XXI International Festival «Musical Olympus»

June 1, Wednesday, 19:00

St. Petersburg State Academic Cappella

Program

Symphony Orchestra of St. Petersburg State Academic Cappella
Conductor: Hyun-Jin Yun (Republic of Korea) Second prize, The "Jovens Maestro" International Competition, Lisbon (Portugal), 2013

F. Mendelssohn	Hebrides Overture ("Fingal's Cave")
	Violin Concerto in E minor
Soloist: Elea Nick (Switzerland) First Prize, The Lipinski and Wieniawski International Competition for Young Violinists, Lublin (Poland), 2015

Intermission

L. van Beethoven	Coriolan Overture
	Piano Concerto No.4 in G Major
Soloist: Alexander Yakovlev (Russia) First Prize and Golden Medal of the President of the Republic of Italy, Ettore Pozzoli International Piano Competition, Seregno (Italy), 2013

The concert is sponsored by the Vontobel Bank (Switzerland)

News

Feb10

A Musical Olympus Foundation scholarship recipient won the Grand Prix

A Musical Olympus Foundation scholarship recipient won the Grand Prix at the 2nd Moscow International Gnessin Piano Competition.

Yekaterinburg pianist Anna Karakina took first place at the international competition in Moscow. The fourteen-year-old student of the Ural Specialized Music School won the Grand Prix at the 2nd Moscow International Gnessin Piano Competition. The competition brought together young musicians from all over the world—from Canada and Japan to Serbia and China. Fifty-seven performers advanced to the in-person round. The international jury, chaired by renowned teacher Vladimir Ovchinnikov, noted the exceptionally high level of the participants.

In 2023, Anna Karakina won the Silver Nutcracker Award at the 24th International Television Competition for Young Musicians "The Nutcracker" (Rossiya-Kultura TV Channel).

Feb18

A participant of the 26th Musical Olympus Festival has been awarded at "The Vendome Prize"

Maxim Lando, a participant of the 26th Musical Olympus Festival, has been awarded the Grand Prize at the just finished international competition The Vendome Prize.

Maxim will perform at the Festival concert in St. Petersburg on June 5, 2022

Feb05

Concert in Klosters (Switzerland)

On Saturday, February 5, 2022 the Swiss friends of Musical Olympus Foundation have organized a fabulous concert in Klosters (Switzerland), in Memoriam of Hansjürg Saager a supporter of the Musical Olympus foundation. Performing were Valentine Michaud (saxophone) and Akvile Sileikaite (piano) as AKMI Duo and a pianist Roman Sher, who at his young age of only 12 years has completely mesmerized the audience.

Valentine Michaud participated in the festival in Saint Petersburg several years ago and since then has a remarkable career. Roman Sher won First Prize at the International Television Contest for Young Musicians The Nutcracker in 2020