The 25th International Musical Olympus Festival

Dear Friends, dear Musicians and Audience, Donors and Supporters!

The 25th International Musical Olympus Festival will take place in 2021.

Due to the pandemic, we are tackled with on a global scale, we have to heavy-heartedly announce the cancellation of the Festival in Saint Petersburg, Russia, held from May 28th until June 5th 2020. It is a decision that has not come easy and it is very sad for us, because this year we were supposed to celebrate the 25th anniversary.

The COVID-19 virus has unfortunately reached Russia and the scenario of its development remains highly unpredictable. Clearly, serious measures have to be taken against a pandemic and we do not want to risk our musicians and dedicated audience members & friends, flying into / from Russia, from all over the world, to experience any possible complications.

We also cannot guarantee that such bigger scale events, as our festival, will be able to take place end of May 2020, due to the precautions adapted by the Russian Government to protect its citizens from a broader spread of the virus. Thus we will postpone the celebration of Musical Olympus 25th year to the upcoming year! We kindly ask you for your deepest understanding!

Please be sure, that we will do our best to celebrate this year via our online presence on our website, our social media and simply in our hearts.

Artists 2020:

Conductors - Gabor Kali (Hungary), Henry Cheng (USA), Darrell Ang (Singapore), Vasily Petrenko (Russia)
Pianists – Emanuil Ivanov (Bulgaria), Daniel Kharitonov (Russia)
Violinists - Elvin Hoxha Ganiyev (Azerbaijan/Albania/Turkey), Joshua Brown (USA), Teo Gertler (Slovakia), Ilya Gringolts (Russia)
Cellists – Haruma Sato (Japan), Santjago Cañón Valencia (Columbia)
Vocalists – Adriana Gonzales (Guatemala), Ao Li (China), Maria Viotti (Switzerland)
Classic Guitar – Jesse Flowers (Australia)

Please stay healthy and safe.

With best wishes,
Irina Nikitina
President of the Musical Olympus Foundation

News

Sep28

Swiss Russian Forum / Matrioshka Dialog

On the 24 September 2020 Irina Nikitina participated as a key speaker in the Matryoshka Dialogue public talk, organized by the Swiss Russian Forum Foundation. Together with the award-winning saxophonist Valentine Michaud they discussed how Corona has changed the cultural events' landscape, its effects on music, music performances. What challenges musicians all over the world are facing now, how they can be supported, in what ways and formats further development of this field is possible.

Sep18

Swiss Russian Forum / Matrioshka Dialog

Irina Nikitina participates in "Matrioshka Dialog" arranged by Swiss Russian Forum.

May27

Musical Olympus Festival 2020

Dear Friends, Supporters and Musicians of the Musical Olympus Foundation,

As we announced to you several weeks ago, unfortunately, our festival had to be postponed to the upcoming year 2021. Nevertheless, we would like to use the dates of the festival and entire June this year to present to you the artists of 2020 on our online platforms.

We encourage you to join us on a digital expedition and get acquainted with the artists via a series of online interviews, as well as musical greetings created especially for you from their homes located in: China, Colombia, France, Germany, USA, Korea, Bulgaria, Russia…

As you might imagine with concerts cancelled, especially young artists are facing a rough financial time. This initiative is also created, in order to raise awareness about their current situation and we highly encourage and welcome any donation, that will support the young talents in these very challenging times: paypal.me/MusicalOlympus

We hope you can enjoy and beginn celebrating with us our 25th anniversary and attend our Musical Olympus Festival in Saint Petersburg in May 2021.

With best wishes,
your Musical Olympus Foundation.