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@EWAY WHAT IS CREAT? CREAT is the first computer graphics studio in Russia. CREAT is also the name of a group of ambitious young people who dared to make a breakthrough to civilization in spite of the information gap and their lack of financial resources and technical experience. It started in 1989, a year when the young generation was allowed, for the first time, to apply their energy not only to studying the classics of Marxism and Leninism but also to trying their skills in business and enterprise. Of course permission would not be granted without numerous reservations and limitations, but that was how it all began. Several Physics and Mathematics Department graduates of Leningrad State University opened a small computer games hall, a rather popular kind of entertainment at the time. It was the first source of profit for the future studio. They managed to buy an Amiga 500 computer and some inexpensive graphics software. Several years passed. Now the computer graphics studio forms a part of CREATJoint Stock Company, one of the biggest companies in Russia. It specializes in high technology, and has associated firms in Moscow and Hamburg, Germany . The studio now operates several graphic workstations based on Amiga 3000 and IBM PC-AT 486 computers , and has set up a Betacam SP videoset and a music workstation. Title spots and commercials made for TV at the studio meet European standards. CREAT has taken part in a number of exhibitions and conferences on computer graphics, including international events, and is featured in various guides on electronic arts. CREAT also e 19941SAST In GATEWAYwereport on significantevents, including conferences and expositions; newsof interesting developments in technology and science as they relate to thearts;newsaboutpeople of interest tothe Leonardo audience; and tutorial-level discussions ofimportant technologies and sciencefor thenonexpert. Wewelcome readers' suggestionsfor and contributions tofuture sections. THE ESTONIAN MUSIC COUNCIL The Estonian Music Council (EMC) was founded 13June 1992in Tallinn. The Tallinn Conservatory, Estonian Composers' Union, Estonian Musicological Society, Estonian A. Schoenberg Society and the Computer Music and Musicalll'lformatics Association are among the 25 organizations from diverse areas of Estonia that are participating inthe new council. The board ofthe EMC consists offive persons: Leo Normet (Tallinn Conservatory), Reet Remmel (Estonian Ministry of Culture), Peep Lassmann (Tallinn Conservatory), Vardo Rumessen (concert agency 'Eesti Kontsert") and Andrus Kallastu (Estonian A. Schoenberg Society). Atthe annual meeting of the European branch of the UNESCO International Music Council (IMC), Leo Normet reported on Estonian music culture and the present situation in Estonian music. EMC plans to enter the UNESCO International Music Council next year. LEONARDO, Vol. 27, No.5, pp. 371-378, 1994 371 rGAfE WAY Estonian Music ... The most important purpose of the EMC is to organize an information centre on Estonian music and musicians. EMC also intends to participate in music festivals and to publish books and periodicals about Estonian music. The annual congresses ofthe EMC will provide a forum where Estonian musicians will discuss currenttopics of interest in Estonian music. MARK RAIS Kentmanni 10-16 Tallinn EE0001 Estonia MUSIC IN ESTONIAN LIFE: 1991-1992 During 1991 and 1992 Estonia was very rich in musical events. In July 1991, threefestivals took place in Tallinn: the "Bridges ofSongs" festival , "Oratoria andCantata Week," andthe third "Rock-Summer" festival , all ofwhich were international. In the choral music genrethere was the "Tallinn 1991" music festival. The fifth international organ festival went onfor more than a month, from 2 July-ll August. Twentyseven concerts were held during the international "Jazzkaar 1991"festival . The London Baroque Ensemble performed in Estonia, and both a 372 Gateway Let the arts ofmaking us seeand making us hear engage in competition untilfavourable circumstances allow them toflow togetherand unite as they must. -Pjetro Gonzaga, artist, 1907 GREAT ... organized the programme for the electronic theatre and electronic music show for Graphicon-93 (an event similar to the SIGGRAPH conferences), which was held in St. Petersburg, Russia, in September 1993. One of the promising trends the studio's work has been taking is toward the combination of computer graphics with video and films. Marina Baskakova "Kreyt" (Crear) ul. Plekhanova, 49 St. Petersburg 190000 Russia CONFERENCE ON A.G. GABRITCHEVSKY'S WORK AT THE STATE ACADEMY...