Today in Ufa, the 1st International Music Festival of Ildar Abdrazakov ended with a grandiose gala concert. The event was timed to the 20th anniversary of the creative activity of the People's Artist of Bashkortostan and Tatarstan, the Chevalier of the Order of Friendship of the Peoples of Bashkortostan, the winner of the National Theater Award "Golden Mask", twice the Grammy Award winner.

The solemn concert was attended by the Head of the Republic of Bashkortostan Rustem Khamitov, the Minister of Culture of the Republic of Bashkortostan Amina Shafikova, as well as public and political figures, the cultural community of the capital, admirers of opera. The hall was also attended by the mother of the singer Tuskira Nahimzyanovna and the teacher - professor of the Ufa Institute of Arts. Z. Ismagilov Milyausha Murtazina.

Leading the culmination of the festival was the TV presenter of the channel "Culture" Julian Makarov (St. Petersburg). As in the previous evenings of the festival, the creative colleagues of the artist performed on the stage of the Bashkir Opera and Ballet Theater.

The concert was attended by such stars of the scene as soloist of the International Academy of Music Elena Obraztsova Hamid Abdulov (St. Petersburg); soloist of the International Academy of Music Elena Obraztsova Alyona Sobolevskaya (St. Petersburg). The soloist, the tenor of the Mariinsky Theater Sergey Skorokhodov (St. Petersburg), especially gave a particularly stormy ovation. Also participants of the concert were a young artist, soloist of the Opera and Ballet Theater Rakhimov Rakhimov and the postgraduate student of the UGI Salavat Kiekbaev, with whom Ildar Abdrazakov worked on the master class.

This evening the National Symphony Orchestra of the Republic of Bashkortostan was led by one of the most outstanding figures among the conductors of the 21st century - Sperpza Scappuchchi. The conductor was born in Italy, recognized as one of the most interesting conductors of his generation on the international stage. She is the principal conductor at the Royal Opera in Liege. The artists performed arias and duets from the operas Attila and Don Carlos by Giuseppe Verdi, Idomeneo by Wolfgang Mozart, Tosca and La Boheme by Giacomo Puccini, Franz Lehar's Country of Smiles, Gioacchino Rossini's The Barber of Seville, Seekers pearls "Georges Bizet and others. Every artist's appearance on the stage was accompanied by an endless ovation.

The gala concert brought together not only Ildar Abdrazakov's friends on stage, but also in the hall. To listen to some of the best voices of Russia and the world came his friends from the near abroad, Moscow, St. Petersburg. Ildar Abdrazakova was greeted by his friend, TV presenter of the information program "Time" on "First Channel" Ekaterina Andreeva.