Menu

Vladimir Spivakov International Charity Foundation

The North International Music Competition awarded prizes at the XVIII International Festival “Moscow Meets Friends” by Vladimir Spivakov International Charity Foundation

Listen to his - P. Sarasate: Ziegeunerweisen, op.20

Teo Gertler

Listen to his – P. Sarasate: Ziegeunerweisen, op.20
Listen to his - N. Paganini: Moto Perpetuo Op. 11

Dmitry Pinchuk

Listen to his – N. Paganini: Moto Perpetuo Op. 11
Listen to her - Glanzberg: Padam Padam

Nino Chesner

Listen to her – Glanzberg: Padam Padam
Listen to her - Mozart: Piano Concerto nr. 12 in A major KV 414, 3rd mvt: Allegretto

Maria Belokopytova

Listen to her – Mozart: Piano Concerto nr. 12 in A major KV 414, 3rd mvt: Allegretto
Listen to her - Vivaldi: "Summer" from Four Seasons RV 315

Vera Kogay

Listen to her – Vivaldi: “Summer” from Four Seasons RV 315
Listen to her - Debussy: Clair de Lune L 75: III

Ksenia Kurlovich

Listen to her – Debussy: Clair de Lune L 75: III

The Vladimir Spivakov International Charity Foundation and the XVIII International Festival “Moscow Meets Friends”

From May 18 to June 1, 2021, the XVIII International Festival “Moscow Greets Friends” was held in Moscow.

A record number of applications were submitted for the XVIII Moscow Meets Friends Festival. Out of more than 1400 applications, close to 500 talented children were from more than 100 regions of Russia and the rest were from 37 countries of the world. Participants were then selected to participate in live and online concerts in different categories such as instrumental soloists, vocalists, dance and choral groups, circus studios, artists, reciters, orchestras and conductors.

The North International Music Competition had 8 previous contestants who participated in the festival.

Matei Eric Dumitrescu

Ilyun Burkev

Mark Bank

Hansine Pellbäck

Lana Zorjan

Federico Nogarotto

Arthur Edman

Latin Ensemble from Sweden.

7 participants took part in the online concerts, and the organizers of the festival invited Arthur Edman to perform at the grand opening and solo with the famous Moscow Virtuosi orchestra conducted by Vladimir Spivakov.

The online concerts are available here:

 
 
 
 
Spivakov
Listen to his - Astor Piazzolla: Libertango

Arthur Edman

Listen to his – Astor Piazzolla: Libertango

Performers from more than 40 countries took part in the XVII Annual International Festival Moscow Meets Friends Festival.

The 17th International Festival “Moscow meets Friends” events were being held in mixed format, with some of the concerts being online and some concerts being live. The festival which took place in between November, 25 – December, 20 2020 was one of the largest projects of the Vladimir Spivakov International Charity Foundation. 

The North International Music Competition had several previous contestants who participated in the festival as well as participants from our partner Brilliant Talent Discovery Awards International Music Competition. 

Phạm Bách – Violin

Chanya Bayla Somboonvechakarn – Piano

Amelia Loh Xuan Ting – Piano

Arthur Edman – Bassoon

Theodor Ahlbeck Glader – Piano

Ensemble Folkdivizjon

The Festival has been held every year since 2004 and has participants from different regions of Russia, the Baltic countries and from all over the world, with concerts in the best venues in Moscow, and many other Russian cities. This year the Festival received a record number of applications and young musicians from more than 40 countries were selected to participate – instrumentalists, singers, dance and choral groups, artists, orchestras and conductors.

Spivakov Moscow meets friends

Vladimir Spivakov International Charitable Fund and North International Music Competition

The North International Music Competition initiated and coordinated the international project “Songs of the War Years” together with Ekaterina Menshikova, who was responsible for the technical implementation of the project. Together we managed to bring talented children from different countries on the 75th anniversary of the Victory Day in order to present their favorite songs in a virtual format to the audience. The project was attended by young performers – scholars of the International Charitable Fund Vladimir Spivakov and participants of the festival “Moscow Meets Friends”.

Read more here (article in russian)

NIMC&Spivakov

XV International Festival “Moscow meets friends”

We are excited to announce that four contestants, Arthur Edman, Arya Su Gülenç and Mert Hakan Şeker from our previous competitions, will represent The North International Music Competition in Moscow at the XV International Festival “Moscow meets friends”– the most ambitious project of the Vladimir Spivakov International Charity Fund from 1 to 12 October 2018. The festival has been held annually since 2004 with participants performing at the best venues in Moscow.

Arthur Edman
Arthur Edman
Mert Hakan Şeker and Arya Su Gülenç
Mert Hakan Şeker and Arya Su Gülenç