The Circle of Light festival will take place in Moscow for the 7th time and promises to become one of the most spectacular events of the fall. All performances, as well as training seminars by lighting design masters, will be held at city venues in a publicly accessible free format.
This year the Circle of Light will take place at six venues. The opening ceremony of the festival will take place on September 23 in Ostankino. The country's main television tower celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. Using 3D projection technology, viewers will see it transformed into the seven tallest buildings in the world. The famous skyscrapers and television towers of France, the UAE, Canada, the USA, China, Japan and Australia will appear against the backdrop of the natural attractions of these countries.
Fountains, burners, and lighting devices will be installed on the territory of the Ostankino pond. Guests will see a pyrotechnic and multimedia show, as well as an ice performance for which an ice rink has been installed.
Theater Square uses the facades of the Bolshoi and Maly theaters. Here, viewers will be shown two thematic light shows: “Celestial Mechanics” - about loneliness and love, and “Timeless” - plots based on the works of outstanding Russian playwrights. Also, the works of the finalists will be shown on the facades of leading theaters in Russia. international competition ArtVision, held as part of the festival.
In Tsaritsyno Park every day from 19:30 to 23:00, visitors will see the impressive audiovisual performance “Palace of Feelings” on the Bolshoi building Catherine Palace and a mesmerizing light and sound show of fountains on Tsaritsynsky Pond. On September 24, the art group SOPRANO by Mikhail Turetsky will perform here. On the remaining days of the festival, unique vocals women's team will be recorded and accompanied by video projections on the façade of the palace. September 25 National artist Dmitry Malikov will give solo concert. During the festival, the Tsaritsyno Museum-Reserve will be decorated with installations from the world's leading lighting designers.
The events will also take place at two indoor venues. On September 24, the “Art Vision VJing” competition will take place in the “Mir” theater and concert hall, where teams from different countries will compete in the skill of creating light images to music. And on September 23 and 24, at the Digital October center, lighting designers and creators of laser installations will give free educational lectures.
The Circle of Light festival will be concluded by the first Japanese pyrotechnics show in Russia, which will be held in the Stroginskaya floodplain on September 27. The charges of Japanese fireworks are much larger than usual, each shot is fired manually, and the design is unique.
See the festival program on the website.
Theater and musical classics, masterpieces of the world's high-rise architecture, the world of human feelings and the natural pearls of the planet will form the basis for the scenarios of light and music shows that will be held in the capital from September 23 to 27 as part of the VII Moscow International Festival "Circle of Light".
The Circle of Light festival will take place in Moscow for the seventh time and promises to become one of the most spectacular events of the coming autumn. According to tradition, all performances, as well as training seminars by lighting design masters, are held at city venues in a publicly accessible free format, annually attracting an audience of millions, including residents of Moscow and the Moscow region, Russian and foreign tourists. Thus, in 2016, “Circle of Light” achieved record attendance figures - more than 6 million people in five days.
In 2017, the Circle of Light will be held at six venues. The opening ceremony of the festival will take place on September 23 in Ostankino. The country's main television tower celebrates its half-century anniversary this year. Technology for projecting three-dimensional images onto an architectural object - video mapping will allow the birthday girl to “try on” the images of the seven tallest buildings in the world. The famous skyscrapers and television towers of France, the UAE, Canada, the USA, China, Japan and Australia will appear before the audience against the backdrop of the natural attractions of these countries, due to the Year of Ecology taking place in Russia. Fountains, burners, and lighting devices will be installed on the Ostankino pond. Guests will be presented with an extraordinary multimedia show combining light, lasers, choreography of fountains and fire, as well as a grandiose pyrotechnic show. An ice rink will be built on the pond for figure skaters to perform.
Theater Square, familiar to regular viewers of the Circle of Light, will use the façades of both the Bolshoi and Maly theaters for performances for the first time this year. All days of the festival, two thematic light shows will be shown here: “Celestial Mechanics” - about loneliness and love, and “Timeless” - plots based on the works of outstanding Russian playwrights. Also on the facades of leading theaters in Russia will be shown the works of the finalists of the international competition Art Vision, held as part of the festival.
In Tsaritsyno Park every day, from 19:30 to 23:00, visitors will be able to see the impressive audiovisual performance “Palace of Senses” on the building of the Great Catherine Palace and a mesmerizing light and music show of fountains on Tsaritsyno Pond. On September 24, the art group SOPRANO by Mikhail Turetsky will perform here, and on the remaining days the unique vocals of the female group will be heard in recordings, accompanying video projections on the facade of the palace. The next day, September 25, People's Artist of Russia Dmitry Malikov will give a concert. » Tsaritsyno Park will be decorated with amazing installations from the world’s leading lighting designers throughout the festival period.
The finale of the Circle of Light festival will be a grandiose fireworks display - the first Japanese pyrotechnics show in Russia, which will be held in the Stroginskaya floodplain on September 27. To do this, barges will be installed on the water, on which pyrotechnic installations will be placed. The charges of Japanese fireworks are much larger than usual, each shot is made manually, and the design is individual. They will open at an altitude of 500 meters, and the diameter of the light domes will be about 240 meters.
Festival events will be held in parallel at two indoor venues. On September 24, the “Art Vision VJing” competition will be held at the “Mir” theater and concert hall, where teams from different countries will compete in the skill of creating light images to music. And on September 23 and 24, the Digital October Center will host free educational lectures by lighting designers and creators of laser installations.
From September 20 to 24, 2019, the international festival “Circle of Light” will be held in Moscow.
Moscow international festival Circle of Light is an annual event in which lighting designers and audiovisual experts from around the world transform architectural appearance capital Cities.
For several days in September, Moscow will once again turn into a center of attraction for light, colorful large-scale video projections will unfold on its iconic buildings, fabulous installations will illuminate the streets, and fantastic multimedia shows using light, fire, lasers and fireworks will give unforgettable experience and bright emotions.
The festival, which began in 2011 with three small venues, becomes more vibrant and impressive every year. The number of platforms, the skill of visual effects, and the number of viewers who never tire of sharing their photographs, videos and real emotions are growing. in social networks. The festival's visual effects include streams of light, video projections, laser shows, light shows and pyrotechnic displays. Water and fire special effects are also used. The scale of the performances is also striking - in 2017 there was a show on the main building of Moscow State University named after. Lomonosov exceeded 40,000 square meters. This year, light shows will be shown at seven venues. They will demonstrate their skills the best masters video mapping.
You can come and enjoy the performances for free - admission to all festival sites is free.
Program of the festival “Circle of Light 2019”»
The venues for the Light Festival 2019 in Moscow will be Grebnoy Canal, Teatralnaya Square, Kolomenskoye, Ostankino Park, Victory Museum, complex of buildings on Sakharov Avenue, Arbat Hall, Polytechnic Museum and Digital October Center.
Rowing Canal (opening)
The opening of the festival will take place September 20 on the Rowing Canal, where viewers will be shown the multimedia light musical “Seven Notes”.
September 21, 22 at 19:45— reruns of the show “Seven Notes”
September 24 at 20:30– light and pyrotechnic show “Code of Unity”
How to get there: From the Molodezhnaya metro station take bus No. 229 to the “Grebnoy Canal” stop or bus No. 691 to the “Krylatsky Most” stop. From the Krylatskoye metro station, take bus No. 829 to the “Grebnoy Kanal” stop or trolleybus No. 19 to the “Krylatsky Most” stop.
theatre square
This year Theater Square will use the facades of three theaters for light shows: Bolshoi, Maly and RAMT. The three buildings will allow for a panoramic 270-degree video projection.
Schedule
How to get there: pl. Teatralnaya, Okhotny Ryad metro stations, Revolution Square, Teatralnaya
Kolomenskoye
During the festival, the Kolomenskoye Museum-Reserve will once again turn into a “Fairy Tale Park” - a place where it is especially pleasant to come with the whole family and plunge into Magic world light illusions and adventures. The territory of the Fairy Tale Park, covering an area of more than one and a half hectares, will be filled with light installations and video mapping shows on the facades of buildings.
Schedule
- September 20 – 24 19:30 – 23:00 – “Fairy Tale Park”
- September 22nd 20:00 – concert by Dmitry Malikov
How to get there: metro station "Kolomenskaya".
Victory Museum
ONLY ART VISION MODERN COMPETITORS AND THE JURY WILL BE PRESENT AT THE FESTIVAL SITE!
Ostankino Park
Guests of Ostankino Park will be amazed to find themselves there during the Circle of Light festival. After all, their favorite place will open for them a new, fantastic science - “Geometry of Light”!
Schedule
How to get there: Park-estate Ostankino, 1st Ostankino st., no.5. VDNH metro station
Digital October
Within educational program On September 21 and 22 at the Digital October Center, leading experts in lighting design and video projection from around the world will share their experience in implementing large-scale projects, talk about the pitfalls of the organizational process of lighting performances, discuss technical innovations and current trends. The program includes workshops, panel discussions and lectures.
Schedule
How to get there: emb. Bersenevskaya, 6, building 3, metro stations Kropotkinskaya, Polyanka
ARBAT HALL
On Saturday evening, fans of club music will enjoy the Arbat Hall concert hall, where an international light and music party will take place - a creative competition between VJs from different corners world - participants in the “VJing” nomination of the “ART VISION” competition.
Schedule
COMPLEX OF BUILDINGS ON Ave. AK. SAKHAROV
The facades of the buildings of the International Investment Bank complex will become the space for a combined video projection and laser show, unique in its scale even for the Circle of Light festival. In the history of the festival, laser projections have never been implemented on the facades of such an area. A 15-minute laser show and two video projection shows will be shown to the audience in a cyclic mode.
Schedule
How to get there: metro station Sretensky Bulvar, Chistye Prudy, Turgenevskaya, Red Gate, Sukharevskaya.
MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY
In the very center of Moscow, on the facade of the Polytechnic Museum, viewers will see two incredibly colorful performances - about the history of the oldest building in the capital and its future.
Schedule
Official website of the festival - https://lightfest.ru