YEAR

2018

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PLACE

The State Hermitage, Saint-Petersburg

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ACTIVITY

• Playwright

• DIrector

• Stage design

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DESCRIPTION

The Base of the play is one single day, which Savva spent with a ingenious modern composer Oleg Karavaichuk in July 2014. In two years Karavaichuk died. In February 2018 in the State Hermitage in Saint-Petersburg Savva gathered all persons who were mentioned by the Composer during that summer day. They were honored artists and salesman from the street-market, personal driver and old friends, neighbors and fans. 15 people during one evening told the story of Karavaichuk's amazing life. The place of the performance was State Hermitage because here is the emperor's piano only Karavaichuk was allowed to play. The on-line version of the play was followed by 10 000 users.

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CAST

Chulpan Khamatova, Ksenia Rappoport, Marina Neelova, Kira Muratova, Savva Saveliev and others 

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