Svetlana K. Kaufman

Biography

Director and producer of concert programmes and musical theatre productions.

Education:

1986–1988 – Tula Regional College of Culture (diploma with honours).

1991–1995 – Moscow State University of Culture and Arts (diploma with honours). Specialisation – director of pop shows and mass events, teacher of special disciplines. Teachers: I. G. Sharoyev, V. A. Triadskiy, V. M. Miller.

Main television projects:

TV‑6 channel:

1997–1999 – «Partiynaya zona»;
1999–2004 – «MuzOboz»;
2004 – «Vecherinka iz “Tsentra”».

TV channel «Rossiya»:

2004–2005 – «Nashi pesni» (Kosmos Concert Hall);
2002–2012 – «Luchshie pesni» (State Kremlin Palace);
2004–2012 – «Vse zvezdy dlya lyubimykh» (State Kremlin Palace);
2005–2012 – «Subbotniy vecher»;
2011–2012 – «Faktor A».

TVC channel:

2006–2012 – «Premiya imeni Artema Borovika»;
2006, 2008–2009 – New Year’s Reception of the Mayor of Moscow.

Major projects from 1996 to 2013 on stages including the Rossiya State Central Concert Hall, State Kremlin Palace, Olympic Sports Complex and Red Square.

Solo concerts:

solo programme by Lyubov Kazarnovskaya;
solo programme by Irina Allegrova;
solo programme by Natasha Koroleva;
solo concert by Alexander Buynov;
solo programme by Sergey Drobotenko;
solo programme by Yefim Aleksandrov;
solo programme by the group «Yalla»;
joint solo programme by Tamara Gverdtsiteli and Dmitry Dyuzhev;
benefit concert by Tamara Gverdtsiteli «Ya nesu v ladonyakh svet»;
benefit concert by Alexander Rozenbaum;
benefit concert by Iosif Kobzon;
benefit concert by Igor Nikolaev.

Creative evenings:

programme dedicated to the anniversary of poet Mikhail Tanich;
programme dedicated to the work of Mark Fradkin;
programme dedicated to the work of David Tukhmanov;
programme dedicated to the work of Larisa Rubalskaya;
programme dedicated to the work of Alexandra Pakhmutova;
programme dedicated to the work of Vasiliy Lanovoy;
programmes dedicated to the activities of Svyatoslav Fedorov.

Themed programmes:

concerts dedicated to Victory Day (live broadcasts on RTR and TVC);
«40 let RK “Mayak”»;
programme dedicated to «40 let RVSN RF»;
programme dedicated to the 45th anniversary of the TV show «Spokoynoy nochi, malyshi»;
anniversary evening of the Kommersant Publishing House;
shows by Valentin Yudashkin;
opening ceremonies of the Winter Spartakiads of Gazprom;
award ceremonies for the «Shanson Goda» prize;
New Year’s programme for children at risk «Solnechnyy krug»;
programme dedicated to the «30‑letiye BAMa» (Tynda);
finals of the Russian national selection for «Junior Eurovision»;
teleconference Moscow–Brest dedicated to Victory Day (Brest Fortress);
Reception of the Mayor of Moscow dedicated to City Day;
special project «Klassika zhanra».

State programmes and events:

festive theatrical programmes dedicated to Defender of the Fatherland Day;
festive theatrical concerts dedicated to employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia;
festive concerts dedicated to employees of the Federal Security Service of Russia;
«Poyezd Pobedy» (Moscow–Smolensk–Minsk–Brest–Berlin);
«Poyezd Pamyati» (Moscow–Smolensk–Minsk–Brest);
festive concerts dedicated to Radio Day and Workers of All Communications Industries;
reception on behalf of the Mayor of Moscow for participants of the International Conference of Law‑Enforcement Agencies on Combating Illegal Drug Trafficking;
festive concerts dedicated to the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation;
festive programme dedicated to «10‑letiye sozdaniya Soyuznogo Gosudarstva»;
«Moskovsko‑minskiy meridian» (Moscow–Minsk);
campaign «Dari detyam teplo»;
campaign «Dazhe ne probuy».

Musical productions:

musical monodrama by Tamara Gverdtsiteli «I Bog sozdal zhenshchinu»;
theatrical sports show within the Artistic Gymnastics World Cup «Gimnastika – shkola na vse vremena»;
theatrical show «Sozvezdiye Gazprom»;
theatrical sports show «Goluboy potok»;
musical production «Svetoteni»;
«Rozhdestvenskiye vstrechi Ally Pugachyovoy»;
musical revue «Moskovskiy dvorik».