The 25th International Musical Olympus Festival

Dear Friends, dear Musicians and Audience, Donors and Supporters!

The 25th International Musical Olympus Festival will take place in 2021.

Due to the pandemic, we are tackled with on a global scale, we have to heavy-heartedly announce the cancellation of the Festival in Saint Petersburg, Russia, held from May 28th until June 5th 2020. It is a decision that has not come easy and it is very sad for us, because this year we were supposed to celebrate the 25th anniversary.

The COVID-19 virus has unfortunately reached Russia and the scenario of its development remains highly unpredictable. Clearly, serious measures have to be taken against a pandemic and we do not want to risk our musicians and dedicated audience members & friends, flying into / from Russia, from all over the world, to experience any possible complications.

We also cannot guarantee that such bigger scale events, as our festival, will be able to take place end of May 2020, due to the precautions adapted by the Russian Government to protect its citizens from a broader spread of the virus. Thus we will postpone the celebration of Musical Olympus 25th year to the upcoming year! We kindly ask you for your deepest understanding!

Please be sure, that we will do our best to celebrate this year via our online presence on our website, our social media and simply in our hearts.

Artists 2020:

Conductors - Gabor Kali (Hungary), Henry Cheng (USA), Darrell Ang (Singapore), Vasily Petrenko (Russia)
Pianists – Emanuil Ivanov (Bulgaria), Daniel Kharitonov (Russia)
Violinists - Elvin Hoxha Ganiyev (Azerbaijan/Albania/Turkey), Joshua Brown (USA), Teo Gertler (Slovakia), Ilya Gringolts (Russia)
Cellists – Haruma Sato (Japan), Santjago Cañón Valencia (Columbia)
Vocalists – Adriana Gonzales (Guatemala), Ao Li (China), Maria Viotti (Switzerland)
Classic Guitar – Jesse Flowers (Australia)

Please stay healthy and safe.

With best wishes,
Irina Nikitina
President of the Musical Olympus Foundation

News

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

May29

The 25th Musical Olympus Festival has opened

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.