Festival
The annual Ildar Abdrazakov International Music Festival was founded in 2018 and is now one of Russia's largest and most dynamically developing music forums. The festival aims to identify, support, and promote talented youth in Russian regions. The festival's map steadily expands, encompassing new cities each year. Over seven seasons, concerts have been held in 19 cities: Moscow, St. Petersburg, Ufa, Kazan, Chelyabinsk, Almetyevsk, Yekaterinburg, Novosibirsk, Tomsk, Tyumen, Astrakhan, Vladivostok, Khanty-Mansiysk, Murmansk, Petrozavodsk, Krasnoyarsk, Surgut, Orenburg and others. In 2025, the Eighth Festival will be held from September 19 to 28, 2025 in the Russian Far East. The program will open in Vladivostok, continue in Ussuriysk, Nakhodka and Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, and end in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.
The Festival's program includes events featuring world-renowned vocalists and young opera singers, performances and charitable programs, as well as an educational component comprising series of masterclasses, open rehearsals with world opera stars, and creative meetings with musical figures.
Over the years, Lawrence Brownlee, Claudio Sgura, Luciano Ganchi, Veronica Dzhioeva, Vasily Ladyuk, Sergey Skorokhodov, conductors Speranza Skuppucci, Alexander Sladkovsky, Fabio Mastrangelo, Mikhail Tatarnikov, and many others took part in the festival. Its artistic director Ildar Abdrazakov is an invariable participant in all concerts and masterclasses.
Throughout the Festival's history, its events have been witnessed by more than 35,800 people in concert halls, millions of viewers on Mezzo and "Russia - Culture" TV channels, as well as through online streaming. Over 5,500 applications for masterclasses have been received from young performers from Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Austria, Germany, Greece, South Korea, France, Mongolia, Japan, China, and other countries.
The Ildar Abdrazakov Festival continues to grow, establishing its reputation as one of Russia's key international music forums.
