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Actors' photo exhibition, 34th Anniversary. 29 Nov 2013 - event in Kazakhstan - My Destination Kazakhstan

Actors' photo exhibition, 34th Anniversary. 

The exhibition features approximately 60 black-and-white as well as colour photographs of beloved and respected artists.

The opening of the exhibition will be Friday 29 November at 18.00. The exhibition will run until 19 December 2013 and during the programme there will also be a gathering with the protagonists, the photographic duo of father and daughter Valeriy and Olga Korenchuk.

Actors' photo exhibition, 34th Anniversary. 29 Nov 2013 - event in Kazakhstan - My Destination Kazakhstan

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Santa Claus competition

ESENTAI MALL ANNOUNCES A COMPETITION FOR THE POSITION OF SANTA CLAUS

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Santa Claus - the main character on a fabulous New Year's celebration in Esentai Mall. 

Duties Santa Claus:

• Meet, socialize and be photographed with the youngest visitors Esentai mall
• Raskazyvat interesting stories from the life of Great Ustyug ( don't know what this is) 
• Be able to assess children's Christmas poems
• Know all the Christmas fairy-tale characters and their stories
• Check personal mailbox and respond to children's letters
• Kindle first Christmas tree with their children
• Hold various contests Christmas.

Personality:
Kind, responsible, cheerful and honest

Place of work: 
The city of Almaty. Esentai mall. Kingdom of Santa Claus. Atrium, 2nd floor.

Letters of recommendation from grandchildren welcome

Please send your resume with photo to November 29, 2013 to the email address: marketing@esentaimall.com

Contact phone: +7 727 331 00 06

I think it would be great for the expat children if the chosen Santa could also speak  English... dont you agree? 

Pop Up Store at Esentai Mall

The Almaty Pop Up Store 

1-17 December 

Esentai Mall

The Royal Ballet of London in Almaty

 The Royal Ballet of London will perform Giselle in Almaty 

Giselle is the quintessential Romantic ballet. It transformed the dance world when it was first performed in Paris in 1841 and remains at the centre of the classical repertory. Although the choreography and designs have undergone many changes over the years, the essence of Giselle remains the same. The Royal Ballet’s production uses Marius Petipa’s classic version (after the original choreography by Jules Perrot and Jean Coralli), first staged in St Petersburg in 1884.

Location 

State Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet Abai , 110 Kabanbai Batyra , Almaty

26 November at 19:00

5-7 December 3 great concerts, organized by the German General Consulate

The Consulate General of Germany in Almaty offers, with the support of local partners (State Zhambyl Philharmony, National Kurmangasy Conservatory) and sponsors are inviting you to 3 musical encounters to celebrate the beginning of the Christmas-winter season with the German conductor Kerstin Behnke (Berlin) and the soloists Milena Juhl and Sönke Tams Freier (Conservatory Lübeck, Germany).

The Schedule

1) Thursday, December 5th, 2013, 7 p.m., National Kurmangasy-Conservatory Almaty:

Festive Music from Baroque and the contemporary

(Franz Tunder, Dietrich Buxtehude, Johann Sebastian Bach, Francis Poulenc)

Soloists: Milena Juhl, Sönke Tams Freier (Germany)

Students of the National Kurmangasy conservatory

Address: Abilai Xhan, between Kabanbai Batir and Bogenbai

Tickets at evening box office - free entrance for students –

or immediately at the Consulate General of Germany (see mail address beneath)

2) Friday, December 6th, 6.30 p.m., Zhambyl-Philharmony:

Famous men - strong women (Berlin programme)

Compositions for choir and orchestra, XIX century

(Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Robert Schumann, Elfrida Andrée, Emilie Mayer)

Soloists: Milena Juhl, Sönke TamsFreier (Germany),

State Philharmonic Zhambyl - Zhambyl-Philarmonie, Almaty

Address: ul. Tole Bi - Kaldayakov

Tickets at evening box office

or immediately at the Consulate General of Germany (see mail address beneath)

3) Saturday, December 7th, 6.30 p.m. Catholic Holy Trinity Church (Церковь Пресвятой Троицы), Almaty:

 Christmas Concert

Address: ul. Tlendieva, 9 - Алматы, ул. Тлендиева 9

Free entrance - mulled wine and Christmas sweets offered by the Consulate General

- Tickets for Thursday, 5th and Friday 6th December may be ordered from now on through the Consulate General:

 mail: info@almaty.diplo.de

Further information:

Consulate General of Germany, phone tél. 262-83-41 or info@almaty.diplo.de.

The German Consulate thanks their sponsors for their valuable support:

Asian Beer Company/Botchonok, Gold Produkt, HeidelbergCement, Interconti Almaty, Kühne&Nagel Ibrakom, Lufthansa, Metro, Siemens.

Haileybury School Choir performance at Esentai Mall

The Haileybury School Choir will perform at Esentai Mall on the 22nd of November at 16:00 
Location 2nd floor, Esentai Mall, Admission is free 

The Clay house gallery exhibition 22 November

 

Munabiya and Shahidka by Kazat Akmatov

2nd Open Central Asia Literature Festival - 2013 London

Kazat Akmatov’s latest publication in English was presented by Laura Hamilton, editor of its translation from Russian.

Regrettably, due to ill health, the author was unable as intended, to attend the launch.   

The book contains two novellas: Munabiya and Shahidka, originally published in Bishkek in 1987and 2010 respectively. Following the Thirteen Steps towards the Fate of Erika Klaus, it offers English speakers another and much welcomed opportunity to access the literature of one of Kyrgyzstan’s greatest living writers.

Here are two highly emotive and beautifully woven stories, in which the landscape, culture and political climate of Kyrgyzstan play an integral role. Far from romanticising life in this far -off land, the author exposes us to communities constantly dealing with hardship, brutality and corruption, delivered by both the harsh physical environment and the inhabitants themselves. Violence, abuse and murder are commonplace as people from different cultures, Kyrgyz, Russian and Chechen, and from different generations, struggle to maintain family values, traditions and political supremacy.

Fundamental to both stories however, and sensitively explored by the author, is something which affects people worldwide: the feelings of despair, sadness and confusion which arise when we can no longer predict or accept the actions or responses of people we thought we knew well.

Munabiya is the tale of a long term love affair between a jeweller and his mistress, set within a small, rural community where everyone is involved in each other’s lives. It describes the angst and frustration experienced by the sister of the jeweller’s late wife, and his son, as they are forced to come to terms with the situation. This is a harrowing story, narrated by the son who, having neglected his duties to his ageing and widowed father, has been summoned to take care of the old man.

In characteristic style, Akmatov, provides a colourful, almost anthropological, insight into the life and customs of  a typical Kyrgyz village but nevertheless, the  core of the family conflicts so skilfully described,  remain universally recognisable and pertinent to all sectors of society.

Shahidka is a tragic and politically charged love story, set in a small Kyrgyz town inhabited by Kyrgyz, Russians and Chechens. Here, Akmatov’s craftsmanship in multi-layering descriptions of various incidents which contribute to the ultimate fates of the main characters can be compared to the construction of ashyrdak rug in which tradition dictates a rhythmic and interdependent arrangement of multiple patterns and colours to determine the final outcome.

The tale is told by a miller who is tormented by his unrequited love for a beautiful Russian employee. Betrothed from childhood to one brother, she marries another but disappears with her true love, a Chechen outsider, when a violent fight breaks out at her wedding .Subsequent events and flashbacks to past conversations and incidents gradually reveal that no-one, and especially the narrator, knew the true Svetlana; an intelligent, headstrong , romantic and ultimately, suicidal young woman  Through a presentation of hypothetical circumstances and conflicting accounts of the relationship between the Russian and the Chechen, Akmatov, cleverly pulls the reader into the web of propaganda which surrounds the extreme and fatal action undertaken by the shahidka ; a  practice which remains integral to the political instability in this region.

Despite its modest size, this is a rich and multi-dimensional publication which will demand to be read again and again.

Born in 1941 in the Kyrgyz Republic under the Soviet Union, Akmatov was active in the establishment of the Democratic Movement of Kyrgyzstan and determined to fight for basic human rights in oppressed countries, he uses his writing to continue highlighting problems faced by other central Asian countries. 

Thanks to Silk Road Media for the article 

November 2013 Events in AlmatyNovember 2013 Events in Almaty

The following events are happening in Almaty during the month of November 



The Ritz-Carlton in Almaty opens in November, they are located at the Esentai Tower, Al-Farabi street 

Medeo, has its season's opening also in November



We have a lot of exhibitions during 5th-8th November

• Horex 2013 -9th Central-Asian International Exhibition Everything for hotels, restaurants, supermarkets
• WorldFood Kazakhstan 2013
• Agro World Kazakhstan- 8th Central-Asian International Agriculture Exhibition
• KazUpack 2013 – an exhibiting platform for all types of packaging companies
• CleanExpo Central Asia 2013 –an exhibition of the latest cleaning innovations
• FranchExpo Central Asia 2013 – an annual regional franchising event

The Warsaw Elephant Circus is still in town until the 10th the show is entitled "the mystery of Savannah" 

Running until the 14th at Arvest Gallery  “Journey as a state …” exhibition

The CIS Responsible Mining Forum is taking place on the 26th & 27th of November

On the 29th of November is the American Chambers of Commerce's Thanksgiving celebration

And still running is Alexander Kuvshinov’s exhibition "The second campaign for glory" at 240, Dostyk str., “Dostar” Business Center, office 107