbildungsverein in Praxis e. V. on energy efficiency, environmental and climate protection, and alternative energy sources 7 to 14 October Youth Games (table tennis, ice hockey and chess) in Moscow 16 to 23 October 19 participants from Moscow make a study trip to Berlin to look at barrier-free urban planning in our city 6 to 26 November 5 teachers from Moscow visit Berlin to sit in on classes as part of a program of the KMK s (Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs of the German Federal States) exchange program for teachers 30 October to 5 November 45th Seminar of the Senate Department for the Interior in Berlin for specialists from Moscow s city administration; subject: Citizens, boroughs, and the Senate: The role played by politics, the administration, and the public in decision-making processes in Berlin 14 to 27 November: Moscow Days in Berlin 2011 Opening event: Concert by the Moscow chamber orchestra Moscow Virtuosos, conducted by Vladimir Spivakov (15 November 2011; 7:30 p.m. in the main hall of Konzerthaus Berlin) Berlin-Moscow Business Forum (16 November 2011; IHK Berlin) Open-air exhibition: The History of Moscow in Photographs (14 to 29 November 2011, Unter den Linden at the Humboldt Box) Anniversary exhibition of the Moscow House of Photography: 10 Years of the Silver Camera Moscow Photo Competition (17 to 29 November 2011; Russisches Haus der Wissenschaft und Kultur, Friedrichstrasse)
5 Photo exhibition: Quiet Resistance: Russian Pictorialism 1900-1930 (15 November to 18 December 2011; Martin Gropius Bau) Film series: Moscow in Film: The history of the Russian capital in documentaries and feature films from 1927 to 2077 (18 to 27 November; Zeughauskino, German Historical Museum) Trainee exchange and presentation of the results 2011 bilateral meeting of the Berlin-Moscow Joint Committee (15 to 16 November 2011) Seminar of the Labor Law working group on Working conditions and the social partnership between workers and employers in Berlin und Moscow The experiences and expectations of both sides (14 to 16 November 2011) Roundtable discussion of the Senate Department for Integration, Labour and Social Services on the subject of Labor migration in Berlin (14 to 16 November 2011) Moscow-Berlin Musical Encounter (Concert with soloists from the Moscow state music school Vladislav Blazhevich and prizewinners of the 3rd Blazhevich open competition for young musicians playing brass and percussion instruments, with a chamber orchestra from Berlin s Julius Stern Institute and a program of works by Russian and European composers) (17 November 2011: 7:00 p.m., Kleiner Saal, Konzerthaus Berlin) Joint Berlin-Moscow seminar on Architecture and the preservation of historic monuments Conference of colleges and universities in Berlin and Moscow School Partnership Day (15 November 2011; Anton-Saefow-Bibliothek [library], Anton-Saefkow-Platz 14, 10369 Berlin-Lichtenberg) Book exhibition by Moscow publishers on Moscow history and modernity and Children s literature (14 to 17 November 2011; Russisches Haus der Wissenschaft und Kultur) Joint event of the Berlin Chamber of Notaries and the Moscow Chamber of Notaries (14 to 16 November 2011) Exhibition: Moskau.Kunst.Berlin (work by Moscow artists who live in Berlin) (17 November to 15 February 2012; Opening on 16 November 2011; BVMW Bundesverband mittelständische Wirtschaft, Unternehmerverband Deutschlands e.v.)
6 15 to 16 December German-Russian conference on Charity A social phenomenon (organizers: con ventis and Paritätische Akademie des Freien Wohlfahrtsverbandes Deutschlands) 5 to 9 December Seminar on Barrier-free urban planning offered by Berlin s Senate Department for Urban Development and Moscow s Department for Social Services in Moscow (150 participants from Moscow and 5 speakers from Berlin) December Premiere of a coproduction by Berlin s Schaubühne and Moscow s Theater of Nations: Fräulein Julie in Moscow