http://www.masterandmargarita.eu/ A website devoted to The Master and Margarita, the novel of Mikhail Bulgakov, with explanations of the characters, locations, adaptations, political, economical, social and cultural context and annotations per chapter en (c) 2010 - Jan Vanhellemont, Leuven/Moscow Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:25:00 GMT jan@vanhellemont.be (Jan Vanhellemont) http://www.masterandmargarita.eu/margarita.jpg http://www.masterandmargarita.eu/ 95 105 Mikhail Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita http://www.masterandmargarita.eu/en/05media/veljanov.html Singer Alexander Veljanov recorded the song ‘Der Meister und M’ as a bonus track on the Deluxe edition of his CD ‘Porta Macedonia’. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:25:00 GMT http://www.masterandmargarita.eu/en/05media/veljanov.html http://www.masterandmargarita.eu/en/05media/tuberkuloited.html In 2007, the Estonian punk rock band The Tuberkuloited recorded the song ‘Meister ja Margarita’ inspired by ‘The Master and Magarita’. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:20:00 GMT http://www.masterandmargarita.eu/en/05media/tuberkuloited.html http://www.masterandmargarita.eu/en/05media/arija.html For fans of heavy metal music, there are two new songs based on ‘The Master and Margarita’ on the website: ‘Blood for blood’ and ‘Ball of the prince of darkness’, both from the Russian band Ariya. Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:20:00 GMT http://www.masterandmargarita.eu/en/05media/arija.html http://www.masterandmargarita.eu/en/05media/filmfuete.html Choreographer Vladimir Vasilyev and director Boris Yermolaev made the film 'Fuete' about a ballet based on ‘The Master and Margarita’. Sun, 07 Mar 2010 20:35:00 GMT http://www.masterandmargarita.eu/en/05media/filmfuete.html http://www.masterandmargarita.eu/en/00start/nieuws/100306yearlongdisaster.html On Monday, March 9, 2010, the Californian band ‘Year Long Disaster’ will release a new CD, ‘Black Magic: The mystery revealed’, based on ‘The Master and Margarita’. Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:05:00 GMT http://www.masterandmargarita.eu/en/00start/nieuws/100306yearlongdisaster.html http://www.masterandmargarita.eu/en/05media/illustratieskarapetjan.html The Russian illustrator and science fiction writer Andrey Karapetyan made a series of illustrations for ‘The Master and Margarita’. Fri, 05 Mar 2010 10:15:00 GMT http://www.masterandmargarita.eu/en/05media/illustratieskarapetjan.html http://www.masterandmargarita.eu/en/05media/illustratiesschramms.html In 1985 the German graphic designer web-designer and illustrator Uwe Schramm made a series of illustrations for 'The Master and Margarita' as part of his studies at the Universität der Künste in Berlin. Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:45:00 GMT http://www.masterandmargarita.eu/en/05media/illustratiesschramms.html http://www.masterandmargarita.eu/en/05media/aster.html The songs ‘The Master and Margarita’ and ‘Margarita’ by the Russian-French singer Zhanna Aster are not yet released on record, but can already be listened on the website. Wed, 03 Mar 2010 08:00:00 GMT http://www.masterandmargarita.eu/en/05media/aster.html http://www.masterandmargarita.eu/en/01bulgakov/khatchaturian.html The young journalist Shushanik Khachaturian made a short biographical documentary about Mikhail Bulgakov for the International University of Kiev. Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:00:00 GMT http://www.masterandmargarita.eu/en/01bulgakov/khatchaturian.html http://www.masterandmargarita.eu/en/05media/kouznetsoff.html I found five songs from the musical ‘Master and Margarita’, written by Yuri Kouznetsoff (music) and Ashley Lambert-Maberly (lyrics). Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:35:00 GMT http://www.masterandmargarita.eu/en/05media/kouznetsoff.html http://www.masterandmargarita.eu/en/05media/verde.html On the occasion of the International Women’s Day, the Grupa Teatralna Verde from Lodz (Poland) will have two extra representations of the musical ‘Mistrz i Małgorzata’, based on ‘The Master and Margarita’. Mon, 01 Mar 2010 10:25:00 GMT http://www.masterandmargarita.eu/en/05media/verde.html http://www.masterandmargarita.eu/en/00start/nieuws/100227galkin.html Today it was announced that the famous Russian actor Vladislav Borisovich Galkin died in Moscow at the age of 38. He played his first role in a film when he was 9 years old, and would play in more than forty films. For the visitors of this website, he is perhaps best known as the young poet Ivan Bezdomny in the TV series 'Master i Margarita' by Vladimir Bortko. Sat, 27 Feb 2010 23:45:00 GMT http://www.masterandmargarita.eu/en/00start/nieuws/100227galkin.html http://www.masterandmargarita.eu/en/05media/holler.html In 1989, the German composer York Höller made ‘Der Meister und Margarita’, an opera in two acts, which was premiered on May 20, 1989, in the Palais Garnier of the Opéra de Paris. Sat, 27 Feb 2010 15:45:00 GMT http://www.masterandmargarita.eu/en/05media/holler.html http://www.masterandmargarita.eu/en/00start/nieuws/100226translators.html Today, February 26, 2010, the website has got 2024 pages - 506 per language. And 114 of the pages on the Russian version are now translated in Russian. Which means that 392 “Russian” pages are still presented in English. Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:25:00 GMT http://www.masterandmargarita.eu/en/00start/nieuws/100226translators.html http://www.masterandmargarita.eu/en/05media/illustratieskaptilkin.html In 2008 photographer Sergey Kaptilkin asked some young, recently graduated theatre and film actors to play some scenes from the chapters 20 and 22 of ‘The Master and Margarita’. They took the challenge enthusiastically. Fri, 26 Feb 2010 10:45:00 GMT http://www.masterandmargarita.eu/en/05media/illustratieskaptilkin.html http://www.masterandmargarita.eu/archieven/taylordevil.pdf To the archives section of the website is added an article of Mia Taylor about the ill-fated attempts of Polanski, Fellini, Manzarak, and a host of others to bring ‘The Master and Margarita’ to the big screen. Thu, 25 Feb 2010 10:45:00 GMT http://www.masterandmargarita.eu/archieven/taylordevil.pdf http://www.masterandmargarita.eu/en/05media/illustratieskantorovitch.html The young Russian artist Igor Kantorovitch, now living in Cologne, made a series of 32 illustrations for 'The Master and Margarita': one per chapter. So it’s easy to recognize the scenes. Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.masterandmargarita.eu/en/05media/illustratieskantorovitch.html http://www.masterandmargarita.eu/en/05media/stoleti.html The song 'Mistr a Markétka' of the Czech Gothic band 'XIII. stoleti' is based on Mikail Bulgakov's novel 'The Master and Margarita'. Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:40:00 GMT http://www.masterandmargarita.eu/en/05media/stoleti.html http://www.masterandmargarita.eu/en/05media/rm.html You may not know singer-songwriter R.M. Isaiah, but he scores well in the alternative music scene of San Francisco, California. He has just recorded his debut CD containing the song ‘Master and Margarita’. Mon, 22 Feb 2010 14:40:00 GMT http://www.masterandmargarita.eu/en/05media/rm.html http://www.masterandmargarita.eu/en/05media/nikolajev.html The popular Russian singer Igor Nikolaev had one of his big successes in Russia with the song 'Master i Margarita'. Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:25:00 GMT http://www.masterandmargarita.eu/en/05media/nikolajev.html http://www.masterandmargarita.eu/en/05media/illustratiesshtyrov.html Illustrator Yevgeny Shtyrov from Samara made a series of 9 illustrations for 'The Master and Margarita'. Sun, 21 Feb 2010 12:25:00 GMT http://www.masterandmargarita.eu/en/05media/illustratiesshtyrov.html http://www.masterandmargarita.eu/en/00start/nieuws/100220million.html Champagne and vodka! Our website welcomed its millionth visitor on Sunday, February 21, 2010 at 00:32:24 CET. Sun, 21 Feb 2010 00:46:00 GMT http://www.masterandmargarita.eu/en/00start/nieuws/100220million.html http://www.masterandmargarita.eu/en/05media/divadlo.html On March 1, 2010, the fifth year of the ‘Divadlo Pražské konzervatoře DIK’ in Prague (Czech Republic) will present the premiere of "Mistr a Markétka’, their theatrical adaptation of "The Master and Margarita’ directed by Jan Novotný. Fri, 19 Feb 2010 13:15:00 GMT http://www.masterandmargarita.eu/en/05media/divadlo.html http://www.masterandmargarita.eu/en/05media/minajev.html I found some interesting facts - trivia, I admit, but intriguing trivia - about the song ‘Margarita’, which is still very popular in Moscow. Composer Yuri Chernavsky had recorded it with a young Russian singer, but before this young singer could release it on disk, Chernavsky had already asked another singer to record a new version with new arrangements. Fri, 19 Feb 2010 10:25:00 GMT http://www.masterandmargarita.eu/en/05media/minajev.html http://www.masterandmargarita.eu/en/05media/filmbryers.html A bit unexpectedly, I found more information about Paul Bryers, director of the film ‘Incident in Judea’, based on the biblical story of ‘The Master and Margarita’. Wed, 17 Feb 2010 19:25:00 GMT http://www.masterandmargarita.eu/en/05media/filmbryers.html http://www.masterandmargarita.eu/en/00start/million.html On February 17, 2010 at 09:00 CET, the website counter was showing 990.002 visitors. Statistically we will have number 1.000.000 on February 21, 2010 around 13:23 CET. Somewhere on the site we published a real-time counter. Find it and increase your chances to win the book with illustrations of Pavel Orinyansky. Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:55:00 GMT http://www.masterandmargarita.eu/en/00start/million.html http://www.masterandmargarita.eu/en/05media/yorick.html Gothic is not exactly my favorite kind of music, but when I accidentally stumbled on a song that was called ‘Satan's Grand Ball’, I wanted to know more about it. I ended up at the Georgian band ‘Yorick’ and their CD ‘Plebeian Reigns’, with eight songs inspired by Russian literature. Six of those songs have been inspired by ‘The Master and Margarita’, and they are not too bad after all. Mon, 15 Feb 2010 18:45:00 GMT http://www.masterandmargarita.eu/en/05media/yorick.html http://www.masterandmargarita.eu/en/05media/korsunovas.html The Lithuanian Oskaras Korsunovas Theater premiered ‘Meistras ir Margarita’, an adaptation of ‘The Master and Margarita’ at the Avignon Festival in 2000, and will bring it back on stage in Vilnius on March 5, 2010 and April 9, 2010 in their hometown Vilnius. Sun, 14 Feb 2010 21:55:57 GMT http://www.masterandmargarita.eu/en/05media/korsunovas.html http://www.masterandmargarita.eu/en/04mappen/bolsjajavideo.html Some elements of ‘The Master and Margarita’ come directly from the apartment at Bolshaya Sadovaya where Bulgakov lived from 1921 to 1924. Today we published a video of this apartment showing, among other things, a photo of Anna Goryatcheva. Anna lived with her son in a room of the korridornaya and from this room Bulgakov could always hear them shouting and bragging. So, Anna became the prototype for Annushka, the woman who spilled the sunflower oil which caused the death of Berlioz. Sun, 14 Feb 2010 16:12:57 GMT http://www.masterandmargarita.eu/en/04mappen/bolsjajavideo.html http://www.masterandmargarita.eu/en/05media/arhus.html Theatre director Christoffer Berdal staged 'Mesteren og Margarita', a new adaptation of 'The Master and Margarita'. It is represented at the Danish Århus Teater from February 10 to March 6, 2010. The piece is accompanied by a small but professional musical group led by singer Channe Nussbaum, who also plays the role of Hella. She's accompanied by the violinist Mette Smidl and the Serb accordionist Branko Djordjevic. Sun, 14 Feb 2010 16:12:55 GMT http://www.masterandmargarita.eu/en/05media/arhus.html http://www.masterandmargarita.eu/en/05media/raro.html The international chamber music ensemble Raro represents literary soirées on love, Paul Wittgenstein and Bulgakov's 'The Master and Margarita' with the actor Karl Markovics and the writer Lea Singer. The next representation of 'The Master and Margarita' will be on Sunday, May 16, 2010, in the Gläserner Saal of the Musikverein in Vienna (Austria). Sat, 13 Feb 2010 16:12:55 GMT http://www.masterandmargarita.eu/en/05media/raro.html http://www.masterandmargarita.eu/en/05media/yearlong.html On March 9, 2010, the Californian rock band 'Year Long Disaster' will release their second album 'Black Magic: All Mysteries Revealed' which was produced by Grammy Award-winning producer Nick Raskulinecz and is based partly on 'The Master and Margarita'. Singer and guitarist Daniel Davies describes his lyrics for the new songs as “traversing schizophrenia interspersed with graveyard seductions, Pontius Pilate and six foot tall cats with pistols”. The songs on the album will have titles such as 'Black Magic', 'Stranger In My Room' and 'Sparrow Hills'. Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:12:55 GMT http://www.masterandmargarita.eu/en/05media/yearlong.html http://www.masterandmargarita.eu/en/05media/filmszirtes.html I am, to say the least, not a great advocate of experimental films. But when a Hungarian filmmaker says that his personal history mingles with the story of 'The Master and Margarita', and when his film is about a writer who wants to write a great novel but, to circumvent the censorship, writes his novel from the perspective of his cat, and when the film is filled with quotations from 'The Master and Margarita', well... then, being a webmaster with a sense of responsibility, I should pay attention to it. In 1990, the Hungarian director Andras Szirtes made the film 'Forradalom Után' (After the revolution), and you can watch it in full on the website if you want. Thu, 11 Feb 2010 04:12:55 GMT http://www.masterandmargarita.eu/en/05media/filmszirtes.html http://www.masterandmargarita.eu/en/09context/sjentalinskij.html The Russian writer and poet Vitaly Shentalinsky spent more than twenty years on investigating on how a large number of Russian writers were persecuted during the Stalin era. The Dutch educational broadcasting company RVU ordered the making of a documentary based on Shentalinsky's findings, particularly on the files about Mikhail Bulgakov. The film was titled 'Manuscripts do not burn', after the famous statement of Woland in 'The Master and Margarita'. The part about Bulgakov himself in the film was entitled 'The Satanic Artist' and can be watched on the website. Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:12:55 GMT http://www.masterandmargarita.eu/en/09context/sjentalinskij.html http://www.masterandmargarita.eu/en/00start/nieuws/100209gradskij.html Your webmaster got a copy - signed by the composer - of Alexander Borisovich Gradsky's opera 'The Master and Margerita'. In March 1987 Gradsky started composing this opera on a libretto which Pavel Moysevich Grushko had written in 1979. But it would be September 2009 before the work was completed. Read more about it on the website and listen to an excerpt. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:12:55 GMT http://www.masterandmargarita.eu/en/00start/nieuws/100209gradskij.html http://www.masterandmargarita.eu/en/05media/kift.html De Kift is a band from North-Holland which covered the Franz Ferdinand song 'Love And Destroy', based on 'The Master and Margarita'. They are now preparing a full CD based on the novel. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.masterandmargarita.eu/en/05media/kift.html http://www.masterandmargarita.eu/nl/05media/tryater.html Tryater is a theatre company from Leeuwarden which is preparing an adaptation of 'The Master and Margarita' for the Terschellings Oerol Festival. The play will be directed by Ira Yudkovskaya and the music will be provided by De Kift. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.masterandmargarita.eu/nl/05media/tryater.html http://www.masterandmargarita.eu/en/05media/illustratiesgorna.html The young artist Slawka Gorna made a series of 9 drawings illustrating the story of 'The Master and Margarita'. Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:00:00 GMT http://www.masterandmargarita.eu/en/05media/illustratiesgorna.html