First Rachmaninoff International Youth Piano Competition

From 21 to 26 March in Veliky Novgorod, the homeland of the composer, in the year of his 150th birthday, the First International Youth Piano Competition named after A. S.V. Rachmaninov. The official opening of the competition will take place on March 21 at the Novgorod Regional Philharmonic. A.S. Arensky. International Youth Piano Competition S.V. Rachmaninov is a companion of the International Competition of Pianists, Composers and Conductors named after. S.V. Rachmaninov, which was first held in Moscow in 2022. The artistic director and chairman of the jury of the competition is the People’s Artist of Russia, pianist Denis Matsuev.