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).

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

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

Yesterday, May 28, at the first concert of the Musical Olympus Festival, conductor Mikhail Shekhtman, violinist Ilya Gringolts and pianist Sergey Davydchenko performed with the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra in the Grand Hall of the St. Petersburg Philharmonia.

Since 2012, within the framework of the Musical Olympus international festival, charity concerts have been held for people who are in difficult life situations and are physically unable to visit concert halls. In 2021, due to quarantine restrictions, it became possible to conduct only one program, prepared in cooperation with the Elena Obraztsova Cultural Center, which took place on May 27 at the House of War Veterans N2.

Daniel Barenboim's master class took place today at the Rachmaninov Hall of the Moscow Conservatory. The maestro devoted 3 hours of his precious time to working with students.