The message reads, in part:
“By bringing together talented musicians and on-stage group performers from Russia and other countries, the festival has received wide recognition and become a real festive occasion for music lovers across the globe.
It is important to note that owing to the organisers of this wonderful project and its main inspiration, Valery Gergiev, the festival remains loyal to its traditions: it is held with invariable success in different cities and impresses the public with its rich and packed programme, which this year is dedicated to the remarkable anniversaries of the great Russian composers Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and Modest Mussorgsky.
I am happy to note that within the framework of this forum priority is always given to the realisation of ambitious social, charitable and educational projects.”