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Across Endless Dimensions

Drafts for new "Filmography", "Solo concerts and international tours" and "Other ventures" sections for article Dimash Kudaibergen

2020: Arnau tour
In early 2020, he appeared on two movie soundtracks, singing Hāi pí yíxià (嗨皮一下) for Vanguard and Across Endless Dimensions, theme song of Creators: The Past.

In February his Arnau Europe Tour started, but was interrupted in March due to 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic.

Introduction Matvey Lykov
Matvey Lykov is a Russian model and actor. He has been a fashion model for runway and photos for major fashion labels, designers and haute couture magazines since 2007. As an actor he is most noted for his leading role as "Arman" in the internationally successful Russian fantasy movie "I am Dragon".

Early life
Matvey Lykov was born on 8 April 1987 in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Being the son of the Russian actor Alexander Lykov,(ru)  he made his first acting experiences at a very young age when he starred alongside his father in the Russian TV movie "Thomas Becket" at the age of 5.

Just like his father, Matvey Lykov was an amateur triathlete in his youth.

Education
Matvey Lykov had originally planned to become a translator. He attended a St. Petersburg school specialised in foreign language studies and translation, and graduated early, at the age of 16. He then studied at the Institute of Foreign Languages of the Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia. and graduated from university with a Master's degree at the age of 20. He was working as an English tutor when he went to New York City and was discovered as a model.

After moving to Paris in 2011, he attended The Paris International School of Film and Television ("École Internationale de Création Audiovisuelle et de Réalisation")  that he graduated from in 2015 with major in Directing.

He is fluent in five languages, his native language Russian, English,  French,   Spanish   and Italian;  and also speaks basic Mandarin.

Career
Lykov had not planned to become a model. In 2007, after graduating from the Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia, Lykov decided to join the Work and Travel USA program and spend the summer in New York City. Due to a mistake by the immigration service in his documents, he was not allowed to work in his profession in the United States, and was forced to take very low-paid jobs as a courier and as a cleaner. Thus, he decided to follow a casting call of the New York model agency "Fusion Models", hoping to be able to earn needed extra money.

After having been signed by Fusion Models, he made his runway debut at the 2007 New York Fashion Week, and quickly became one of the most successful male models in the world. In 2008 he was listed among the world's top 25 most popular male models, and in 2009, he entered the list of the top 10 male fashion models (and eventually peaked in the Top 5 later in his career) and the world's top 10 most in demand (male and female) runway models. He is considered "the first male Russian supermodel".

In 2008 he became the face of Jil Sander and in in 2012 the face of Gucci.

Lykov has been presented by Model Agencies in New York (IMG Models and Fusion Models), Paris (Success Models), Milan (D'Management Group), London (Elite Models and SUPA Model Management), Hamburg (M4 Model Management), Berlin (Next Model Management and VIVA Models), Barcelona (View Management  and Traffic Management)  and Copenhagen (Scoop Models).

Fashion Shows
Matvey Lykov is most noted for his runway model career.

He became known as one of the most booked models at the "Big Three" Fashion Weeks in New York, Milan and Paris.

He was for example the most booked male model at the Fall/Winter 2009/10 "Big Three" Fashion Weeks, having been hired by 34 different designers for their shows.

At the New York Fashion Week, the Milan Fashion Week and the Paris Fashion Week he has repeatedly walked for fashion houses and designers such as •  Berluti

• Bottega Veneta

• Brioni

• Canali

• Cerruti/Cerruti 1881

• Corneliani

• Diesel

• Dior Homme

• DKNY

• Ecco Domani Fashion

• Fendi/Karl Lagerfeld

• Gucci

• Hermés

• Hugo Boss

• Issey Miyake

• Jil Sander

• Kenzo

• Lacoste

• Louis Vuitton

• Marc Jacobs

• Moncler

• Phillip Lim

• Raf Simons

• Rag & Bone

•  Roberto Cavalli

•  Salvatore Ferragamo

• Thom Browne

• Tom Ford

• Versace

• Yves Saint Laurent

He has especially walked numerous shows for Gucci, Jil Sander  and Issey Miyake.

Campaigns
Lykov has represented numerous major fashion houses and designers in their campaigns, including Jil Sander (Fall 2007 Campaign, Spring/Summer 2008 Campaign, Fall/Winter 2008 Campaign, Spring 2009 Campaign and Spring 2010 Campaign), Ralph Lauren (Spring 2010 campaign), Prada (Spring 2010 Campaign), Hermès (Spring 2010 campaign), Barneys New York (Spring/Summer 2010 Campaign), Valentino (Fall/Winter 2010 Campaign), Dior Homme (Fall/Winter 2011 Campaign), Cerruti 1881 (Spring/Summer 2013 Campaign), Berluti (Spring/Summer 2014 Campaign), Gucci (Fall/Winter 2009 Campaign, Spring/Summer 2010 Campaign, Fall/Winter 2012 Campaign,  Spring/Summer 2013 Campaign and Fall/Winter 2014 Campaign), Lacoste (Spring/Summer 2015 Campaign), Zara (Spring/Summer 2014 Campaign and Fall/Winter 2015 Campaign), H&M (Fall/Winter 2010 Campaign, Spring/Summer 2017 Campaign,  and Fall 2017 Campaign  ), Marc O'Polo (Spring 2019 Campaign) and Corneliani (Spring/Summer 2018 Campaign,  and Fall/Winter 2019 Campaign).

Cover shoots and editorials
He had cover shoots and editorials for numerous magazines including Vogue Hommes Japan (Spring/Summer 2009 edition), GQ Germany (March 2010 issue and March 2011 issue), Barneys New York (Spring 2010 edition), GQ France (September 2011 issue), L'Officiel Hommes Netherlands (Fall/Winter 2012 edition),  L'Officiel Hommes France (November 2012 issue),  Madame Figaro France (Spring 2013 edition), L'Officiel Hommes Turkey (was on the debut cover of the magazine in July 2013),  GQ Australia (October 2011 issue),  Harper's Bazaar China (Special edition "Men's Style 2013-2014"), Esquire Spain (Spring 2014 issue), Vogue Italy (Spring/Summer 2014 issue), GQ China (November 2015 issue), Vogue Russia (December 2015 issue), Men's Health Germany (October 2018 issue)  and GQ Spain (July/August 2020 issue).

Personal life
In 2014 Lykov married Spanish fashion designer Jessica Steneros, whom he had met for the first time in 2010 in Paris. On 25 Januray 2019 their daughter Sienna was born.

After having lived in New York City for 4 years (and occassionally in Milan) in his early modeling career, he moved to Paris in 2011. In 2018 the couple decided to raise their daughter in Spain, and moved from Paris to Madrid.

Acting
Matvey Lykov had his first acting role (as an adult) in 2011, alongside other fashion models, in the music video for "Iron" by Woodkid who also chose him for the main role in his 2013 video for "I Love You". Because of Lykov's performance in "I Love You", he was invited by Timur Bekmambetov to audition for the main role "Arman" in the 2015 Russian 3D fantasy movie "I am Dragon" which became his first big acting role. "I am Dragon" was one of the most expensive movie productions and the most successful movie on the Chinese market in the history of Russian cinema. It also became the overall most successful Russian film of 2016 at foreign box offices.

Directing
Being a graduate from École Internationale de Création Audiovisuelle et de Réalisation with major in directing, Matvey Lykov has also worked as a director as a sideline. He directed a number of short films and fashion videos, including the "Enchanted" representational videos for the Francesco Scognamiglio(it) Fall/Winter 2010 campaign with female Elite Models in London and Milan. He also gathered experience as a cameraman in several productions, including Christina Voros' and James Franco's documentary "The Director" about the life and career of Frida Giannini, Creative Director of Gucci, that he stars in. In 2019 Lykov participated in the second season of the Russian TV series "Tourist Police" both as male leading actor and as a screenwriter.

Fashion
Matvey Lykov is the co-founder of "Steneros", the fashion label of his wife Jessica Steneros.

Introduction Alan Badoev
Alan Kazbekovich Badoev (Алан Казбекович Бадоев; born January 1981) is a Ukrainian movie director, music video director, screenwriter, TV producer, TV presenter and music producer of Ossetian  origin.

Introduction Wu Muye
Wu Muye (born 23 December 1985) is a prize-winning Chinese pianist.

Early life and education
Wu Muye was born on 23 December 1985 in Beijing, and grew up in Hainan. He started taking piano and violin lessons at the age of 4. At 5, he gave his first public performance, and he won his first contest, the Hong Kong Children's Piano Competition, at the age of 9. In 1996 he was admitted to the fifth grade of the National Conservatory of Music in Beijing. After graduating in 1999, he moved to Paris to study at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse, having Jacques Rouvier as his mentor. After completing the undergraduate program he continued studying at the Conservatoire, despite already having an international career, and graduated in 2009 with a PhD in music.

In 2009, he also became the first Chinese pianist to ever receive the Perfect Piano Performing Artist Medal by the French Ministry of Culture.

Career
Wu Muye has won several awards and is laureate of many international piano competitions including 3rd Prize at the 2003 Ferruccio Busoni Interational Piano Competition in Bolzano, Italy,  the Grand-Prix at the 2004 Marguerite-Long-Jacques-Thibaud Competition in Paris, France, and the gold medal at the 2005 Piano Campus International Piano Competition in Pointoise, France. He has performed at many prestigious events such as the Expo Shanghai 2010, the 60th Anniversary Gala of UNESCO,  at the 50th Anniverary Ceremony for the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and France  and at the APEC state banquet hosted for the US president Barack Obama  in 2014; at the Milan Expo 2015; at the Opening Ceremony of the 2016 G20 Summit;   at the World Health Organization Meeting dedictated to the 30rd World AIDS Day at the WHO headquarters  and at the BRICS Leaders Meeting in 2017; and at the CCTV Spring Festival Gala in 2018.

He had two soloist world tours, the Wu Muye "Complete Works of Schubert impromptus" Piano Recital Tour from 2018 to 2019, and in December 2019 his Wu Muye "Complete Works of Chopin Waltzes" Piano Recital World Tour started.

In December 2018, he opened a piano studio, the Wu Muye Studio, in Hangzhou, that gives non-profit piano lessons to children and teenagers.

Early life Alan Badoev
Alan Kazbekovich Badoev was born on January 10 1981 in Beslan, North Ossetian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. He grew up in the city of Horlivka, Donets-Krivoy Rog Soviet Republic.

In 1998 he began his studies at the Kiev National University of theater, cinema and television and graduated in 2013. During his studies he began to make documentaries, short films and music videos (e.g. for Iryna Bilyk and Dmitri Klimashenko).

Introduction Music Awards
The Russian National Music Award (abbr. RNMA) (Российская национальная музыкальная премия; abbr. РНМП), also known as Russian Music Award, (abbr. RMA) (Российская музыкальная премия; abbr. РМП) or Victoria Award (Виктория премия) is a music award, established in 2015 by the Academy of Russian Music, to recognise the talent and achievements in the Russian popular and classical music scene.

The nominees and winners are chosen by a jury consisting of members of the Academy of Russian Music. The Russian National Music Award is considered the Russian equivalent to the Grammy Award.

History
The award was established in 2015 by the Academy of Russian Music and its president Yuri Kostin,(ru) following an initiative of Russian music industry grand Mikhail Gutseriev. The aim was to establish a professional, objective, impartial award to recognize achievements in the Russian music scene. According to its organisers, their goal is to be "the most objective music award in Russia".

The award ceremony is held anually in December, in Moscow, and broadcast on Russia-1.

Award ceremonies have been held on


 * 10 December 2015 (Live broadcast on Russia-1 on 11 December 2015)
 * 7 December 2016 (broadcast on Russia-1 on 9 December 2016)
 * 13 December 2017 (broadcast on Russia-1 on 15 December 2017)
 * 7 December 2018 (broadcast on Russia-1 on 7 December 1018)
 * 5 December 2019 (broadcast on Russia-1 on 13 December 2019)

The first award ceremony, in 2015, took place in the Crocus City Hall, since then, the ceremony has been held in the State Kremlin Palace.

The ceremonies have been accompanied by live performances of renowned Russian, such as Polina Gagarina, Philipp Kirkorov, Nikolay Baskov, Dima Bilan, Sergey Lazarev, and Leonid Agutin, and international artists, including Christina Aguilera, Alekseev, Svetlana Loboda, Ani Lorak and Dimash Kudaibergen.

The award ceremonies were hosted by Vera Brezhneva and Aleksandr Revva in 2015, Igor Vernik and Olga Shelest(ru) in 2016, Glukoza and Andrey Razygraev in 2017, and by Andrey Malakhov in 2018 and 2019.

Voting process
The winners of the RNMAs are chosen by an expert jury, namely by the more than 150 members of the Academy of Russian Music, called "Academicians".

In the first round of the the evaluation process, nominees are suggested by production centers, record labels and other professionals of the Russian music scene; but also artists have the possibility to apply themselves. Approximately a month before the award ceremony, the suggested nominees are announced at the Russian National Music Award Gala Dinner. With the gala dinner, the expert voting of the Academicians is officially launched. Then, in an anonymous online voting, each Academy member can cast one vote in each category. Both the finalists/"nominees" and the winners are determined by the results of that expert voting. On 31 November the voting traditionally closes, and in early December, the top nominees who received the most Acedamician votes within each category are presented as "finalists" to the media. In the same month, the winners are revealed at the Russian National Music Award Ceremony.

The voting process is controlled by the British international audit and consulting company Ernst & Young that keeps the voting results a secret, even to the Academy and the event organisers themselves, until the winners are announced at the award ceremony.

The winners receive a diploma and a gold statuette called "Prima".

Categories
The National Russian Music Award has been presented in the following (occasionally changing) categories:


 * Best Male Singer in Popular Music
 * Best Female Singer in Popular Music
 * Best Vocalist in Classical Music
 * Best Instrumentalist in Classical Music
 * Composer of the Year
 * Lyricist of the Year
 * Song of the Year
 * Music Video of the Year
 * Newcomer of the Year in Popular Music
 * Best Pop Group
 * Best Folk Artist/Band
 * Best Rock Artist/Band
 * Best Electronic Project
 * Best Hip Hop Project
 * Urban Romance
 * Best Soundtrack
 * Dance Hit of the Year
 * Best Concert
 * Best Music TV Show
 * Best Music Producer

Personal Life
From 2003 to 2012 Badoev was married to Ukrainian TV presenter, actress, producer and designer Zhanna Badoeva. They have a daughter, Lolita, and he adopted Zhanna's son from her first marriage, Boris. In 2011 and 2017 Badoev and Zhanna Badoeva starred together as TV presenters in 3 Seasons of the Ukrainian travel TV show "Eagles and Tails".

In 2004 Badoev's father was taken hostage by a Chechen group in Beslan. According to Badoev, he sold most of his belongings to buy his father free.

Music production
Badoev is the music producer of several Ukrainian artists, most noteably of the prize-winning singers Max Bar sky and Tyanna