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.

For the second time the International Musical Olympus Foundation presented young musicians, winners of the most prestigious international musical contests in Baku – to a standing ovation. With the Foundation’s support and within the V Uzeyir Hajibeyli International Festival the young musical elite from the USA, Russia, and Lithuania performed at the Grand Hall of the Magomayev Azerbaijan State Philharmonic Hall.

Young musicians, prize winners of prestigious international contests from Russia, Azerbaijan, Lithuania, and USA will soon present international Musical Olympus Festival in Baku. Festival concerts will take place on 20, 21 and 22 September 2013 within the framework of the V Uzeyir Hajibeyli International Festival at the Grand Hall of the Magomayev Azerbaijan State Philharmonic Hall.

Brazilian conductor Tobias Volkmann received audience award of the XVIII international Musical Olympus Festival that took place in St Petersburg from May 21 to June 2. Apart from a silver Easter egg handmade by a famous jeweler Vladimir Mikhailov, Tobias Volkmann will also have a chance to take part at the presentation concerts of the Festival in Switzerland, Germany, and the USA.

Concert in State Capella closed the XVIII International Musical Olympus Festival in St Petersburg that took place from May 21 to June 2. For two weeks St Petersburg has become the center of world classical music and gathered young talented performers from 11 countries: Australia, Brazil, Korea, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, France, Bulgaria, Rumania, Ukraine, and Russia. The audience of the festival exceeded 4 thousand music lovers.