Фестиваль Ильдара Абдразакова

The annual Ildar Abdrazakov International Music Festival was founded in 2018 and has since become one of Russia’s largest and most dynamically developing music festivals. Its mission is to discover, support and promote talented young musicians across Russia’s regions. The festival’s geographical reach continues to expand, embracing new cities each year. Over eight editions, concerts have been held in 30 cities, including Moscow, St. Petersburg, Ufa, Kazan, Chelyabinsk, Almetyevsk, Yekaterinburg, Novosibirsk, Tomsk, Tyumen, Astrakhan, Vladivostok, Khanty-Mansiysk, Murmansk, Petrozavodsk, Krasnoyarsk, Surgut, Orenburg and others.

In 2026, the ninth edition of the festival officially opened on June 23 at the State Academic Capella of St. Petersburg. The extensive concert tour continued on October 7 at the Murmansk Regional Philharmonic, followed by a performance on October 9 at the Grand Hall of the Karelian State Philharmonic in Petrozavodsk and on October 13 at the Yamal Philharmonic in Salekhard.

A special place in the festival’s itinerary was reserved for Votkinsk, the birthplace of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. On October 18, the final gala concert of the IX Ildar Abdrazakov International Music Festival took place at the Yubileiny Palace of Culture in the city where the great Russian composer was born.

The ninth festival’s concert tour featured Ildar Abdrazakov, Artistic Director of the Festival and People’s Artist of Russia, and Alexey Tikhomirov, a principal soloist of the Moscow Helikon Opera Theatre and the Kolobov Novaya Opera Theatre of Moscow, and Honored Artist of the Republic of Tatarstan.

They were joined by young performers who have participated in the educational projects of the Ildar Abdrazakov Foundation for the Support of Young Talents: Alexandra Zotova, a soloist of the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Academic Music Theatre and a participant in the Bolshoi Theatre’s Young Artists Opera Program; Kirill Popov, a soloist of the Moscow Helikon Opera Theatre; as well as Maria Mertseva and Maria Paymanova.

Программа Фестиваля включает мероприятия с участием всемирно известных вокалистов и молодых оперных певцов, спектакли и благотворительные программы, а также образовательную часть, в которую входят серии мастер-классов, открытые репетиции звезд мировой оперной сцены, творческие встречи с музыкальными деятелями. В разные годы в событиях Фестиваля приняли участие всемирно известные артисты Рамон Варгас, Лоуренс Браунли, Клаудио Сгура, Лучано Ганчи, Вероника Джиоева, Екатерина Семенчук, Василий Ладюк, Сергей Скороходов, Владислав Сулимский, Дмитрий Корчак, Василиса Бержанская, Динара Алиева, дирижеры Валерий Гергиев, Сперанца Скуппуччи, Александр Сладковский, Фабио Мастранджело, Михаил Татарников, Дмитрий Крюков и многие другие. Неизменным участником всех концертов и мастер-классов является художественный руководитель Фестиваля Ильдар Абдразаков.