The only museum in Russia intended for anyone who wants to learn about the life and work of the composer, pianist and conductor Sergei Rachmaninov, is the Rakhmaninov Museum-Estate "Ivanovka", located in the Tambov Region, in the Uvarovsky District. This is the world's largest museum center of the great composer, which today has become one of the largest cultural and tourist sites in the Tambov region.
History
For the great musician and composer Sergei Rachmaninov, the old manor owned by the landowner Alexander Satin became the real second home in which he spent all the warm months from 1890 until the revolution itself.
Simple landscapes of native nature gave the composer an amazing creative inspiration, it was here, in Ivanovka, that he worked most easily, his most significant works were created here.
The real connection with this small Tambov village appeared with the composer when he married the landowner's daughter Natalia Satina. Ivanovka turned into a family estate, where the daughters of Rachmaninov, Irina and Tatyana, grew up.
Reconstruction and creation of the museum
During the Civil War, all the buildings of the estate were destroyed. Restoration of buildings began only in 1968, when the only center in memory of the composer, the Rakhmaninov Museum-Estate "Ivanovka", was created on the site of the former landowner’s house. All buildings were restored according to old drawings and diagrams - the house became an absolute copy of a real estate. Not only the external walls were restored, but the interior details and household items were recreated bit by bit. The work lasted several decades. Currently, the estate has been restored almost completely, including courtyards.
The most painstaking work to create small architectural details was carried out according to old photographs. Today it is impossible to find significant differences between the old house of the landowner Satin and the complex of buildings in the village of Ivanovka. The Rachmaninov Museum-Estate (photos on which you can compare buildings and interiors, confirm this) has regained its original form.
Museum cultural and scientific work
The first visitors entered the doors of the museum back in 1982. Even then, various festivals and cultural events began to be organized here. Over time, many of them became regular, some became international. Vocal and music assemblies, the Lilac Festival, and events such as Jazz in Ivanovka and Starry Summer have been gathering connoisseurs of the composer's art for more than 30 years in the Rakhmaninov Museum-Estate complex. Ivanovka always welcomes guests.
Since the beginning of the new century, various musical competitions of vocalists, pianists and folklore groups have been held at the estate. In 2012, the first major competition of piano ensembles was held here. The estate hosts folklore holidays, which have already been appreciated not only by adults, but also by small visitors to the museum.
It hosts scientific conferences and international meetings on the subject of the works of Sergei Rachmaninov.
What does the museum live today?
Ivanovka (Rachmaninov Museum-Estate) offers a very rich cultural program. Concerts, performances by masters of classical music are constantly organized here, chamber creative evenings of famous musicians and master classes are held. Events such as "Night at the Museum" and "Night of the Arts" are very popular among visitors, when exhibitions, excursions, fun rallies and pop concerts are included in the creative program. The non-musical events held by the museum have long become interesting and memorable for residents of the region: fairs, holidays in ethnic style, a demonstration of rare and documentary films.
The Rachmaninov Museum-Estate (Ivanovka) presents unique expositions in which you can see original and authentic pieces of furniture, everyday life and everyday life of the old house, in which the composer spent the most fruitful years of his life.
Museum operating procedure
20 km from the city of Uvarovo is the Museum-Estate of Rachmaninov "Ivanovka". How to get to the estate - routes and directions to Uvarovo from Moscow, Saratov, Penza, Tambov, Volgograd and Astrakhan are described in detail on the museum website. You can use rail or road. You can get from Uvarovo to Ivanovka by taxi or by your own car.
The estate museum is open every day for individual visitors and group excursions from 10:00 to 18:00, except Mondays. In the summer period - from May 01 to August 31 - seven days a week. At this time, on Saturdays, the museum closes at 21:00 h. On New Year's holidays, the estate also welcomes guests every day, seven days a week.
Using the music library and visiting music assemblies is free, as well as free entry for privileged categories of visitors.
The ticket price for a walk around the estate is 50 rubles, a ticket for thematic events costs 300 rubles. A ticket to inspect the interior costs 300 rubles, for pupils and students - 200 rubles.
It has a simple Museum-Estate of Rachmaninov "Ivanovka" address: Tambov Region , Uvarovsky District, village Ivanovka.