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Kettik!
Kettik!This week in Tashkent - from classics to experimentation. Friday opens on several fronts at once: "Giselle" at the GABT, "Free Novel" at Ilkhom, ethno-rock from KÖHNA and a jam session with electronics at the SSA. On Saturday - an art brunch dedicated to scandalous masterpieces and a big pop concert. Sunday is packed: gossip from the art world, American artists at breakfast, the immersive sound drama "Qo'rqma" and a family film festival at the children's library. Early in the week - a concert in memory of Magomayev and a theatrical improvisation, on Wednesday - a lecture about Frank Lloyd Wright. The finale of the week: a three-hour intensive on contemporary art and "Paris, Texas" by Wim Wenders by candlelight at Nukus 89.
Kettik!A week in which Bravo performs the Game of Thrones soundtrack under the open sky, and Gogol once again makes two neighbours fall out for good. In between — a Sufi parable staged by Pankov, a lecture on Jacqueline Kennedy as a political gesture, and a festival on the alien salt flats of Karakalpakstan. The full rundown of events from 18 to 24 September — only in Kettik. Don't miss it!
Kettik!September in Tashkent is when a single week accommodates an open-air ballet, a play about repression, and a didgeridoo in a gallery. Ilkhom opens its season with two premieres at once — one about Bukhara and one about Molière. Mazza Fest turns the park into three days of music and food. And Qo'rqma — a sound drama about those killed for the crime of learning — runs all month. Well then, shall we go?
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