On the 24 September 2020 Irina Nikitina participated as a key speaker in the Matryoshka Dialogue public talk, organized by the Swiss Russian Forum Foundation. Together with the award-winning saxophonist Valentine Michaud they discussed how Corona has changed the cultural events' landscape, its effects on music, music performances. What challenges musicians all over the world are facing now, how they can be supported, in what ways and formats further development of this field is possible.