On October, 20 the Tonhalle concert hall in Zurich became the venue for the annual concert and presentation of the international Musical Olympus Festival. Some of the brightest participants of the Musical Olympus festival in St Petersburg performed for the Swiss audience: Victor Julien-Laferriere (France, cello); Seyoung Park (Republic of Korea, soprano); and young Olympian Daniel Kharitonov (Russia, piano). The latter turned 16 this year and is considered one of the most promising Russian pianists.

The World Public Forum "Dialogue of Civilizations" was held on the Greek island of Rhodes on September 25-29. For several years already at the initiative of the President of Musical Olympus Foundation Irina Nikitina the scientific programme of the forum included a section on music. This year the experts discussed the interaction of advanced technology and music.

The Musical Olympus Foundation offers its sincere congratulations to Mario Chang, tenor from Guatemala, on his victory in one of the most prestigeous vocal competitions in the world - Operalia, founded and managed by Placido Domingo.

In his guidebook Festival Europe 2014 its author Frank Kuznik has chosen 60 of the best world music festivals of this year to follow the music for an experience you’ll never forget. From medieval chapels in Provence to epic amphitheaters on the Mediterranean coast, summer festivals offer an exciting opportunity to hear the world’s greatest musicians performing in breathtaking settings. Musical Olympus Festival was glad to become one of these events.

Organized the 6th year in a row, German-Russian Young Leaders Conference aims to create and develop a unique platform for  successful dialogue between the future elite of the two states to overcome geographical, age, information, political and other barriers via dialogue and cooperation of young leaders.

Video from the XIX International Musical Olympus Festival is available on Youtube channel: here.