Vladivostok – Marios Joannou Elia

The music & performance

Founded in 1860 as a military post, Vladivostok, Russia’s gateway to Asia in the Far East, has a turn-of-the-century charm. After it had been cut off from the rest of Russia and the world for decades, to protect the Pacific Fleet, the ending of the Cold War allowed the city to open in 1992.

Ranging from the modern landmark of the city, the Zolotoy Bridge, to the tiny musician’s apartment reminiscent of the Soviet era and the Tokarevsky Lighthouse at the «end of the world», where the land ends and the Japan Sea begins — the entire city becomes both the scenery and the stage on which the music is performed and the city’s voice is heard.

Seasonal changes dramatically transform the acoustic and visual scenery of Vladivostok, especially from winter to spring. The project’s recordings were made in severe weather conditions of up to −20° Celsius, on the frozen surface of Peter the Great Gulf, and in hazardous situations across the icy sea and at the prow of a moving naval vessel.

A wide variety of musicians take part — among others, a theremin player, a rapper, eight conductors, and 13 music groups encompassing a symphony orchestra, a brass band, Russian traditional instruments, diverse percussion ensembles, and choirs. In addition, recorded sounds that represent the distinctive character of the city are harmonically incorporated into the music.

Основанный в 1860 году как военный пост, Владивосток стал воротами России в Азию в дальневосточном регионе и по сей день сохраняет очарование прошлых эпох. Город десятки лет оставался закрытым для посетителей и стал доступен жителям России и мира только в 1992 году.

Золотой мост, ставший достопримечательностью последних лет; напоминающие о советской эпохе крошечные студии музыкантов; Токаревский маяк, расположенный на краю мира («краю света»), где заканчивается суша и начинается Японское море — весь Владивосток становится сценой для музыкального спектакля, в котором слышатся голоса города.

Музыкальные и визуальные декорации Владивостока меняются от сезона к сезону, и особенно велик контраст между зимой и весной. Часть материалов для проекта собиралась в суровых погодных условиях, при температурах до −20°C. Записи сделаны в том числе на льду Залива Петра Великого, на поверхности замерзшего моря.

В проекте приняли участие множество музыкантов, в том числе восемь дирижёров и 13 различных музыкальных коллективов: симфонический и духовой оркестры, ансамбли традиционных и ударных инструментов, хор, а также исполнитель на терменвоксе и рэпер. В музыкальные записи органично включены звуки, отражающие характер повседневной жизни города.

The pillars of the project are four interwoven elements — new music forged from the city’s maritime and continental character, sounds drawn from Vladivostok’s coastal and urban identity, performances staged in emblematic port and waterfront spaces, and cinematography that captures the city’s winter light and rugged topography.

An instrumentarium where classical, folk, contemporary, and urban voices converge, reflecting Vladivostok’s identity as a maritime crossroads between Europe and Asia.

–Pacific Symphony Orchestra. –FEFU Academic Choir. –Ceremonial Drum Squad Vladivostok. –Hae Dong Korean Drum Ensemble. –Children’s Choir «Scarlet Sails». –Svetozar Ensemble. –Pushkin Theater Chamber Choir. –Brass Band of the Pacific Fleet. –Pokrov Folk Choir. –Cathhedral of the Intercession Choir. –Primavera Electric Violin Trio. –Bell Quartet — Cathedral Vladivostok. –FEFU Youth Orchestra. –Peter Theremin (theremin). –Iurii Logachev & Sergey Taranoff (saxophone & electric guitar). –Natalia Kalinina (accordion). –Spartak Golikov & Vadim Shulginov (rap & keyboard/beats). –Ivan Stepanov (trumpet). –Mikhail Pavin (spoken-voice soloist).

A coastal sonic landscape where icy textures, maritime signals, industrial resonance, and natural forces merge into a vivid portrait shaped by harsh winters and the open sea.

–Soundscapes recorded at −20°C in extreme winter conditions. –Ship’s horn at the Pacific Fleet naval base. –Fog horn of the Tokarevsky Lighthouse. –Maritime engines and port ambience. –Port machinery: cranes, metal resonance, industrial rhythms. –Wireless transmitters — ship-to-shore communication signals. –Electrical flicker and buzzing of the defective station sign «Владивосток». –Interior acoustics of Soviet-era apartments and stairwells. –Church bells of the Cathedral of the Intercession. –The close-range roar of a Siberian tiger recorded from half a meter.

A constellation of performances across concert halls, theatres, coastal zones, bridges, and elevated viewpoints that transforms Vladivostok into a multidimensional stage.

– Primorsky Regional Philharmonic Society. –Pushkin Theatre. –Palace of Culture of Railwaymen. –Music School №1. –FEFU auditoriums. –Soviet-era apartment. –Basement old-school studio. –Harbours and commercial ports. –Golden Horn Bay. –Zolotoy Bridge. –Peter the Great Gulf. –Pacific Fleet Naval Base. –Russky Island. –Sea of Japan shoreline. –Tokarevsky Lighthouse. –Eagle’s Nest Hill (Орлиная сопка). –Kholodilnik Hill (Сопка Холодильник). –Morskoy Vokzal (Sea Terminal). –Urban coastal streets. –Elevated viewpoints and slopes. –Industrial port zones.

A restrained cinematographic approach shaped by crisp winter tones, sweeping frozen vistas, and architecturally guided framing, yielding a composed and contemplative visual experience.

–Documentary framing focused on real locations and performers. –Drone overviews above the frozen sea, revealing its vastness and spatial scale. –Wide coastal shots capturing harbours, cliffs, and frozen shorelines. –Natural winter light and unfiltered atmospheric conditions. –Long takes emphasising stillness, distance, and environment. –Close-ups highlighting instrumental gestures and environmental textures. –Site-specific compositions shaped by bridges, slopes, and waterfront architecture. –Minimal camera movement to preserve authenticity and acoustic space.

Indoor Spaces

Concert halls, theatres, opera houses, factories, staircases, artisan workshops, etc. (spaces whose acoustic signatures — resonance, decay, and reflection — shape the articulation and spatial presence of sound) function as environments where acoustic conditions extend the musical material and allow performances and recordings to integrate the architecture itself as a sonic parameter.

Outdoor Spaces

Bridges, gardens, squares, riversides, boats, and urban open areas (where environmental sound shapes the interaction between music and place) — spaces where environmental sound interacts with the musical action. These sites reveal the city’s acoustic ecology and expand composition into public space, integrating wind, traffic, water, and ambient noise into the sonic field.

Music Performances

From soloists to large orchestras and vocal ensembles (musical actions distributed across multiple sites) — staged artistic actions distributed across multiple locations. These performances form the structural backbone of the polytope: events that unfold simultaneously or successively across the city, transforming Vladivostok into a cohesive scenic and sonic environment.

Field Recordings

Soundscapes, isolated sonic details, contact microphones, hydrophones, and environmental recordings (materials capturing the city’s everyday sonic identity) — sources that capture the city’s everyday acoustic presence. These recordings expand composition beyond traditional instrumentation, allowing space, atmosphere, and geography to become musical forms.

TASS.RU

«‹Sound of Vladivostok› has gained worldwide fame and in Primorye it is already called the new anthem of the city.»

INTERFAX.RU

«The world’s first audiovisual portrait of a city!»

Газета «Владивосток»

«In Vladivostok, the symphony is already being called the city’s new anthem. 133 sounds, 6 minutes and 6 seconds – enough to draw a portrait of Vladivostok that reveals its soul.»

Европа Кипр

«Elia has laid an excellent foundation for an entire genre or form of contemporary art.»

KULTUREXPRESSO BERLIN

DIRK FITHALM

«A monumental work: ‹Sound of Vladivostok›

by Marios Joannou Elia is a film concert.»

CNN GREECE

KOSTAS PLIAKOS

«A unique musical work of great significance. A major achievement in terms of participation and human mastery.»

Komsomolskaya Pravda

«A renowned European composer sensed the mystique of Vladivostok.»

DOLBY Russia cis llc

«Magnificent, pleasant, immersive!»

Embodied Listening in Extreme Conditions

Field recording in Vladivostok was conceived by Elia as an act of embodied listening, not as neutral documentation. At temperatures dropping below −25 °C, recordings were carried out on the frozen Sea of Japan, up to one kilometer from the shoreline. Microphones were placed directly onto the ice to capture layered acoustic «curtains» beneath the surface: micro-fractures, subglacial movement, and distant industrial resonance filtered through frozen density.

The Moment of Fracture and Exposure

During one session, the ice collapsed unexpectedly, resulting in immersion
in the frozen sea and the rapid onset of hypothermia. Elia was rescued at a critical threshold. This incident transformed the recording process into a direct confrontation with environmental agency, where sound perception persisted beyond physical stability.

Encounter with the Siberian Tiger

A parallel recording took place at the safari park, where Elia captured the roar of the Siberian tiger, the symbolic animal of Vladivostok, from a distance of less than half a meter under exceptional conditions. The roar functioned as a corporeal event, not as a conventional acoustic signal.

Listening as Responsibility

Together, these experiences define Elia’s practice as non-neutral, situating listening as a form of responsibility, in which sound operates as presence, risk, and encounter.

How Vladivostok’s real sounds became music, memory, and cinematic form.

The noise of the wind. The splash of the surf. Ship horns at the pier. The cries of seagulls. And what would you, dear reader, name if you were asked to describe the sounds of Vladivostok? It seems to me that the answer to this question makes many stop and think.

In «Sound of Vladivostok», the city does not serve as a setting but as a protagonist. The article portrays composer Marios Joannou Elia moving through ports, bridges, frozen shores, and industrial zones, listening to Vladivostok as one would listen to a living being. Cracking ice underfoot, the breath of the sea beneath frozen surfaces, and the pulse of machines and human movement are captured not as effects, but as musical substance.

The work emerges from an intense process of field recording under extreme conditions, where listening becomes a physical act and sound a matter of survival and trust. These raw sonic fragments are woven together with instrumental and vocal layers into a form that resists categorization, part opera, part symphonic composition, part cinematic experience.

Rather than illustrating the city, «Sound of Vladivostok» reveals its inner rhythm and emotional memory. The article suggests that through this process, inhabitants encounter their city anew, recognizing in its sounds something intimate and deeply their own, an audible portrait of place, time, and collective presence.

Dolby Atmos and inaugural cinematic deployment.

The Dolby Atmos spatial audio composition of «Sound of Vladivostok» was developed through a hybrid bed-and-object workflow, initiated at Dolby Studios (London) and finalized at Mosfilm Dolby Premier Studio (Moscow). Final mastering enabled controlled three-dimensional sound placement, with defined vertical and horizontal articulation across the cinema environment.

Cinema Vladivostok underwent a complete architectural and technical renovation, including the installation of a Dolby Atmos cinema system. The premiere of «Sound of Vladivostok» coincided with the official reopening of the venue and constituted the inaugural cinematic deployment of its Atmos infrastructure, calibrated to the cinema’s renewed acoustic configuration.

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Sound of Vladivostok — Official Teaser

In «Sound of Vladivostok», society functions as an active and energetic participant in the project’s material dimension. Urban life, human presence, work rhythms, and collective movement contribute directly to the sonic and visual fabric of the work, transforming everyday reality into artistic substance.

At the same time, the project extends into public presentations and open discussions held in shared urban spaces, cultivating dialogue, reflection, and awareness. Through these encounters, «Sound of Vladivostok» establishes a dynamic relationship between the artwork and the city’s social environment, where sound becomes a medium of exchange and collective listening.

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Marios Joannou Elia

Director • Composer

Zarya CCA

Production Team

Kostis Nikolas

Cinematographer • Editor

Nick Elia

Audio Production

Mosfilm

Dolby Russia
Elia with Dolby consultant Alexander Rozanov

Primorsky Krai Philharmonic

Major Partner
Elia with members and conductor of the Pacific Symphony Orchestra, Anatoly Smirnov

Government of Primorsky Krai

Major Partner
Elia with Vice-Governor and Minister of Culture Konstantin Fedorov

City of Vladivostok

Major Partner
Elia with Mayor Verkeenko Vitalii

Date	Venue / Festival	City / Context
14.12.2017	Zarya Center for Contemporary Art	Vladivostok Press only
15.12.2017	Zarya Center for Contemporary Art	Vladivostok Premiere
16.12.2017	Contrabanda Club · incl. lecture by MJ Elia	Vladivostok
17.12.2017	Pushkin Theater	Vladivostok
18.12.2017	Municipal Library «BUK» · incl. lecture by MJ Elia	Vladivostok
19.12.2017	Cinema Vladivostok · official reopening of Kinotheater · Dolby Atmos · invitation only	Vladivostok Cinema premiere
20.12.2017	Cinema Vladivostok	Vladivostok
21.12.2017	Cinema Vladivostok	Vladivostok
23.12.2017	Primorye Regional Philharmonic Society	Vladivostok
28.12.2017	Primorye Regional Philharmonic Society	Vladivostok
24.01.2018	Hellas Filmbox Berlin · festival opening · EU premiere · Urban Spree	Berlin (Germany) EU premiere
27.01.2018	Hellas Filmbox Berlin · incl. lecture by MJ Elia · Urban Spree	Berlin (Germany)
14.02.2018	Komsomolskaya Pravda · press conference	Moscow (Russia)
16.02.2018	Public Chamber of Russia · «Silver Archer» conference	Moscow (Russia)
12.05.2018	All-Russian Olympiad «Closer to the Far» · Far Eastern Federal University	Vladivostok (Russia)
05.06.2018	International Film Festival «Man and the Sea» · opening film · special guest: MJ Elia · Ussuri Cinema	Vladivostok (Russia)
07.06.2018	Primorskaya Philharmonic Great Hall	Vladivostok (Russia)
08·10·11.06.2018	International Film Festival «Man and the Sea» · Ussuri Cinema	Vladivostok (Russia)
06.09.2018	Batroun Mediterranean Film Festival · opening ceremony	Batroun (Lebanon) Middle East premiere
08.09.2018	Portobello Film Festival · Muse Gallery	London (England)
17.09.2018	International Short Film Festival in Drama · Olympia Cinema	Drama (Greece)
06.10.2018	World of Film International Festival · Film City Glasgow	Glasgow (Scotland)
12.10.2018	Cinema Trianon	Athens (Greece)
12–14.10.2018	Drim Short Film Festival	Struga (FYROM)
19.10.2018	International Short Film Festival of Cyprus · closing ceremony · Heroes’ Square	Limassol (Cyprus)
28.10·02.11.2018	Szczecin European Film Festival · nomination for European Documentary Film Award · Kino Zamek	Szczecin (Poland)
18.01.2019	The Festival in Drama Travels · Center of Mediterranean Architecture	Crete (Greece)
22·23·25.05.2019	Fastnet Film Festival · The Adelphi · The Odeon · The Royal	Schull/Cork (Ireland)
11.08·13.08.2019	Jecheon International Music & Film Festival	Jecheon City (South Korea) Asia premiere
17–25.09.2019	Bideodromo International Experimental Film & Video Festival	Bilbao (Spain)
18.10.2019	Filmets Badalona Film Festival	Barcelona (Spain)
12.12.2019	Awards Ceremony «Star of the Far East» · Days of the Far East in Moscow · special guest: MJ Elia · River Palace	Moscow (Russia) invitation only
01.11.2020	«Sonic Scene» – Festival Internazionale del Cinema Musicale · festival guest: MJ Elia · Palazzo delle Arti Beltrani	Trani (Italy)
05.11.2021	«Лучезарный Ангел» Film Festival · Kino «Поклонка» · The Victory Museum	Moscow (Russia)
20.02.2022	Central Library named after A. Chekhov · Festival «Книжный Маяк Петербурга»	Saint Petersburg (Russia)

Tickets

Press Conference

WORLD PREMIERE AT CINEMA VLADIVOSTOK

Film previews and public discussions at Zarya CCA

Interview with Russian media

Alexander Mechetin, founder of Beluga Group, at the Premiere in Vladivostok

Vicky Leandros at the EU Premiere in Berlin (Hellas Filmbox)

Year	Award	Country / City
2018	«Silver Archer» Grand Prix · Far East	Russia · Vladivostok
2018	«Discovering Anew» Prize · International TV Festival «Man and the Sea» · GTRK Vladivostok	Russia · Vladivostok
2018	Honorary Award · Gudzón Shipping Co.	Russia · Vladivostok
2018	«Silver Archer» of the Russian Federation · Academic & Student Jury	Russia · Moscow
2020	Grand Prix «Best Mid-Short Movie» · Festival Internazionale del Cinema Musicale «Sonic Scene» · Città di Trani	Italy · Puglia

Marios Joannou Elia receiving the honorary award of the Government of Primorye · Minister of Culture · 2018.

Marios Joannou Elia with the Grand Prix «Best Mid-Short Movie» · Festival Internazionale del Cinema Musicale «Sonic Scene» · Città di Trani · 2020.

Marios Joannou Elia with the «Silver Archer» Grand Prix of the Far East · Moscow · Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation · 2018.

«When I watched the film, I realised that every city has its own soul. This soul does not reveal itself immediately, but gradually. Not everyone, even those born in the city, is able to discover it. The city allows you to understand and feel its soul; only those who are truly sensitive can hear its sounds. The film gives us the opportunity to immerse ourselves in them. Elia created the music of the city. I was deeply moved by the sounds of Vladivostok. After watching this film, it is impossible not to fall in love with a city with such a beautiful and profound soul.»

Svetlana Tarasenko

Svetlana Tarasenko, President of the International TV Festival «Man and Sea» and First Lady of the Primorsky Krai Government, awarded Marios Joannou Elia the «Man and Sea» Festival Prize for his work «Sound of Vladivostok». The ceremony was held under the auspices of the Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company VGTRK.

Title	Media Outlet	Language	Date
Фильм «Звуки Владивостока» стал лучшим на итальянском кинофестивале	PrimaMedia	Russian	6 November 2020
Βραβείο για τον «Ήχο του Βλαδιβοστόκ» και το Μάριο Ηλία στο «Sonic Scene» Music Film Fest	Kathimerini	Greek	30 November 2020
Мариос Иоанну Элия: «Россия для меня — источник вдохновения»	EvropaKipr	Russian	15 January 2020
Cypriot composer shines in Russia	Philenews / In-Cyprus	English	13 August 2018
Мариос Иоанну Элия: музыка рассказывает историю без слов	VK Cyprus	Russian	4 April 2020
Gewaltiges Werk: «Sound of Vladivostok» von Marios Joannou Elia ist ein Filmkonzert	Kultur Expresso	German	4 February 2018
Μάριος Ηλία: Σπάζει όλα τα ρεκόρ διακρίσεων	Philenews	Greek	13 August 2018
Φεστιβάλ Δράμας 2018: «O Ήχος του Βλαδιβοστόκ» του Μάριου Ιωάννου Ηλία	Flix.gr	Greek	3 September 2018
Найти вдохновение на «краю» земли	DVKapital	Russian	17 July 2018
Мариос Иоанну Элия – специальный гость телефестиваля «Человек и море – 2018»	Vesti Prim	Russian	30 May 2018
На углу абсолютного кошмара и красоты	Sibreal	Russian	20 April 2018
Композитор Мариос Иоанну Элия: «Ни один город мира не идентичен Владивостоку»	Interfax Russia	Russian	28 March 2018
Известный композитор Мариос Иоанну Элия посетил «Тонстудию» киноконцерна «Мосфильм»	Mosfilm	Russian	26 February 2018
Виталий Веркеенко в восторге от фильма «Звуки Владивостока»	VladNews	Russian	19 February 2018
Από την Κύπρο στο Βλαδιβοστόκ, δύο νότες δρόμος	CNN Greece	Greek	16 December 2017
Владивосток звучит лучше всех	VladNews	Russian	31 January 2018
133 звука, 6 минут и 6 секунд — этого достаточно, чтобы нарисовать портрет Владивостока, раскрывающий его душу	VladNews	Russian	27 December 2017
Премьера фильма «Звуки Владивостока»	Zarya Center for Contemporary Art	Russian	15 December 2017
Опера «Владивосток» на сцене жизни. Композитор с острова Кипр собирается показать нам, как дивно звучит наш город	VladNews	Russian	5 April 2017
FEFU musicians to record «Sounds of Vladivostok» with prominent Cypriot composer	DVFU	English	30 March 2017
«Звуки Владивостока» – Мариоса Иоанну Элия	Vladivostok Travel	Russian	2017–2018
«Звуки Владивостока» записали музыканты ДВФУ с известным кипрским композитором	PrimaMedia	Russian	21 March 2017
Кипрский композитор пишет музыкальный портрет Владивостока	EvropaKipr	Russian	10 April 2017
Мариос Иоанну Элия / Музыка начала XXI века — эстетика и интерактивный подход / Приветственная лекция	Zarya Center for Contemporary Art	Russian	11 March 2017

Year	Title	Media Outlet
2018	Интервью с композитором Мариосом Иоанну Элиа, специальным гостем Международного телефестиваля «Человек и море – 2018», автором проекта «Звуки Владивостока»	Вести: Приморье
	«Звуки Владивостока» – Russia-K	Россия Культура
	TV Festival «Man and the Sea» Prize to Marios Joannou Elia by First Lady of Primorsky Krai Government	Вести: Приморье
	«В. Гости» Мариос Иоанну Элиа	8 канал
	«Звуки Владивостока» – Сибирь.Реалии	Сибирь.Реалии
	«Звуки Владивостока» – Сибирь.Реалии (YouTube)	Сибирь.Реалии
	Marios Joannou Elia – «Silver Archer» Grand Prix 2018, Far East – Message from Berlin	YouTube
	Elia’s interview / portrait on Hellenic Parliament TV	Hellenic Parliament TV
	The first and only one of its kind: the audiovisual project «Sound of Vladivostok» was presented to the citizens	8 канал
	«Sound of Vladivostok – Symphony of a City» (Part 1)	8 канал
	«Sound of Vladivostok – Symphony of a City» (Part 2)	8 канал
	Το μουσικό φαινόμενο Μάριος Ιωάννου Ηλία στο WebTV του «Π»	Politis WebTV
	He is Cypriot and writes pioneering music. European musicians and musicologists call him a «musical phenomenon».	TVONE News
	Marios Joannou Elia – «Sound of Vladivostok»	RIK1 TV News
2017	Από την Κύπρο στο Βλαδιβοστόκ, δύο νότες δρόμος	CNN Greece
	Sound of Vladivostok – Μάριος Ιωάννου Ηλία	CNN Greece
	Marios Joannou Elia: «How does Vladivostok sound?»	Mediametrics Russia
	«Звуки Владивостока» – Interview of Marios Joannou Elia	Mediametrics Russia
	Как звучит акустический портрет Владивостока? «Вести: Приморье. Интервью» с Мариосом Иоанну Элиа	Вести: Приморье
	Как звучит акустический портрет Владивостока?	Вести: Приморье
	Киносимфонию о Владивостоке представил публике оригинальный композитор с Кипра	Вести: Приморье
	Such a portrait of Vladivostok has never been created	ОТВ-Прим
	Музыкальный портрет Владивостока пишет молодой композитор Мариос Иоанну Элиа	Россия 1 / Вести: Приморье
	Музыкальный портрет Владивостока пишет молодой композитор Мариос Иоанну Элиа	Вести: Приморье
	Композитор с Кипра рисует Владивосток звуками	ОТВ-Прим
	Мариос Иоанну Элиа записывает звуки Владивостока	8 канал
	«Звуки Владивостока»: о музыке XXI века	8 канал
	Marios Joannou Elia about Vladivostok	Vladivostok Travel
	The Sound of Vladivostok – Marios Joannou Elia – Ambassador of Pacific Tourism Alliance	Vladivostok Travel
	Marios Joannou Elia records the Siberian Tiger	Открой Владивосток
	«Sound of Vladivostok» – Project Launch	Zarya Center for Contemporary Art

–Administration of Vladivostok
–ZARYA Foundation
–ZARYA Center for Contemporary Art
–ZARYA AiR International
–Primorsky Regional Philharmonic Society
–Far Eastern Federal University
–Pushkin Theater
–Primorsk Metropolia
–Pokrovsky Cathedral
–Palace of Culture of Railwaymen
–Far Eastern State Technical Fisheries University

–Dolby Russia, Dolby Europe
–Mosfilm Moscow
–Cinema Vladivostok
–Beluga Group
–Royal Credit Bank
–Commercial Port of Vladivostok
–Pacific Russia Tourism Alliance
–Discover Vladivostok
–Fabrika Zarya
–Creative Association «DA»
–Recording Studio T-RECords
–Primorye Safari Park
–Dobro Vladivostok

Kostas Pliakos · CNN Greece.

A visual exploration documenting «Sound of Vladivostok» across its working contexts – from meetings with the Ambassador of Cyprus in Moscow, a lecture at the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation (Moscow), the performance of the FEFU Choir, and an interview broadcast on Russian national television channel, to the posters of the concert-screening at the Primorye Regional Philharmonic Society and images related to the Grand Prix Award at the Sonic Film Festival in Trani, Puglia. The gallery further includes field recording in the frozen landscape of the Sea of Japan and work at the offices of Gudzon Shipping Company mapping the acoustic zones of the broader region.

From the Soviet Era to the Asia-Pacific.

The Pillars of the project.

Music

Sounds

Performance & Spaces

Cinematography

Topology of events.

Indoor Spaces

Outdoor Spaces

Music Performances

Field Recordings

«‹Sound of Vladivostok› has gained worldwide fame and in Primorye it is already called the new anthem of the city.»

«The world’s first audiovisual portrait of a city!»

«In Vladivostok, the symphony is already being called the city’s new anthem. 133 sounds, 6 minutes and 6 seconds – enough to draw a portrait of Vladivostok that reveals its soul.»

«Elia has laid an excellent foundation for an entire genre or form of contemporary art.»

«A monumental work: ‹Sound of Vladivostok›

by Marios Joannou Elia is a film concert.»

«A unique musical work of great significance. A major achievement in terms of participation and human mastery.»

«A renowned European composer sensed the mystique of Vladivostok.»

«Magnificent, pleasant, immersive!»

Frozen Listening.

Embodied Listening in Extreme Conditions

The Moment of Fracture and Exposure

Encounter with the Siberian Tiger

Listening as Responsibility

Opera ‹Vladivostok› on the Stage of Life.

How Vladivostok’s real sounds became music, memory, and cinematic form.

Mosfilm Studio Moscow SPATIAL SOUND DESIGN Dolby Atmos

Spatial sound.

Dolby Atmos and inaugural cinematic deployment.

Film gallery.

«Sound of Vladivostok is more than a film — it reveals the soul of the city through sound.»

Sound, Society and Public Dialogue

Project in numbers.

musicians and performers

recordings

locations

institutions involved

Team.

Marios Joannou Elia

Zarya CCA

Kostis Nikolas

Nick Elia

Mosfilm

Primorsky Krai Philharmonic

Government of Primorsky Krai

City of Vladivostok

Screenings.

Choir Rehearsal THE THEME

Posters.

Cinema Premiere

Film Pre-Premiere

Awards.

Soul through sound.

Press.

folklore · youth naval · frozen

TV & Radio.

The end of the world, or the beginning of a new world?

Contributors

Institutions in Vladivostok

Partners

«A unique musical work of great significance. A major achievement in terms of participation and human mastery.»

Processtraces.

Marios Joannou Elia

The Pillars
of the project.

Opera ‹Vladivostok›
on the Stage of Life.

Mosfilm Studio Moscow
SPATIAL SOUND DESIGN
Dolby Atmos

Sound, Society and
Public Dialogue

Choir Rehearsal
THE THEME

Soul through
sound.

folklore · youth
naval · frozen

Process
traces.