This year the Project increases its geography, number of participants and nominations. Among the Masters there will be such great artists and teachers as: honor artist of Russia, an international prize winner, and professor of the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatoire, Pavel Nersesyan (piano, Russia), one of the most significant classical saxophonists of Europe and professor of the Lyon Conservatoire Jean Denis Michat (saxophone, France) and the head of London Piano Studio and one of the most recognised classical piano teachers in the World Richard Meyrick (piano, Great Britain). Founded and lead by Maria Nemtsova and Vitaly Vatulya, our Project gathers together many other brilliant young Artists from Eastern Europe, who will give charitable concerts and master-classes in the post-conflict zones and areas devastated after the acts of terrorism and natural disasters. This season we are going to visit The Far East of Russia (suffered from the floods of 2013), The Middle East (Israel and Arabic State of Palestine), The Caucasian Region (Russian Caucasia, Georgia, Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh), The Balkan Region (Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo and Montenegro) and India (areas suffered from the Floods of 2013 and Kashmir). The Season will finish with two Gala-Concerts in Moscow and St.Petersburg in May, 2015, where four gifted young Musicians from the post-conflict or devastated areas will get Winner Diploma and prizes and perform with the famous orchestras.
The Moscow Gala-Concert will take place at the Gnessins Russian Academy of Music, one of the most recognisable classical music high schools of Eastern Europe. The date of the concert, 21 May, is the World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development marked by UNESCO, which is one of the Project Partners and Patrons. Pavel Nersesyan, Jean Denis Michat, Maria Nemtsova, Vitaly Vatulya and the Four Project Winners will perform with the Moscow Chamber Orchestra “MUSICA VIVA”. This orchestra, headed by Alexander Rudin, has traveled all over the world, taking part in many international festivals and projects.