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

Feb12

Public talk with Irina Nikitina

On the12 February 2021 at 14:00 Irina Nikitina participates as a key speaker in the public talk on the topic " What is happening in the music world? Is there a future for live concerts?". The event is organised in the framework of "St. Petersburg Book Lighthouse. Music of meanings" festival. During the discussion, the most critical issues about music will be discussed. Why does a modern person need "live" music? Artificial intelligence is already capable to create musical compositions and performs them, it improvises better than an average composer and musician. How does music affect the psyche of a modern person? What is happening now with the big concert agencies?

The host of the meeting is Andrey Konstantinov, musician, Honored artist of Russia, member of the Terem-Quartet ensemble. The broadcast of the event can be viewed at YouTube https://youtu.be/ycd-yWY1XDA

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.