The Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Tatarstan will become one of the sites of a space bridge that will link Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kazan and Yakutsk

On April 2, 2018, at 13.30 a press conference will be held in the format of a TV bridge with the cities of Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kazan and Yakutsk, dedicated to the opening of the III All-Russian Music Contest. The Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Tatarstan will become one of the sites of this TV bridge.

The press conference in Moscow will be attended by:

Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation Vladimir Medinsky

People's Artist of the USSR Yuri Bashmet

General Director of the Moscow State Academic Philharmonic Alexei Palashov

People's Artist of Russia Vladimir Ovchinnikov

In Kazan, speakers will be:

Acting  Minister of Culture of the Republic of Tatarstan Elvira Kamalova

Rector of the Kazan State Conservatory named after N.G. Zhiganov, People's Artist of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Tatarstan, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation Rubin Abdullin

In 2018, the III All-Russian Music Competition will be held in the specialties "Piano", "Violin", "Cello", "Solo singing", in preparation for the main cultural event of 2019 - the XVI International Tchaikovsky Contest, which in 2018 turns 60 years.