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A significant UK-Russian/International Festival of Literature, Arts, Opera and Classical Music called Jewel of Russia was held in St Petersburg from 27-31 October 2007, the first ever festival of its kind to be held in Russia. Lufthansa Jewel of Russia was a truly dazzling, high profile, poignant and memorable festival.
The festival featured distinguished cultural and media personalities such as Nobel Laureate Sir VS Naipaul, Jasper Conran, Hanif Kureishi, Oscar-winner script writer, Sarah Lucas, Martin Amis, Valery Gergiev, director of the Mariinsky Theatre, Charles Saumarez Smith, director of the National Gallery, John Tusa, managing director of Barbican, Jon Snow, main presenter of Channel 4 news, Stephen Friers, the "Queen"/ s director and Tony Hall, CEO of the Royal Opera House among many others.
The festival programme included climate change, freedom of speech and other important subjects.
The festival venues include the State Hermitage Museum, Mariinsky Theatre and Ethnographic Museum among others. Lufthansa, Rocco Forte Hotels in St Petersburg, Russian Standard Vodka, MTS, Land Rover are the Jewel of Russia Sponsors. Informational partners are BBC Russian Service, International Herald Tribune, Hermitage Magazine and Sy Petersburg Times, London Courier and MENU Magazine. With the supposrt of British Council. St Petersburg was founded by Tsar Peter the Great as a "window to Europe" and the festival aims to strengthen cultural relations between Britain and Russia. Today, St Petersburg serves as one of the major cultural centers in the world. St Petersburg has always been known for its high-quality cultural life.  We are thrilled to be holding events at the State Hermitage Museum. It is one of the largest, oldest, most important and famous art galleries and museums of human history and culture in the world. The vast Hermitage collections are displayed in six buildings, the main one being the Winter Palace which used to be the official residence of the Russian Tsars. Our opera, concerts and classical music performances were held at the Mariinsky Theatre which is a world-renowned theatre of opera and ballet. For pictures please go to the Gallery. |
Clinique La Prairie, Switzerland, represented by Dr Thierry Walli, Medical Director, holds a Champagne Reception on Thursday, 5 October 2006, to celebrate the opening of the Clinic's New Spa.
