Press conference in the run-up to one of the most awaited cultural events of the year – the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra tour organized by the Musical Olympus Foundation – will take place on 19 November 2013, 18:30 p.m., at the ITAR-TASS press center in Moscow (2 Tverskoi boulevard, 2nd floor).

The great event will take place in the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall in Moscow on November 20-24, 2013. The Musical Olympus Foundation is bringing the Vienna Philharmonic conducted by Christian Thielemann to the Russian capital. The orchestra will perform all nine symphonies by Ludwig van Beethoven in a series of four concerts.

On 7 October 2013 the 10^th annual presentation concert of the Musical Olympus International Festival took place in Zurich. Young winners of prestigious global musical contests Yi-Ping Yang (Taiwan – France, percussion), Elena Tokar (soprano, Ukraine), and Elmar Gasanov (Russia, piano) performed on the stage of Tonhalle concert hall and were received with tumultuous applause of the sophisticated Swiss audience.

The 11th Annual Session of the World Public Forum (WPF) "Dialogue of Civilizations" that took place on the island of Rhodes (Greece) on 2–6 October 2013 has come to an end. For the second time the Musical Olympus Foundation organized “Welcome” musical festival within the framework of the Forum. Well-known musical bands from Europe, America, and Africa working in various genres and styles took part in the festival. And the scientific programme of the Forum included “Music and our environments” sessionsupported by the Foundation. President of the Musical Olympus Foundation Irina Nikitina moderated the discussion that gathered leading experts from all over the world.

The 11th Annual Session of the World Public Forum (WPF) "Dialogue of Civilizations" started on the island of Rhodes (Greece) on October, 2. At the initiative of Irina Nikitina, President of the Musical Olympus Foundation, the scientific programme of the Forum will include “Music and our environments” session with leading experts from Russia, Europe, and USA on its speakers’ list. Also for the second time the Musical Olympus Foundation organizes “Welcome” musical festival within the framework of the Forum. The WPF will run until October, 6.

10^th annual concert of the Musical Olympus International Festival will take place in Zurich on 7 October 2013. Traditionally, the venue for the performance will be Tonhalle, one of the city’s best concert halls. Young musicians from Taiwan, Ukraine, and Russia, winners of the most prestigious global musical contests, will take part in the concert.