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.
The festival "Musical Olympus" in St. Petersburg is going to happen! The festival will go on for 4 days and the program will include both new and well-known artists.
We wish good luck to all participants and are very happy to finally meet everyone offline!
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