RT State Symphonic Orchestra opened new season with a charity concert to benefit victims of the Far East

A charity concert  opened in Kazan featured the 48th season of the State Symphony Orchestra of the Republic of Tatarstan.

The collective  of the orchestra under direction   of Alexander Sladkovsky performed on the stage of a large concert hall named after  Saidashev  a famous Fifth Symphony by  Mahler , which because of its complexity, is included in the repertoire of only five orchestras in Russia .

All of the money raised from the sale of tickets for the concert will be sent to the relief fund for flood victims in the Far East. This  is 300 thousand rubles , a certificate of which was showed  to  the  audience  by  the guests of honor of the concert : Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan  Yuri Kamaltynov and First Deputy Minister of Culture of Tatarstan Irada Aiupova .

In addition to the proceeds from ticket sales, the money collected in glass boxes , placed in the lobby of the concert hall will also be sent  to the  affected residents  of  the Far Eastern regions.

According to the materials of IA " Tatar- Inform"

Press- service RT Ministry of Culture