On the eve of Moscow, the anniversary XV International Festival "Moscow meets friends" ended. In the capital, the Republic of Bashkortostan was represented by members of the Academy of the Vladimir Spivakov Foundation in the Republic of Bashkortostan - young musicians and artists. The festival is a project of the Vladimir Spivakov International Charitable Foundation and is held with the support of the Government of Moscow, the Presidential Administration, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, the Department of Culture of Moscow under the patronage of the Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO.

About two hundred talented children from Russia, Austria, Germany, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Japan and other countries of the near and far abroad became participants in the anniversary program.

The opening ceremony of the Festival was held in the Svetlanov Hall of the Moscow International House of Music with the participation of the maestro himself, the USSR People's Artist, UNESCO World Artist Vladimir Spivakov and the Moscow Virtuosi chamber orchestra. Milena Zubaerova, student of the class of Honored Cultural Worker of the Republic of Belarus, teacher of the SSMK Leonard Ishbulatov, performed in the opening concert program of the combined violin ensemble under the leadership of the Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra and the Tel Aviv Virtuosos Tel Aviv band Alexander Povolotsky.

“Participation in the activities of the Vladimir Spivakov Foundation is a great experience for me, because I received a lot of new knowledge from the outstanding violinists of the world. Thanks to the Foundation, on the recommendation of Alexander Mikhailovich Povolotsky, I was invited to Moscow, and we performed a consolidated ensemble of 16 people. I managed to communicate with the guys from other cities, share experiences, meet talented musicians. In Moscow, I also received an invitation to the International Competition of Polish Music Performers named after Yadviga Shchepanovskaya, which will be held in Omsk", - Milena shared her impressions.

A student of the 6th class of the SSMK, a scholar of the Vladimir Spivakov Foundation, Anna Valiyeva (a class of associate professor, honored cultural worker of the Republic of Bashkortostan Valentina Starikova) took part in the events of the festival “Moscow meets friends”. She performed in the Concert Hall of the Palace of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich "Theatrical Khoromin" in the museum-reserve "Kolomenskoye". Together with Anna, the guys from Sweden, Estonia, Latvia, the Republic of Moldova, Armenia and cities of Russia took part in the concert.

“It is very pleasant that the talented children of Bashkortostan annually become participants in such a significant international project. I want to note that the Foundation carries out comprehensive work on identifying and supporting talented children. I am convinced that participation in the jubilee festival will give our “sparkles” an additional incentive for further development, ”said V. Spivakova, director of the Charity Foundation in Bashkortostan, honored artist of the Republic of Bashkortostan, laureate of the State Republican Prize named after him. S. Babich, famous clarinetist Arthur Naziullin.

During the festival, an exhibition of works by young artists from around the world was organized, among them were participants of the Academy in the field of “Artistry” Okhrimenko Anastasia and Samigullina Angela from Ufa, Suyarembetov Nikita from Ishimbay and Valery Sirotkin from Kumertau. A key place in the exhibition was taken by the collective work of 23 young artists of Bashkortostan.

It is worth noting that a young clarinetist from the neighboring republic, a member of the Academy Grigory Gritskov (Naberezhnye Chelny) also arrived in Moscow.