In Krasnoyarsk in the fall, the International Festival of Chamber-Orchestry Music “Asia-Siberia-Europe” will be held

From September 3 to 15 in Krasnoyarsk, the XXIII International Festival of Chamber and Orchestra Music “Asia-Siberia-Europe” will be held. This cultural megaproject is a unique territory of the creative interaction of Siberian musicians with the best representatives of the performing culture of foreign countries.
Siberia – and this is the main idea of the festival – the central connecting link, a bridge connecting the two great world cultures of the East and West. In 2025, the forum will unite the stars of classical music from seven countries: Russia, China, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Italy, France and Austria.
Opening of the festival September 3, On Wednesday, it will take place on the stage of the Krasnoyarsk Opera and Ballet Theater. D. Hvorostovsky will be dedicated to the years of culture of Russia and China. A talented Chinese musician Haozhan Lee will be conducted by a gala concert, the world famous performer at the Chinese pip Yang Jing will first perform in Krasnoyarsk. The soloists of the concert: Rimma Benyumov (violin, Russia), Alexander Ramm (cello, Russia), Arthur Ansel (piano, France).
The festival program has a multifaceted genre palette from baroque classics and folk music to jazz and relevant premieres. And the star composition of soloists appears before the public in different role: conductors, composers, soloists, chamber performers and teachers of master classes.
A distinctive feature of the upcoming festival will be his participation in a large-scale concert-multimedia project “Cello-Hote: Valentine Berlin”. The project is dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the birth of an outstanding outstanding Soviet cellist, the founder of the reference music team-a quartet named after Borodin.

September 4On Thursday, in the small hall of the Philharmonic, a “concert of duets” will take place with the participation of the daughter of Valentin Berlinsky – a famous pianist, honored artist of Russia Lyudmila Berlin, pianist Arthur Ansel and cellist Alexander Ramma. On September 6, a creative meeting with Lyudmila Berlin will be held in the Cinema House.
The festival traditionally introduces the audience to exotic for Russia and rare musical instruments. XXIII Festival of Chamber-Orchestry Music will become a record for the number of authentic instruments. In 2025, viewers will be able to hear:
- Chinese peep,
- medieval baroque strings, such as lute and theorba,
- National Mongolian instruments: Morin Huura, Yatgi, Limbe, Hangerta and Tsan.
September 6thon Saturday, in Krasnoyarsk, concerts for lute with the orchestra Adam Falkenhagen and Johann Friedrich Fasha will be heard for the first time in Krasnoyarsk. The Krasnoyarsk Chamber Orchestra, led by Mikhail Benyumov, will present the program “From Haydn to Piazzolla.” Soloists are an accordionist, professor of the Florentine Conservatory Luigi Kerubini Ivano Battiston and a luteist, an old music researcher from St. Petersburg Konstantin Shenikov-Arkharov. September 7 at the Art Museum named after V.I. Surikova will take place of a chamber evening of baroque music, where the same musicians will perform a duet.
September 8, On Monday, the famous Eeten ensemble from Mongolia, glorified by the skill of execution on national instruments and a unique throat singing, will perform for the first time in Krasnoyarsk. Spectators will hear: Maurin Huur (“Violin with a horse head”), Yatga (a variety of citra), limbe (an analogue of the flute), Hangert (traditional drum) and Zan (metal plates of a special shape). The musical tradition of the Mongolian peoples is rooted in ancient times, combining the heroic epic, lyrical motifs, images of nature and an unchanging companion of nomads – a faithful horse.
September 11, On Thursday, the concert of Fantasy Franz Schubert invites to plunge into the world of sublime romance and subtle lyrics of the great composer performed by the outstanding pianist Sholpan Barlykova (Kazakhstan) and the Krasnoyarsk Chamber Orchestra led by the violinist and composer Maestro Christoph Erenfellner (Austria).
September 15On Monday, a festival closing concert entitled “Old and New Vienna” will unite classics and modernity. Nikita Borisoglebsky – a virtuoso violinist, soloist of the Moscow Philharmonic, Honored Artist of Russia – will perform masterpieces of Mozart and Schubert. And also the All -Russian premiere of the Chamber Symphony of Christophe Erenfellner will be held performed by the Krasnoyarsk Chamber Orchestra led by the author, the holder of the International Prize in the field of classical music (ICMA) “Composer of 2025”.
Concerts will be held at the best venues in the city: in the Krasnoyarsk State Opera and Ballet Theater named after D. A. Khvorostovsky, the Schiller’s Small Concert Hall and the Arts Museum named after V. Surikov. The Pushkin map has the purchase of tickets for all the events of the festival.
The organizer and unchanged participant in the festival is the Krasnoyarsk chamber orchestra. The artistic director of the festival is the Honored Artist of the Russian Federation Mikhail Benyumov. The director of the festival is Honored Artist of the Russian Federation Larisa Markosyan. The festival takes place under the patronage of the head of the city of Krasnoyarsk. The founder of the festival is the Main Directorate of Culture of the Administration of the city of Krasnoyarsk.




