Kazan Mayor Ilsur Metshin to take part in a charity concert with the RT State Symphony Orchestra

The concert will be held on the International Day of the Child with cancer – February 15. This is the fourth charity concert of the RT State Symphony Orchestra conducted by Alexander  Sladkovsky when all proceeds from ticket sales is  directed to the construction of the children's hospice in Kazan. Over the years,   Chulpan Hamatova, TV presenters Lily Gildeeva, Dmitry Nesterov, Olga Lavrova, Roman Erygin, Anastasia took part in them. Thanks to these concerts,  about 10 million rubles  have  been collected

Today, at the hospice, whose construction began in the summer,  vent - facade works  are  underway. In the coming days, the   interior  finish   starts. June 1,  it is planned to   deliver  first  turn: 10 wards with 12 seats for children under  18 years of age. The total cost of hospice is 154, 2 million rubles. As of today, 99 million rubles has been gathered. To start the first and second turns, it   is  necessary  70 million (second phase will include 10 more wards  19 places for adults).

150 seriously sick children are already receiving specialist care through visiting hospice service. Based on the  Kazan  children's therapeutic sanatorium N4,  two hospice temporary wards are operating.

Ilsur Metshin along with  Kamal theatre  actress   Nafisa  Khairullina  will out  read a symphonic fairy tale "The Nutcracker" , written on the fairy tale  by  Hoffmann and libretto by Marius Petipa, Tchaikovsky's music   of the famous ballet of the same name   will sound.

Tickets for the benefit concert are now on sale at the box office  of the State Symphony Orchestra, the cost from 300 to 1600 rubles, the press service of the orchestra  informs.