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Denis Matsuev will Hold the Stars on Baikal FestivalOn April 29 – May 5, Irkuts will host the XVI International Music Festival Stars on Baikal. The artistic director of the festival is the winner of the XI International Tchaikovsky Competition (1998), People’s Artist of Russia Denis Matsuev.

10 concerts with the participation of famous soloists and groups will traditionally be held in Zagursky Irkutsk Regional Musical Theatre and in the Concert Hall of the Irkutsk Regional Philharmonic Society.

The annual international festival of academic music in Irkutsk Stars on Baikal has become an integral part of the cultural life of the region, its main goal is to widely promote musical art, support talented creative youth, and arrange conditions for performance enhancement of cultural institutions. The objectives of the festival include: to expand the audience of academic art lovers in the Irkutsk region, to support and improve the professional standards of orchestras of the Irkutsk Musical Theatre and the Philharmonic Society, musical educational institutions of the Irkutsk region.

The artistic director of the festival, Denis Matsuev, forms the programme of concert performances and invites new interesting musicians to Irkutsk on his own. Detailed information about the programme of the Stars on Baikal Festival can be found on the website:

The festival is organized with the support of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, the Governor of the Irkutsk Region, the Ministry of Culture and Archives of the Irkutsk Region and the Federal State Budgetary Institution of Culture ROSCONCERT.