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The center of musical and cultural life of the city, Pushkin State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre was founded in 1935. In 2022 a new team headed by art director Alexey Trifonov took over the theater. In record time a new orchestra, La Voce Strumentale, was formed, and the opera and ballet troupes were replaced. Over the past year the theater has hosted three opera premieres - Gluck's Orpheus and Eurydice, Tchaikovsky's The Queen of Spades, Bizet's Carmen, and the world premiere of the ballet Terezin - Quartet to the music by prisoners of the Nazi concentration camps.

The orchestra and soloists have performed to great acclaim in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Samara, Tolyatti, Pushkinskiye Gory, Tonjong (South Korea) and the Berlin Philharmonic. The Opera and Ballet Theatre stages performances ranging from chamber music and symphonic programs to experimental opera and ballet productions. It carefully preserves traditions while also embracing new opportunities and technologies. The theater troupe features distinguished talents, honored artists of Russia, laureates of the Golden Mask Award, Tvorcheskaya Udacha (Creative Fortune) and Nizhny Novgorod Pearl awards. In 2022 the theater received a special jury prize of the National Theatre Award, Golden Mask, for "creative courage and team spirit".

The Red Swallow Publishing Press is a laboratory created by artists, linguists and media researchers. Red Swallow translates and publishes books that present concepts and ideas essential to the understanding of modernity. The publisher brings out books on new media, urban studies, screen and performing arts, language drama.

The publishing team explores how to share knowledge and structure humanities research that integrates the fields of cognitive science, language and text, IT, and media arts practice. Hito Steyerl’s Beyond Representation, translated by Evgenia Maleninskaya, was shortlisted for the B.A. Grushin Book Prize, Russia’s leading book prize in the field of the social sciences.

Rodina is the first independent streetwear brand in Nizhny Novgorod. It was founded by Artem Malyshev. The thing about the brand is that they make prints in Russian. Each piece of clothing has its own meaning and idea. The brand was founded in 2014, starting with a small line of logo t-shirts. Today, Rodina is a two-story store with its own clothing line that offers everything a modern man needs, from T-shirts to outerwear.

The brand has more than 10 franchise stores across Russia and an online store. Together with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Russia, Rodina has released the Rare Species collection to support endangered species of animals in Russia. Together with director Denis Semyakov, the brand even made a documentary called Dukh Ulits (Spirit of the Streets) about clothing production in Russia. In 2022 they released a limited clothing line in collaboration with the Kontinental Hockey League marking the 15th anniversary of the league.

Rumyantsev Bureau is an interior solutions bureau by Evgeny Rumyantsev. It is a brand of functional designer furniture made of expensive woods for modern living environments. The bureau is focused on the serial production of branded furniture lines, leaving the priority on the relevant design and high quality of products. It was founded in 2017, with the main production located in Nizhny Novgorod.

The bureau develops functional interior design solutions — simple and clear forms with an emphasis on ergonomics and comfort. They work with strong and durable materials, such as natural wood, metal, concrete and light. The brand has developed its own concrete mix without harmful components. In addition to tables and chairs, the bureau manufactures non-standard shaped lamps, entrance groups, suspensions made of metal and other interior items.

SHI-SHI is a Russian brand of women’s clothing and accessories founded in 2015 by designer Yulia Shinkareva. They designed "te samye" coats. The brand’s history began with a wool coat that made the front page of vogue.com and became a dream item in any woman’s wardrobe. SHI-SHI has its own production, a flagship store in Moscow and a head office in Nizhny Novgorod.

In 2016, SHI-SHI was included in the list of "12 Best Russian Outerwear Brands" by the Wonderzine fashion magazine. Since then, outerwear has entered the brand’s DNA and became recognizable and coveted. In 2021 the brand’s products appeared in a concept store in the luxury mall GUM, the Bolshoi shopping center in Yekaterinburg and online fashion retailer Lamoda.ru. Continuous work on quality improvement and love for each client are the two core values SHI-SHI is based on.

SOTA+ is a next-generation graphic design tool, based on an Artificial Intelligence platform. The project started in 2020 with the aim of creating a platform for creativity, where anyone, regardless of skills, can generate their own graphic designs. The template generator has been launched into the public domain. With this tool, you can generate graphics in one click. It allows you to pre-select the style, the proportions of the image, and offers tools for final customization.

SOTA+ also allows you to automate the production of motion graphics. By learning from a series of static images, the tool is able to generate animations of any duration and resolution. It also learns from user feedback, which means it can better understand the user's requests. As a result, creative teams can visualize the images they come up with faster, increasing the efficiency of work on graphic concepts.

The history of Select Studio began in 2017. Initially, the project was conceived as a multi-brand space with a select range of designers from around the world. Subsequently, Select Studio transformed into an independent clothing brand with its own production and a special approach to creating collections, the quality of fabrics, and manufacturing. Select Studio measures 150 sq.m. with 10 sewing machines in its own production and a growing team producing clothes for 4764 customers in more than 200 cities throughout Russia.

The brand's collections offer everything you need for the most comfortable outfits - classic pantsuits, casual dresses and dresses for special occasions, knitted basics and tracksuits. In each collection, the brand tells a new story that excites or inspires the team here and now. It is this passion that allows them to move forward. Even the basic clothes at Select Studio are vibrant and distinctive.

His love of Soviet posters and American pin-ups led the artist Valery Barykin to create his own style, Soviet Pin-Up. The artist gives new life to the social posters by adding the images of a frivolous beauty. In doing so, the he makes references to iconic works of Soviet art — from Alexander Deineka to Viktor Popkov, to recognizable Soviet films and everyday life scenes from Soviet reality.

In his work, Valery uses templates: first he makes collages from old photographs, then he redraws them depending on his idea. He often creates completely original works when they are sketched from start to finish. For some projects, photo shoots are arranged, where the scenes are recreated through photos and then turned into artwork by the artist. You can also find a lot of humor, self-irony, and complex themes in his works. His characters show emotions and feel alive.