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SoCultures November 2018
India & Russia
You
ou have written an article on Russian pianist Aleksandr Scriabin, the famous
messiah of experimental music
music.
Scriabin is the only famous western classical music composer who wanted to stage
a concert in India. He actually worked on a major composition for India and
wanted to stage an extravagant sound and light performance on the banks of the
Ganges. He died in 1915, with his great dream unfulfilled
unfulfilled.
Russian countryside, nature
nature-rich
rich villages, rivers, green fields are simply
incredible. The twilight in Khabarovsk, Amur river, the dawn of a new day on
the Peter the Great Bay, near Vladivostok ar
are e things you have described in your
writings…please share your beautiful moments spent there
The Russian Far East is one the most sparsely populated places on earth. The
region has almost twice the landmass as India, but with a population of just six
million
on people. Since the nature is so pure in this part of the world, the landscapes
are breathtaking to say the least.
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