MICHAEL ANANOV: “ARTISTS WORK TIRELESSLY TO DISCOVER A RECIPE FOR HARMINOUS COEXISTENCE” ant things about yourself and your creative work. What is your creative, life credo and motivation for your creativity? Michael Ananov: I am an essayist, playwright, poet, literary scholar, and translator of poetry. I belong to the Pushkin Society of Russian-speaking Writers “Arion,” […]
COVER STORY : MARIIAM TOBOKELOVA “TRADITION IS NOT THE ASH WE PRESERVE, BUT THE FIRE WE PASS ON” OCA Magazine: Please tell us the most important things about yourself and your creative work. What is your creative and life credo and motivation for your creativity? Mariiam Tobokelova: My creative name is Mariiam Bektemir kyzy. I […]
MIKHAIL KUNITSKI: KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE MAKE YOU FREE AND OPEN TO THE WORLD OCA Magazine: Please tell us the most important things about yourself and your creative work. What is your creative, life credo and motivation for your creativity? Mikhail Kunitski: I write in Russian and Belarusian for children and adults but I will say… […]
NARGISA KARASARTOVA: SO, I WOULD WISH ALL CREATIVEPEOPLE FLEXIBILITY,CONSITENCY, AND PURPOSEFULLNESS OCA Magazine: Please tell us the most important things about yourself and your creative work. What is your creative, life credo and motivation for your creativity? Nargisa Karasartova: My full name is Karasartova Nargisa Omurbekovna. I was born in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan on August 29, […]
NATALLIA THOMPSON: LIFE IS CREATIVITY, A CONTINOUSINTERACTION WITH THE WORLD AND WITH PEOPLE tant things about yourself and your creative work. What is your creative and life credo and motivation for your creativity? Natallia Thompson: I’d like to clarify that it’s not quite accurate to say I represent Belarus and the United Kingdom. I currently […]
NURLAN TOXANOV: EVERY WRITER IS UNIQUE, SHAPEDBY THEIR OWN INNER WORLD OCA Magazine: Please tell us the most important things about yourself and your creative work. What is your creative and life credo and motivation for your creativity? Nurlan Toxanov: I mainly write detective stories, sometimes with a mystical touch. For me, the detective is […]
NURYM TAIBEK: LOVE FOR ALL, HATRED FOR NONE”— MY MISSION AND CREATIVE PATH OCA Magazine: Please tell us the most important things about yourself and your creative work. What is your creative and life credo and motivation for your creativity? Nurym Taibek: My creative mission has been to translate spiritually enlightening literature into Russian. My […]
SALTANAT KHAMZEYEVA: MY ADVICE TO THOSE JUST BEGINNING THEIR CREATIVE JOURNEY – CREATE! OCA Magazine: Please tell us the most important things about yourself and your creative work. What is your creative, life credo and motivation for your creativity? Saltanat Khamzeyeva: Khamzeeva Saltanat Malikovna – editor, writer, Custodian of the Eurasian Creative Organisation, and representative […]
TATIANA EDEL: MY CREDO: TO SEEK TRUTH, GIVE HOPE AND KEEP FAITH ALIVE OCA Magazine: Please tell us the most important things about yourself and your creative work. What is your creative, life credo and motivation for your creativity? Tatiana Edel: I am a Siberian woman with an open soul and a restless heart. The […]
TATYANA CHABROVA: WARMTH AND KINDNESS, SUPPORTING MY TALENTED STUDENTS tant things about yourself and your creative work. What is your creative, life credo and motivation for your creativity? Tatyana Chabrova: I am a university lecturer and have been published since 1990. I participate in competitions, and my work has been included in textbooks and didactic […]
THE ART OF BEING GENUINE: THE JOURNEY OF ZAMIRA BESHIMOVA In the world of art, there are figures whose creativity becomes a bridge between cultures and generations. Actress, writer, teacher, and public figure Zamira Beshimova is one of them. For over twenty-two years, she has worked in film and theatre, taught children acting at the […]
ZINA KARAEVA: MY CREATIVE CREDO IS TO WORK HARD AND MY LIFE CREDO IS TO HELP THE PEOPLE IF THEY NEED IT OCA Magazine: Please tell us the most important things about yourself and your creative work. What is your creative, life credo and motivation for your creativity? Zina Karaeva: I have been an English […]
WARREN WILLS: A TRUE ARTIST NEEDS TO CREATETHE CONDITIONS OF TOTAL FREEDOM OCA Magazine: Please tell us the most important things about yourself and your creative work. What is your creative, life credo and motivation for your creativity? Warren Wills: Most important thing about the work I’m doing at the moment is that music is […]
EDGAR ANPILOGOV: REMEMBER: TRUE INSPIRATION LIES WITHIN YOU OCA Magazine: Please tell us the most important things about yourself and your creative work. What is your creative, life credo and motivation for your creativity? Edgar Anpilogov: When you combine academic education with active, creative involvement in historical and cultural projects, meaningful civic engagement, and responsible […]
OLEG NESTERKOV: TO REMAIN TRUE TO ONE’SCREATIVE PATH tant things about yourself and your creative work. What is your creative, life credo and motivation for your creativity? Oleg Nesterkov: My public activities are connected with the promotion of Russian culture in the Republic of Belarus. I serve as an advisor on organisational and administrative matters […]
SULTAN RAEV: I BELIEVE KYRGRZ LITERATUREIS A SIGNIFICANT BUT STILLUNDERREPRESENTED PART OF THE WORLD’S CULTURAL HERITAGE OCA Magazine: Please tell us the most important things about yourself and your creative work. What is your creative and life credo and motivation for your creativity? Sultan Raev: I consider myself a creative person – a writer and […]
PLAYING FOR A BETTER CENTRAL ASIA: INTRODUCING VOICES OF CENTRAL ASIA Do you know what lies beyond the mainstream media’s headlines when it comes to Central Asia? Are you curious to learn more about the human rights issues in this region? If so, you should try out a new free game app, Voices of Central […]
OCA #49 People edition Interview with MUKHAMEJAN ZEINELKHAN TRADITIONAL KAZAKH EMBROIDERY “KESTE” AT THE INTERNATIONAL LEVEL OCA Magazine: Tell us, please, about yourself and your creative activity / workMukhamejan Zeinelkhan: I’m Mukhamejan Zeinelkhan, an artist. Born in Batam-Ulgiy region, Mongolia. Before school , l grew up in the countryside with my parents. I graduated from […]
OCA #49 People edition Interview with KARINA MULIAR MY GOAL IS TO MAKE PEOPLE THINK ABOUT HUMAN VALUES OCA Magazine: Tell us, please, about yourself and your creative activity / workKarina Muliar: I was born and raised in Chisinau, Moldova. Graduated from the Kishinev Academy of Arts. In 1991, the family emigrated to Israel. OCA: […]
OCA #49 People edition Interview with AL ZATURANSKY MY GOAL IS TO SPEAK TO MY READERS AT EYE LEVEL OCA Magazine: Please tell us about yourself and your creative activity/work.Al Zaturansky: I am first of all a writer. Life doesn’t always allow us to fulfill our childhood dreams. Both of my parents were doctors and […]
OCA #49 People edition Interview with LIUDMILA LARKINA EACH PERSON FOR ME IS NOT A WRITTEN BOOK OCA Magazine: Please tell us about yourself and your creative workLiudmila Larkina: I am writing about the fate of Russian-speaking emigrants living in Australia. In Australia, there is a most valuable layer of Russian history, completely unexplored, covered […]
OCA #49 People edition Interview with MARAT FAIZULLIN TREAT THEIR CULTURES CAREFULLY OCA Magazine: Tell us, please, about yourself and your creative activity / workMarat Faizullin: I’m a composer, musician, performer, producer and publisher. Now I live in Bashkortostan, but have worked in Moscow and Saint-Petersburg for a long time. Symphony and chamber music, theatrical […]
WE ARE ALL UNIQUE INTERVIEW: AKNUR NURTAZA OCA Magazine: Tell us, please, about yourself and your creative activity / work Aknur Nurtaza: I was born and live in Kazakhstan. Kazakh people have many traditions and customs, but since childhood I have been interested in other countries, languages and peoples. Also, as you know, we were […]
“I HAVE ALWAYS PAINTED” INTERVIEW: TATYANA MENDYBAYEVA OCA Magazine: Tell us, please, about yourself and your creative activity / work Tatyana Mendybayeva: Born in the USSR in the last century. Most of my life I lived in the ex-union republic of the ex-USSR, which since 1991 has been an independent state – the Republic of […]
BELIEVE IN YOUR OWN SPECIALNESS INTERVIEW: NATALIA LOSKUTOVA OCA Magazine: Tell us, please, about yourself and your creative activity / work Natalia Loskutova: I started to write poems 4 years ago. It was a real necessity for expression my feelings on paper. My literary works found a broad response among readers. My compositions are published […]
EVERYONE HAS A CHANCE TO “COME ON BOARD” INTERVIEW: DINARA KUSHBAEVA OCA Magazine: Tell us, please, about yourself and your creative activity / work Dinara Kushbaeva: Like many others, I had an ordinary, but full of bright colours life with its ups and downs. In the routine of affairs, I did not betray much importance […]
EVERY PERSON IS IMPORTANT AND NEEDED INTERVIEW: MIKHAIL KUNITSKY OCA Magazine: Tell us, please, about yourself and your creative activity / work Mikhail Kunitsky: I am a children’s writer, living and creating in Belarus. I am the finalist of the competition “Poet of the Year 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020” in the nomination “Children’s Literature” in […]
ANXIETY FOR KNOWLEDGE INTERVIEW: PAVEL KOSSOVICH OCA Magazine: Tell us, please, about yourself and your creative activity / work. Pavel Kossovich: Over the years, I used to work as a scientist. I am a biologist-geneticist. Nowadays I am engaged in research work at the nexus of history, geography and cultural studies of Central Asia and […]
ALL PEOPLE ARE CREATORS INTERVIEW: ALISSA KLIMA OCA Magazine: Tell us, please, about yourself and your creative activity / work Alissa Klima: I believe that all people are Creators. We try to be creative in the way we communicate and work, build relationships and families, raise children or perform social duties. I was born in […]
INTERVIEW: ALEXANDER KAZARNOVSKY OCA Magazine: Tell us, please, about yourself and your creative activity / work Alexander Kazarnovsky: I was born in Moscow in 1951. Graduated from the Moscow Teachers’ College in 1973. In 1993 immigrated to Israel. Since my childhood I have been writing verses. Living in Russia I translated British, American, and German […]
HAPPINESS IS A GREAT RESPONSIBILITY INTERVIEW: GUMER KARIMOV OCA Magazine: What is “Eurasianism” for you? Gumer Karimov: This is everything for me: the philosophy of life, its meaning, my whole worldview. I am from Ufa, the capital of Bashkortostan. My nationality is Tatar. Fifty years ago, at twenty-two years I left my homeland to continue […]
“ALL OF YOUR VICTORIES ARE AHEAD” INTERVIEW: NARGISA KARASARTOVA OCA Magazine: Tell us, please, about yourself and your creative activity / work. Nargisa Karasartova: My full name is Karasartova Nargisa Omurbekovna. I was born in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan on August 29, in 1978. My literary debut took place in 2007, when my poems were published in […]
“IN ORDER TO LIVE WELL, YOU NEED TO WORK HARD” INTERVIEW: NIKOLAJ IVLEEV OCA Magazine: Tell us, please, about yourself and your creative activity / work. Nikolaj Ivleev: I was ashamed of our miserable existence in the USSR, the richest country in the world, unable to feed itself, which had 2/3 of the planet’s […]
DON’T BE IN A HURRY TO SUCCEED INTERVIEW: LAURA HAMILTON OCA Magazine: Tell us about yourself and your creative activity Laura Hamilton: As director of the prestigious Collins Gallery at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, from 1988 until its closure in 2013, I originated exhibitions and events related to contemporary Fine and Applied Art by […]
“KNOW THE CULTURE OF THE SOCIETY THAT YOU LIVING AND WORKING WITH” INTERVIEW: BRUCE GASTON OCA Magazine: Tell us, please, about yourself and your creative activity / work Bruce Gaston: I am primarily a businessman and not as involved in the arts as I used to be. However, I still write articles for publication every […]
CREATE IN THE NAME OF ART INTERVIEW: YULIA GANETSKAYA OCA Magazine: Tell us, please, about yourself and your creative activity / work Yulia Ganetskaya: My name is Yulia Ganetskaya, I was born in Uzbekistan, and now living in Japan. My husband and I own a small cultured pearl farm. I have been writing since childhood. […]
Michael Daniel is a British independent researcher, composer and filmmaker with Baltic & Slavic roots. He created an intergenerational memory project “Józefa’s Letters” that’s been widely exhibited throughout the Eurasian space. In 2019, he made and co-scored the documentary short film “Józefa’s Letters” which has received 9 official film festival selections. Visit: https://vimeo.com/michaelsagatis OCA: Tell […]
Born in Russia, Margarita began her studies as a pianist and choral conductor in St Petersburg Academy of Art. Since 2002 she has worked in Norway and gradually extended her repertoire from classical and romantic composers to contemporary music. After completing her Master Degree in Choral Conducting at the Norwegian Academy of Music Margarita worked […]
Gulnara is a stage movement researcher, professional ballerina – leading soloist of the Kazakhstan Opera House, master of arts (choreography), certified specialist in functional anatomy. Author of documentaries about classical ballet, founder of the “Gift” award for graduates of the Almaty Choreographic School named after Seleznev. Author of a number of scientific articles from the […]
Welcome to this edition of OCA magazine. OCA is one of the world’s few truly international magazines, focusing on a host of people and events from countries across Eurasia. And thank goodness for it! International communication always mattered but right now it seems absolutely vital at a time when the pandemic means so many of […]
