Alexander Ziloti in Posters: The Story of the Musi-cian’s Life and Work

The article examines the poster as an obligatory element of upcoming performances or concerts, serving as a type of document and, until recently, the only source of informing the public about cultural events. The object of the authors’ research is the concert posters of the pianist Alexander Ilyich Ziloti used both in Russia and abroad. It is argued that it is possible to trace the musician’s artistic life by the data indicated in the playbill. The authors characterize the programs of the concerts, the names of the performers who participated in them, describe the historical halls in which the musical events were organized, relying on the documentary materials of the Russian National Library, the Russian Institute of Art History, the Russian State Archive of Literature and Art, and the music library of the St. Petersburg Academic Philharmonic named after D.D. Shostakovich. Conclusion dwells upon the fact that the textual poster is significant as a document of the epoch, confirming the creative path of the musician and characterizing the cultural and historical context.