The VI International Competition of Bayan and Accordion Players and the 27th International Festival “The Bayan & Bayan Players” will be held at Gnesins Grand Concert Hall, Moscow, from 13 to 20 December 2015.

There are two main competition categories.
Academic Music – 3 rounds
Variety Music – 2 rounds
Competition rules and poster/program in English at: 2015Moscow

Festival performers include:
13 December: Friedrich Lips and Svyatoslav Lips (piano) and the Gnesins Symphony Orchestra. Winners from the 2010 Moscow competition: Iosif Purits, Semion Shmelkov, Tian Jianan (China)

15 December: Vladimir Volkov, Mikhail Burlakov, Semion Shmelkov, Alexaner Selivanov, Petr Babin, Eugeny Krasheninnikov, Vitaly Bogolyubov, Iosif Purits, Angelina Koznova, Artem Kriklivy, Tolegen Kakimov.

17 December: Iñaki Alberdi (Spain), Geir Draugsvoll (Denmark)

19 December: Vladimir Murza, The Academic Big Band Anatoly Kroll, second round Variety Music Competiton

20 December: Festival Closing, Winners Concert, Awards Ceremony

Sponsors are the Ministry of Culture of Russian Federation, The Russian Gnesins Academy of Music and the Friedrich Lips Charity Foundation.