In Irkutsk from October 29 to 30 the 7th international Jazz on Baikal festival will bring together famous musicians from the USA, Holland, Poland and Russia. The program will open with a gala concert at the Zagursky Musical Theater, where Marcel Worms, the Doctor Jazz ensemble and Igor Butman with a new program and sextet will perform. As part of the festival, the 4th open children's pop jazz contest will also take place. Young musicians will present nearly 20 numbers, jazz stars will give master classes, and it will end with a gala concert with free admission.

From October 29 to 30, the VII International Festival “Jazz on Baikal” will take place in Irkutsk. Famous jazz musicians from the USA, the Netherlands, Poland, and Russia will come to the capital of the Angara region. This was announced at a press conference by the festival’s general producer, Alexander Filippov.
On October 29, the ceremonial opening of the festival will take place at the Zagursky Musical Theater. For the people of Irkutsk, pianist Marcel Worms (the Netherlands), the Irkutsk ensemble “Doctor Jazz,” and Igor Butman with a completely new program and a new sextet ensemble featuring trumpet and trombone will perform.
As part of the international festival, from October 27 to 30, the IV Open City Children’s Variety and Jazz Festival-Competition under the patronage of Igor Butman will be held. As the head of the Department of Culture of the Irkutsk City Administration, Olga Aksamentova, said, young people from Irkutsk are preparing nearly 20 numbers for the competition. It is planned that contestants from various cities of the Irkutsk Region and neighboring regions will take part in the children’s festival. Qualifying rounds will be held on October 27 and 29. On October 30 at 15:00, a gala concert of the participants of the children’s festival will take place at the A. Vampilov Youth Theater. Admission to the event is free.
For the participants of the children’s festival-competition, master classes will be conducted by a lecturer at the Higher Academy of Arts (Hartford, USA) Alex Nakhimovsky, a lecturer at the Manhattan Shool of music, one of the leading jazz trumpeters of our time Valery Ponomarev, People’s Artist of the Russian Federation, lecturer at the Gnesins Academy of Music Igor Butman, head of the Nick Levinovsky orchestra (New York, USA) Nikolai Levinovsky, and other jazz stars.
The VII International Festival “Jazz on Baikal” will conclude on October 30. On the stage of the Youth Theater, Lena Ledoff (piano, Poland), Alex Nakhimovsky and the stars of New York jazz (USA), Maya Akuzena (vocals, USA) and her orchestra will perform.
Based on materials from the press service of the Irkutsk City Administration