RCS Haven E-Bulletin - June 2012

 

 

This issue contains a round-up of Russian or connected to Russia events in Scotland and throughout the rest of the UK in the month of June and job vacancies and  announcements.
RCS Haven is welcoming anyone who is interested in studying Russian language, literature and culture. We have English and Russian language lessons. There are a library, Art studio for children and Web-design Studio.

Also, the centre provides consultations in law, finance and other aspects of work and business in Russia and Britain.

 

Thanks to an initiative by Jenny Carr, organiser of The Scotland-Russia Forum, with support of Glasgow City Council and in cooperation with Russian centre Haven, the first-in-Scotland Russian Club opened its doors for secondary school students in Shawlands Academy on the 23rd of May. The purpose of the Club is to promote Russian culture and language. It is achieved through adventurous educational journeys and creative projects. We visit theatres, communicate with peers from Glasgow’s twin-city Rostov, we “launched” the club travel agency “Golden tours” and do virtual tours to Russia – this is how we learn language and contemporary Russian culture and this is just the beginning. We are planning dozens of other exciting events from film shooting to travel to Russia.

Teachers from the Russian School at Russian centre Haven are organising the classes.

Dear parents of children of 11-15 years old, we welcome your Russian speaking kids to our Club. This is a tremendous way to make new friends, exchange language skills and have a great time.

 

Please note that the language classes in Russian Centre in Scotland Haven and its Russian school will be closed after 23rd June.

Our Russian and English language classes for adults will resume after the summer break on Monday 3rd September.

Russian school for children in Glasgow reopens on 25th August. The school’s lessons will take place on Saturdays, at The Adelphi Centre, 12 Commercial Road, Glasgow, G5 0PQ. (Map)

Children may be enrolled in the school by telephone, on 0141 552 2144 or by e-mail at: [email protected]

 

 

 

   Jobs in Scotland 

   Russian-speaking jobs

   Regular events in Scotland

   Events in Glasgow

   Events in Edinburgh

   Events in the rest of the UK

 

 

 

The job search facility on the RCS Haven website collects vacancies from Scottish, British and Russian employers, and makes them searchable by keyword. It can be accessed by clicking here, but below is a selection of some of the wide range of jobs currently being advertised through the website:

 

Senior Mechanical Engineer/ Scotland/ £45. 000 per annum.
My client is a world-leading wave energy company which is developing its wave energy device to produce clean, sustainable energy from ocean waves. The company has a skilled team of over 60 staff, all working to make wave energy a mainstream form of more...

Field Sales Account Manager / BDM - (Printer /Copier Solutions)
JobTitle: Commercial Field Sales Executive / Sales Account Manager Territory: Edinburgh, East Lothian (Scotland) Basic: £20,000 - £30,000 negotiable OTE: £50,000 - £55,000 OTE (uncapped) Benefits: Company car or £5400 car allowance, laptop, more...

Area Manager - North Scotland
As the Area Manager you will have full accountability and ownership of circa 10-12 sites. You will be responsible for driving the profitability, customer service and business generation for your region. You MUST come from a multi-site retail more...

Field Service Engineer - Scotland
Field Service Engineer - Marine Electronics - Scotland £35K circa + Car + Phone + Laptop Dynamite Recruitment are proud to be representing a well established Marine Electronics company with their search for a Field Service Engineer. The role more...

It Sales Specialist
IT SALES SPECIALIST Salary: c£30k ote £60k + Car / Allow + Usual Benefits Location: Scotland Our client is one of the UKs Leading IT Services Companys specialising in all facets of software management. They offer a complete solutions package to more...

 

Accounts Assistant-Bulgarian or Russian Language
Accounts Assistant with Russian or Bulgarian Language £15000 - £18000 + parking and benefits Temp to Perm Godalming, Surrey An Accounts Assistant is required in the Tax Department with either Bulgarian or Russian language on a temp to perm basis more...

Senior Credit Analyst - Russian Speaker
A large city based International bank are looking to recruit a degree educated Russian speaking individual who has acquired a minimum of 2 years previous Credit analysis or risk management work experience within a banking environment. Preferably, more...

Consultant / Project Manager- Fluent German/ French/ Russian
Consultant / Project Manager- Fluent German/French/Russian Our client is a leading operational improvement firm, working with clients around the world to improve their processes and financial performance. For more than 65 years its mission has been more...

Russian, Flemish, German, Turkish, Norwegian &Mandarin Frontline Cust
Frontline Customer Service Representatives ( Turkish, Russian, Flemish, German, Mandarin, Norwegian) Our client Is a leading outsourcing company with an international client base from Telecoms to gaming and online service providers. They pride more...

Russian speaking Regional Business Manager
Job Title: Russian speaking Regional Business Manager - Marketplaces for Russia and CIS region Skills: Fluent Russian, experience with financial markets/business development Salary: 2,000,000 - 3,600,000 RUB gross p.a. + 12-15% AIP. Location: more...

 

 

 

The following Scottish churches hold regular/semi-regular Orthodox services (all welcome):

Glasgow: The Parish of St. Kentigern (Russian Orthodox). Services held in Govan Old Church, 866 Govan Road, Glasgow, G51 3UU.

Edinburgh: Orthodox Community of St. Andrew (a mixture of Orthodox faiths. Services held in the Chapel of St. Andrew, 2 Meadow Lane, Edinburgh, EH8 9NR.

 

Art lessons for children are undergoing in RCS Haven. Under supervision of experienced teachers, a professional artist and a specialist in early development, children study the basics of drawing and painting, language development and drama. All children are welcome on Wednesdays from 5pm till 7pm. 

RCS Haven, 11 Duke Street, Glasgow, G4 0UL, Т. 0141 5522144

 

Cafe Cossachok, 10 King Street, Glasgow, G1 5QP

Restaurant opens: 6pm. Concert begins: 9pm

Tickets: £6.00 per person. Bookings: 0141 553 0733

 

Classes for those who want to study Russian and English language.

Russian lessons on Mondays 5:30pm

English lessons on Saturdays 1pm

Russian Centre Haven, 11 Duke Street, Glasgow, G4 0UL, [email protected]

 

Sharmanka are a unique and award-winning theatre group. Their beautifully carved figures perform an incredible dance to haunting music and light, telling the funny and tragic stories of the human life and spirit. Booking essential.

Sharmanka Kinetic Theatre, 103 Trongate, Glasgow, G1 5HD, Bookings: 0141 552 7080

 

Films in Russian with English subtitles. No booking required.

Scotland-Russia Institute, 9 South College St, Edinburgh EH8 9AA

T. 0131 668 3635

 

 

Friday 8 June 2.00pm

Following the death of his close friend, Victor Hartmann in 1873, Musorsgky attended an exhibition of his work and was inspired to compose a piano suite depicting some of the paintings, drawings and designs that he had seen there. The suite became a potent example of his Russian nationalist sentiments and his desire to ‘realistically’ capture pictorial ideas in music. It cried out to be arranged for orchestra, and one who took up the challenge was Ravel, who made his remarkable orchestration in 1922. Ravel’s spectacular scoring of Musorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition comes in Stephen Johnson’s focus, and the BBC SSO gives a complete performance.

Glasgow City Halls: Grand Hall, Glasgow, G1 1NQ. t. 0141 353 8000

 

Sat 9 June 3pm

Recital by Oksana Mavrodii (soprano) and Anna Mavromatidi (piano)

St Bride's Episcopal Church, 69 Hyndland Road, GLASGOW, G12 9UX

 

Sun 10 June 9pm

Oleg Ponomarev (violin), Lev Atlas (violin) and Nigel Clark (guitar) in a pre-release premier of tracks from the new KOSHKA CD - 'Hunderwasser', which is due to be launched during Glasgow Merchant City Festival 2012. Featuring young vocalist Maria Atlas.

Russian Café-Gallery Cossachok . 10 King Street, Glasgow, G1 5QP. t: 0141 553 0733

 

Sun 17 June 6.30pm

Sacred and secular Russian music from across the centuries, including pieces by Gureka and Tanayev. Part of the West End Festival.

St Peter's RC Church, 46 Hyndland Street, Glasgow, G11 5PS

 

Sat 23 - Sun 24 June 12pm–8pm

For over 20 years this huge outdoor festival has been celebrating the traditions of Glasgow's many and varied immigrant communities with a mix of international music, dance, activities and stalls. Part of the West End Festival.

Kelvingrove Park, Otago Street, Glasgow, G3 6BY. t: 0141 302 2845

 

14 May–25 June To be confirmed

Exhibition organised by Artlink featuring work made in hospital settings in collaboration with radiographers, including x-rays of everyday objects.

The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh

The Pelican Gallery 51 Little France Crescent Old Dalkeith Roadб Edinburgh, EH16 4SA. t: 0131 536 1000

Sat 26 May – Sat 30 June

This is an exhibition of spectacular paintings by a group of established artists from St Petersburg: Boris Borsch, Veronika Leontyeva, Vladimir Rogozin, Nadia Vinogradova and Anatoly Zaslavskiy. The exhibition has been organised by one of the artists, Veronika Leontyeva.

Scotland-Russia Institute, 9 South College St, Edinburgh. EH8 9AA.

 

Wed 13 June 6.30pm

A bird's eye view of what has happened from a journalist who has lived in Russia for nearly all that time and seen the changes at the first hand. Ben Aris will look at the rise of the middle class, the macroeconomic situation now and the prospects for the direction of reforms and political developments in the future.  He first gave a version of this talk at the BRIC summit in 2011 in China where he was later invited to speak as an official member of the Russian delegation.
Light refreshments. All welcome but booking essential: please book here  t: 0131 668 3635

Lecture Theatre 2, University of Edinburgh Business School, 29 Buccleuch Place, Edinburgh EH8 9JS. 

 

 

Thu 14 - Sat 16 June

St Andrews Opera and Bloomsbury Opera present Tchaikovsky's magnificent Russian opera sung in an English translations.

Byre Theatre, Abbey Street, St Andrews, KY16 9LA. t: 01334 475000

 

Fri 1 Jun – Fri 31 Aug

Paintings by Russian artists including Ilya Zomb and Maria Stcherbinina.

Balman Gallery, Town Hall Buildings, Princes Street, Corbridge, NE45 5AD. t: 01434 634629

Sat 2 – Fri 8 June

Created by director-choreographer Daniele Finzi Pasca, this dance-theatre work incorporating aerial acrobatics, circus magic and multimedia illusions, celebrates the writings and philosophy of Russian playwright Anton Chekhov.

Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London, SE1 8XX. t: 0844 875 0073

Sat 9 June 6.30pm

Storytellers Michael Loader and Rebecca Smart and musician Martin Solomon present magnificent Russian tales of shape shifting and transformations.

St George's Bristol, Great George Street, Bristol, BS1 5RR. t: 0845 402 4001

 

Sat 9, Sun 10 June

Robin Browning and Alex Fryer conduct Prokofiev's Symphony No 5, Rachmaninov's Rhapsody On A Theme Of Paganini, Mosolov's The Iron Foundry and Korsakov's Overture On Three Russian Themes. With soloist Paul Gardner.

Turner Sims Concert Hall, Southampton University, University Road, Southampton, SO17 1BJ. t: 023 8059 5151

Mon 11 June 7.00pm
Talk
Language: In English

Phoebe Taplin is a British freelance journalist who spent five years exploring Moscow and the surrounding countryside. With this talk and a slideshow, Phoebe Taplin will share a few of the 200 walks she led and wrote while in Moscow, including urban strolls, forest hikes and easy day trips from the city.

Pushkin House, 5A Bloomsbury Square, London, WC1A 2TA.  t: 0207 269 9770.

 

Theatre in Russian Prisons - A talk by director Alex Dower
Tue 12 June 7.30pm
Talk
Language: In English

A remarkable theatre project in Perm’s Prison Colony 29 in 2009 marked a watershed in the development of artistic rehabilitative programs in Russian prisons.In September this year Alex is returning to work in a prison for teenage girls in Ryazan.

Pushkin House, 5A Bloomsbury Square, London, WC1A 2TA.  t: 0207 269 9770.

 

Wed 13 – Sat 30 June

Antony McDonald's staging of Tchaikovsky's atmospheric tragedy. Starring Carl Tanner as the obsessive Hermann and Anne-Marie Owens as the mysterious Countess. Conducted by Stephen Barlow. Sung in Russian with English subtitles.

English Heritage: Northington Grange, Alresford, SO24 9TG. t: 01962 737366

 

Kopeikin Meets London
Thu 14 June – Thu 5 July
Exhibition

Nikolay Kopeikin/Edward Lucie-Smith
London Collectors Club
Language: In English

This exhibition of renowned Russian artist Nikolay Kopeikin is organised by the London Collectors Club. The artist will be visiting London in our Olympic year; his works will include a new series about the legendary 19th century Russian poet Alexander Pushkin. Kopeikin’s humour is international and reflects the artist’s increasing interest in the world outside Russia.

Pushkin House, 5A Bloomsbury Square, London, WC1A 2TA.  t: 0207 269 9770.

 

Fri 15 June – Sat 14 July

A display of conceptual landscape drawings by the Russian-born artist, exploring the duality of dark and light.

Erarta Galleries, 8 Berkeley Street, London, W1J 8DN. t: 020 7499 7861

 

Fri 15 - Sun 17 June

Talk

Speaker: Rosamund Bartlett
Author and translator Rosamund Bartlett will be discussing the lives of two very different writers who had an abiding affection for each other. Her illustrated talks will provide a political and cultural background to these literary colossi.

Stonehill House. Abingdon. OX14. t: 07793 240 867

 

Mon 18 June 6.30pm

RBCC London's next event will take place on SJ Berwin's roof terrace with magnificent views across the River Thames.

Sj Berwin Office, 10 Queen Street Place, London, EC4R 1BE , t;0207 931 6455

 

Fri 22 June 7pm

Storytelling of a Russian fairytale with Ben Haggarty.

York Theatre Royal, St Leonard's Place, York, YO1 7HD. t: 01904 623568

’The Zemstva Postal Stamps of Imperial Russia’ Ian Roberts
Tue 26 June 7pm
Talk
Language: In English

This talk will begin with an account of the setting up of the Zemstva postal services in Russia which began to issue postage stamps from the mid-1860s until the Russian Revolutions of 1917. It will continue with an account of the gradual development of the services which included varying methods of production of the stamps, and it will be illustrated by a selection of some of the stamps and the use made of them.

Pushkin House, 5A Bloomsbury Square, London, WC1A 2TA.  t: 0207 269 9770.

 

Vladimir Nabokov's The Tragedy of Mister Morn
Tue 26, Wed 27 June 7.30pm
Performance
AT PUSHKIN HOUSE
PUSHKIN CLUB PROGRAMME
Language: In English

A play by one the 20th century’s greatest authors published in English for the first time! Brand new translation for Penguin by Thomas Karshan and Anastasia Tolstoy . Holly Maples directs the rehearsed reading.

Pushkin House, 5A Bloomsbury Square, London, WC1A 2TA.  t: 0207 269 9770.

 

 

Thank you for reading this bulletin; we hope you have found it interesting, useful and enjoyable. If you have any news or events that you would like us to highlight in future editions, please contact us at the address below.

T. +44 (0)141 552 2144     - [email protected]