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The cultural industry is of great importance for the development of the economy, so it is necessary to develop a clear strategy for its support at the legislative level, experts said during the online webinar “Cultural Industries and the Pandemic: How to Save and Restart a Business?” The event was organized by the Intellectual Property…

Russian Authors’ Society and Russian Organization for Intellectual Property (VOIS) will halve the size of the mandatory minimum fee from regional radio stations. Between April 1 and September 30, the minimum royalties charged to regional radio stations will be reduced by 50%. Russian Authors’ Society and Russian Organization for Intellectual Property (VOIS) informed about this…

Admittance of applications for participation in the 2021 “Pure Sound” International Award for the Best Recording of Russian Academic Music have been opened on the official website of the Award. The Award ceremony established by Russian Musical Union was first held in the fall of 2019. This is the first ever award for the best…

Pianist, Honored Artist of Russia, Vice-President of the Council of Russian Organization for Intellectual Property (VOIS), Vladimir Ovchinnikov, took part in the unique online concert “Tchaikovsky. Online” dedicated to the 180th anniversary of the great composer. The hosts of the international project were the Astana Opera Theater together with the Federal Agency for CIS Affairs,…

The Academic Song and Dance Ensemble of the National Guard of the Russian Federation has introduced a new song called “Doctor, it’s good that you are near” dedicated to doctors. For many years now, the artistic director and chief conductor of the ensemble has been Victor Eliseev, Vice President of the Council of Russian Organization…

Cellist, Member of the Supervisory Board of Russian Organization for Intellectual Property (VOIS) Alexander Knyazev took part in the concert marathon “WE ARE TOGETHER” organized by the TV channel “Russia” and the Bolshoi Theater. The event was held in order to express gratitude to the doctors and medical staff of hospitals, volunteers, teachers, public transport…

The Melodiya Recording Company presented the album “Paganini and Koshkin” by guitarist Artem Dervoed. According to the press service, the album combines a four-part concert for the guitar and Megaron string orchestra by Nikita Koshkin, and the Grand Sonata by Niccolo Paganini in Koshkin’s transcription for the quartet. The Grand Sonata by Niccolo Paganini was…

Tchaikovsky Moscow Conservatory published a complete collection of piano sonatas by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) in honor of the 250th anniversary of the birth of the German composer. The sonatas were recorded in the performance on copies of historical instruments of the classic era. According to the Conservatory speaker, the famous American piano master and…

Music label “Snafu Records” said that it will select musicians using artificial intelligence technology. According to company representatives, AI can find future stars long before competitors pay attention to them. Every week, the algorithm analyzes about 150 thousand tracks hosted by Spotify, YouTube, SoundCloud and Tiktok. Artificial intelligence takes into account the mentions of songs…

Record company “Melodiya” received the prestigious International Classical Music Award (ICMA) again. First Deputy General Director of “Melodiya” Karina Abramyan, who is also the CEO of the Russian Union of Composers and the Executive Secretary of the Council of Russian Organization for Intellectual Property (VOIS) told the Culture magazine about the significance of this award…