Prokofiev Museum: where childhood lives

Not far from Okhotny Ryad and Teatralnaya metro stations in Kamergersky Lane, the Prokofiev Museum has been working in Moscow for almost 10 years now. This address is associated with the years spent by the composer in this house, more precisely, in the apartment of the parents of his wife Mira Alexandrovna.

House in Kamergerskom and its eminent lodger

The past of this house is closely connected with the history of the St. George Monastery in Moscow. Now it no longer exists, but was abolished in 1813.

St. George's Monastery was founded on this place in the 16th century. It is often associated with the history of the Romanov family. Therefore, earlier the lane was often called Yegoryevsky. Till now on territory come across on failures in the earth. Archaeologists here found the cells of the Church of Our Lady of Kazan, which was here before.

Lane had during its existence several more names, one of which is Kvasna. So it was called because of the kings living here. And the terrain was built up for a long time by wooden houses. In the XVII century began to build stone houses, which belonged to representatives of noble aristocratic families. Sometimes a lane at that time was called Odoyevsky. All because in this part the largest building was the mansion of Prince Odoevsky.

Three houses were erected on the site of the abolished monastery. In one of them in apartment number 6 and lived from 1944 to 1953, the Soviet composer Sergei Prokofiev. He is the owner of seven government prizes, the author of six operas, several ballets and many symphonic works. These houses were erected in the XIX for the department of the Synod. The project was designed by architect Ivan Gavrilovich Kondratenko.

The composer lived in an apartment on the second floor of building 3. The Prokofiev Museum was opened in this building.

Museum: features of the organization of space

Sergei Prokofiev died in 1953. However, only after 15 years, his widow decided to transfer the husband's archive to the Glinka Foundation. Thanks to the personal things of the composer, his office was reconstructed in the house on Kamergerskiy.

In the Prokofiev museum there is a real concert hall, which is decorated in the classicism style with the use of costumes made for the operas and ballets of the composer. There are also various scenery for the performances.

In the artistic drawing room, executed in the style of constructivism, creative meetings take place. As a rule, they are devoted to the activities of the composer in the field of art. Part of the exposition presented in the drawing room belongs to the role in the life and work of Prokofiev of the well-known philanthropist Sergei Diaghilev.

The library has the original score of the composer, the books he read. A special place belongs to family archives. They introduce visitors to the composer's family, especially his first wife Lina and sons Svyatoslav and Oleg.

Even the staircase is a unique museum space. Here you can see the real photos of Moscow during the years of Sergei Prokofiev's life and the pictures of the composer himself, his family against the background of the city.

Museum for children

The house-museum of Prokofiev in Moscow is really not a simple building with a century-long history. великого композитора, его музыка, идеи и начинания. In this structure the spirit of the great composer, his music, ideas and undertakings still live .

In his work, Sergey Sergeevich paid special attention to children and music for them. Therefore, in the memorable interiors of the Prokofiev Museum there is a large number of interactive educational and educational projects aimed specifically at the younger generation. First of all, we are talking about visitors of preschool and primary school age. Unobtrusively and in a playful way they introduce children not only to the works and personality of the composer, but to opera and ballet based on the master's creations. The most popular are the following: "How Petya defeated the wolf", "These terrible chromaticisms", "Forward to Fiction", "Cinderella shoes", "How Seryozha Prokofiev became a composer", etc.

The museum on the wave of time

House-museum of Prokofiev takes an active part in the annual project "Night of Museums". In 2016, on the occasion of the 125th anniversary of the birth of the composer, an exclusive excursion "Sergey Prokofiev - Composer ahead of Time" was organized in his apartment. In the same year, a number of events dedicated to the shooting of Sergei Eisenstein's film "Alexander Nevsky" were held. The author of music for the picture was S. S. Prokofiev.

And the continuation of these events in 2017 was an amazing exhibition "3-D measurements of Prokofiev." It was successfully opened in the premises of the Prokofiev museum in Moscow.