The International Festival of Academic Music Stars on Baikal has opened in Irkutsk Region, a major cultural event. This year more than 300 musicians, three famous orchestras and star soloists will take part. The festival runs from September 9 to 19. On September 12, the Note Do auction will support gifted children in Irkutsk Region, along with the traditional football match Under the Flag of Kindness.
The International Festival of Academic Music “Stars on Baikal” has opened in the Irkutsk Region. The ceremonial opening was attended by the Governor of the Irkutsk Region Sergey Eroshchenko, Chairwoman of the Legislative Assembly of the region Lyudmila Berlina, artistic director of the festival, Laureate of the International P.I. Tchaikovsky Competition, Honored Artist of Russia, honorary citizen of Irkutsk, pianist Denis Matsuev, and the festival director, director of the N. M. Zagursky Irkutsk Regional Theater Vladimir Shagin.- The “Stars on Baikal” festival, having won enormous audience love and public recognition, has become a significant event in the cultural life of the country, a true hallmark of the Irkutsk Region not only in Russia but also abroad, - Sergey Eroshchenko noted at the opening ceremony.
As Denis Matsuev noted, this year’s festival program will be unique. For the first time, more than 300 participants will come to Irkutsk, and performances by three renowned orchestras will take place on concert stages. The festival will be held in the capital of the Angara region from September 9 to 19. Irkutsk audiences and city guests will be able to attend concerts by three orchestras: the Moscow chamber orchestra “Musica Viva” under the direction of Alexander Rudin, the Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Valery Gergiev, and the National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia under the direction of Vladimir Spivakov. On the stage of the N. Zagursky Irkutsk Musical Theater, soloist of the Bolshoi Theatre Anna Aglatova, soloist of the Novaya Opera Theatre Vasily Ladyuk, and guest of the festival, virtuoso violinist from China Feng Ning, will perform.
- Every time I look forward to the opening of a new festival with great trepidation, because enormous work is done to organize it for you - my fellow countrymen, - Denis Matsuev emphasized.
As the head of the region reported, a good tradition of the festival is charitable programs aimed at supporting talented, creatively gifted children. On September 12, as part of the music festival “Stars on Baikal,” the fifth anniversary charity auction “Note C” will take place, held in support of talented children of the Irkutsk Region - musicians and artists. Thanks to the auction, over four years more than two hundred children received new musical instruments and laptops, and were able to go to creative competitions.
In addition, the traditional football match with the participation of veterans of Soviet and Russian football, politicians, and stars of classical music - participants of the international music festival “Stars on Baikal” - will be held this year on September 12 as part of the nationwide charity campaign “Under the Banner of Good!”. The organizing committee of the nationwide campaign is headed by the First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, president of the Russian Olympic Committee Alexander Zhukov and Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation Arkady Dvorkovich.
The festival program of the VII International Music Festival “Stars on Baikal” was opened by the Moscow chamber orchestra MUSICA VIVA, artistic director, conductor and soloist - Alexander Rudin (cello), soloists - Denis Matsuev (piano), Boris Brovtsyn (violin), Graf Murzha (violin), Boris Andrianov (cello), Roman Muravitsky (tenor). The concert program featured music by Haydn, G. Rossini, N. Paganini, G. Verdi, C. Saint-Saëns, P. Tchaikovsky, and S. Prokofiev.
Based on materials from the press service of the Governor of the Irkutsk Region and the Government of the Irkutsk Region