The famous virtuoso pianist, People's Artist of the Russian Federation Denis Matsuev will perform in Ufa. He will play a concert with the National Symphony Orchestra of the Republic of Bashkortostan under the baton of Honored Artist of the Republic of Bashkortostan Dmitry Kryukov.

The performance will take place as part of the International Charity Festival "Time of High Music". The festival will take place in the capital of Bashkortostan in early June.

The festival was announced the day before during a working meeting at the Bashkir Opera and Ballet Theater. The initiative to hold the festival in Ufa belongs to the first deputy head of the Central Executive Committee of the United Russia party Natalia Orlova.

Participants of the meeting — Deputy Head of the United Russia Central Election Commission Natalya Orlova, Minister of Culture of Bashkortostan Amina Shafikova, Head of the Theater and Concert Organizations Directorate of the Moscow City Department of Culture Natalya Drozhnikova, Head of the Regional Executive Committee of United Russia Rustem Akhmadinurov, Advisor to the Head of the Republic of Bashkortostan Askar Abdrazakov, General Director Of the Bashkir Opera and Ballet Theater Ilmar Almukhametov, Director General of the NSO RB Arthur Naziullin, Vice-President of the CCI RB Ainur Akkulov discussed the key issues of the festival, defining its most important task as the social component of the project.