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Presented by 15th Annual Russian Heritage Month®
An Evening of Poetry with Sergey Yurskiy
From Classics to Moderns: A Tribute to Joseph Brodsky
Monday, June 26, 2017
8 PM
Weill Recital Hall
Sergey Yurskiy – acclaimed Russian actor, film and theatre director, writer and poet – recites the poetry and prose of Joseph Brodsky, Mikhail Bulgakov, Osip Mandelstam, Boris Pasternak, and Alexander Pushkin. Mr. Yurskiy’s most noted portrayals are of Vikniksor in the Republic SHKID (1966) and Ostap Bender in Golden Calf (1968). Since 1978, he lives in Moscow and works for the Mossovet Theatre. The performance is in Russian.
Performers
Sergey Yurskiy