Federal State Budgetary Cultural Institution “ROSCONCERT”

“Soyuzconcert”

The Federal State Budgetary Cultural Institution “ROSCONCERT” is the legal successor to the USSR State Concert and Touring Bureau “Soyuzconcert,” founded in 1967. This was a centralized All-Union center for planning and coordinating tours of outstanding soloists and artistic companies throughout all the republics of the USSR.

“Soyuzconcert” has worked with renowned creative and performing companies, including the Bolshoi Theater of the USSR, the Kirov Opera and Ballet Theater, the Maly Theater of the USSR, Emil Gilels, Svyatoslav Richter, Lev Oborin, David Oistrakh, Leonid Kogan, Mstislav Rostropovich, Arkady Raikin, Lyudmila Zykina, Iosif Kobzon, Klavdiya Shulzhenko, and many others.

“Soyuzconcert” did not confine its activity to the organization of tours of musical and dramatic theater companies across the USSR, but also participated in international events, including the preparation and carrying of the cultural program for the 1980 Olympic Games.

ROSCONCERT

ROSCONCERT proudly continues the traditions of its legendary predecessor.

Today, it is a major touring and concert center, annually implementing over 1,500 national and international projects, including:

●     All-Russian touring and concert plan;

●     International Tchaikovsky Competition;

●     International Ballet Competition;

●     Rachmaninoff International Competition for Pianists, Composers, and Conductors;

●     All-Russian music competition;

●     All-Russian Competition of Ballet Dancers and Choreographers;

●      All-Russian competition of young dancers “Russian Ballet”;

●     International Children’s Cultural Forum

●     “Baltic Seasons” Arts Festival;

●     The Great Arts Festival in Chersonesos;

●     Rachmaninoff Festival;

●     All-Russian Choral Festival named after M. Grivsky;

●     Festival of Culture and Sports of the Peoples of the South of Russia;

●     Festival “Territory of Peace – Territory of Music”;

●     a program of cultural and educational routes “Cultural Map 4+85” for schoolchildren in the DPR, LPR, Zaporizhia, and Kherson regions;

●     cultural festivals of the SCO and BRICS member countries;

●     a complex of cultural events abroad aimed at promoting and popularizing the Russian language;

●     Day of Slavic Writing and Culture;

●     All-Russian cultural project “Forum of National Artistic Companies “Multinational Russia””;

●     project “Theater in Estates”;

●     a series of concerts by winners of all-Russian and international competitions;

●     All-Russian Decade of Graduates of Creative Universities (University-standard Art Schools);

●     a series of literary and musical evenings “To the Russian Genius”;

●     “My Rachmaninoff” musical marathon;

●     concert programs with the participation of female conductors, choreographers, musicians, and soloists.

ROSCONCERT also holds joint events with China, India, Bahrain, Vietnam, Iran, Bulgaria, Serbia, Egypt, Thailand, Tanzania, Myanmar, Venezuela, Morocco, Brazil, Laos, Oman, North Korea, Djibouti, Turkmenistan, Nicaragua, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and other countries in Europe, Asia, America, and Africa; cross-years and cultural exchange days, introducing the audiences to the best artistic achievements and promoting cooperation between countries.

Young Talents

ROSCONCERT promotes the development and support of young talents, the concert activities of regional companies and soloists, and conducts a variety of educational projects.

All-Russian Touring and Concert Plan

Since 2021, ROSCONCERT has been successfully implementing the All-Russian Touring and Concert Plan of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, developed for the first time in the last 30  years.
As part of the Plan, ROSCONCERT operates tours for Russian theater companies under the “Bolshie Gastroli” brand, as well as tours of national companies under the umbrella of “We Are Russia” program, facilitating the integration of the country’s cultural space and the exchange of experience between organizations in the sphere of arts.

Awards

Commendation of the President of the Russian Federation – for services to the development of Russian culture and art, and longstanding fruitful activity (2023)

The institution is subordinate to the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation.