Musical and poetic evening to mark the 80th anniversary of Sergei Nikitin in Germany from 11 to 18 April 2024

Tatiana, Sergey and Alexander Nikitin

"Everyone chooses for himself". Musical and poetic evening dedicated to the 80th anniversary of Sergey Nikitin.

In April you have a unique opportunity to attend an evening dedicated to the master's anniversary.

"We sing poetry" - this is the name of the concert programmes of the duo of Tatiana and Sergey Nikitin for many years. And in the last two decades Alexander Nikitin has joined the duo. Sergei Nikitin writes not just music to the verses of famous poets. He finds the only true musical solution, thanks to which the poems seem to gain wings and remain in the memory of listeners for a long time. Suffice it to recall - "Take me across the Maidan", "Dialogue at the New Year's tree", "Alexandra", "Snow is coming", "When we were young", "Brichmulla", "Rubber hedgehog". Thanks to him, someone discovered a new musical interpretation of the works of great poets, and for some people Nikitin's songs became the first acquaintance with the poems of Pasternak, Levitansky, Shpalikov, Samoilov, Sukharev, Bagritsky, Tarkovsky, Moritz, Yevtushenko, Ryzhego. And that's not to mention the classics from Shakespeare and Kipling to Pushkin and Fet.

"What Tatiana and I do is a special branch in the genre of author's song. It is a composer's or poetic song," is how Sergei Nikitin himself defines the vector of his work, which has been reflected in popular culture, theatre and cinema. The musical "Ali Baba and the Forty Robbers" with the participation of Veniamin Smekhov, Sergei Yursky, Oleg Tabakov, Armen Dzhigarkhanyan and other great artists in the TV version and on vinyl records is familiar to millions of people of several generations, what to say about the all-time favourite films "Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears", where Nikitin's music can be heard, and "The Irony of Fate", in which the main character sings with his voice, or about the legendary vinyl record of the Paul Moria Orchestra with the music of the song "To the Music of Vivaldi" released in the USSR, numerous cartoons and theatre productions.

An unforgettable and unique celebration of beautiful music and great poetry.