Search by tag «Music» 105 results

• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: February 23-26, 2023

  A double weekend means even more fests, concerts, exhibitions and other fun activities for the best end of winter possible.

  22.02.2023

• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: January 28-29, 2023

  The last weekend of January is packed with special occasions, especially for our beloved city. Busy bee-ing or not, take a look at our weekly digest to find even more reasons to get out of the house.

  25.01.2023

• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: January 14-15, 2023

  After a long week of work and studies, especially when it’s the first one in the new year, there’s nothing like pampering yourself with a fun-filled weekend – with exhibitions of all shapes and sizes and a night of live music in an atmospheric setting.

  11.01.2023

• Our Top Non-Holiday Holiday Songs

  It's been a whirlwind year of music in our editorial team. We jammed to our top favorites, got nostalgic about our school years, came up with a killer playlist for a Halloween party, and even found a musical cure to the blues. But which songs are we listening to now as we enter 2023? Spoiler alert: it’s not Last Christmas or All I Want For Christmas Is You.

  30.12.2022

• Songs in Languages We Don’t Speak

  There’s something beautiful about songs in foreign languages, isn’t there? You can’t understand the lyrics, so you pay more attention to the melody or, perhaps, you try to guess the words. Please welcome our musical favorites in mysterious – to us, anyway – tongues.

  25.11.2022

• Songs to Beat the Blues and Put You in A Better Mood

  Some of the best things about fall are cozy sweaters, warming teas, and a chance to blast some of those life-saving tunes to cope with all the gloom. Here is what we are listening to this September to boost our spirits and keep going.

  03.10.2022

• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: October 1-2, 2022

  October brings with it fall colors, moody weather, hot beverages – and events galore: fun-yet-informative exhibitions, unconventional celebrations, music from the past, and more!

  01.10.2022

• Get to Know Indigenous Peoples of Leningrad Oblast Through Music

  Leningrad Oblast (the region surrounding St. Petersburg) has been home to both Finno-Ugric and Slavic peoples for a long time. These cultures may have borrowed a little something from each other, but they've still preserved their individuality and uniqueness. When it comes to their folklore, the primary genre would be songs, which we can still enjoy today to immerse ourselves into the wondrous world of the past.

  12.09.2022

• Song of the Month: August 2022

  This time around, we narrowed down our favorite tunes to those related to the back-to-school season. Tune in for some study inspiration and nostalgia.

  26.08.2022

• ITMO Student Makes App to Play Music With Emotions

  Emotion recognition is widely used to monitor the emotional state of drivers, prevent health hazards, or deliver new gaming experiences – but what about art? Can such technologies, say, help musicians compose or improvise? They certainly can, says Garri Proshian, a graduate of ITMO’s Faculty of Software Engineering and Computer Systems, who has created a service that allows you to play musical instruments hands-free, using only your facial expressions. Learn more about his invention in the article.

  17.08.2022