Rimas Tuminas (born 20 January 1952 in

Kelmė Kelmė (; is a city in northwestern Lithuania, a historical region of Samogitia. It has a population of 8,206 and is the administrative center of the Kelmė district municipality. History Kelmė's name may come from the Lithuanian ''kelmynės'' ...

, Lithuania) is a Lithuanian theatre director. He was awarded the State Prize of Russia in 1999. Since 2007 he has been the

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of the Moscow Vakhtangov theatre. With Tuminas, the Vakhtangov Theatre occupied a leading position among the Russian theaters. In 2011, the theater was recognized as the most visited theater in Moscow.

Biography

In 1970-1974 Tuminas studied at the Conservatory of Lithuania. In 1978 he finished

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(Joseph Tumanov's directing course). From 1979 he was the director of Lithuanian national drama theatre. In 1990 he founded the Little Theatre of

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. Since 2012 he has organized the "VASARA" annual festival. Among his well-known productions are "Eugene Onegin", "Uncle Vanya" and "Masquerade".

Awards

* State Prize of the Russian Federation, Указ Президента РФ от 9.06.2000 № 1085 * Russian Festival of Performing Arts

Golden Mask Award The Golden Mask (russian: Золотая Маска, ''zolotaya maska'') is a Russian theatre festival and the National Theatre Award established in 1994 by the Theatre Union of Russia. The award is given to productions in all genres of theatre ar ...

for Directing '' Evgenii Onegin'' (2014), * International Stanislavsky Theatre Award *

Crystal Turandot Award The Crystal Turandot Awards are Russian theatre awards created in 1991. They are awarded at the Vakhtangov Theatre in Moscow, where the winner receives a crystal figurine of Princess Turandot, the main character of ''Turandot'', a play first staged ...

* Golden Nail Award *

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(Russia) Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 15 октября 2010 года № 1257 «О награждении государственными наградами Российской Федерации»
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tuminas, Rimas Lithuanian theatre directors People from Kelmė 1952 births Living people Russian Academy of Theatre Arts alumni