From April 8 to 11, the 11th Jazz on Baikal festival will take place in Irkutsk

In spring, the regional center will again host the international Jazz on Baikal festival, which this year promises to be a great music celebration. It will open with a jazz parade and an open concert, and for the first time will include a charity concert for people with disabilities and a children's festival contest. Guests will enjoy performances by leading jazz musicians from Russia and other countries, including Brill Family, artists from Paris and New York, as well as Igor Butman and Igor Bril. The program will end with a gala concert featuring Russian, French and Israeli performers.

In the spring, the regional center will host the traditional international music festival “Jazz on Baikal.” This year, the event coordinators plan to turn it into one big celebration of music.
The forum will open with a jazz parade through the 130th Quarter and a large open-air concert at a shopping and entertainment complex. For the first time, the festival will include a charity concert for people with disabilities. There will also be a children’s festival-competition.
As always, the festival will feature leading jazz masters from Russia and other countries. The famous Russian saxophone twins Brill Family will come, musicians from Paris and New York are expected, and, of course, People’s Artists of the Russian Federation Igor Butman and Igor Bril.
“This year we will already have the eighth competition, which began as a city project. Now it has already received international status, because this year we have participants from France. And negotiations are already underway so that, in addition to Butman’s patronage, it can also become part of the events protected by UNESCO. That is, such a proposal was made to us, and now we will work on it,” said Alexander Filippov, artistic director of the “Jazz on Baikal” festival.
On April 11, participants in the children’s competition will be awarded at the musical theater, and the young performers will play for the audience. And at the big gala concert, Russian, French, and Israeli performers will take the stage.