Artistic director Friedrich Lips together with organizer Alexander Gataullin opened the XXVIII International Festival “Bayan and Bayanists” taking place in the concert hall of the Russian Gnesin Academy of Music in Moscow from December 14 to 18, 2016.

Video above: Opening Concert, 14th December featuring:
– Anatolii Belyaev (Digital accordion) – birthday – 85 years old with Lubov Torgasheva (domra).
Prize winners of international competitions in 2016: Arsenii Strokovskii, Rafael Sapukov, Yulii Mistukov, Nikita Ukrainskii, Aleksandr Komelkov, Lev Lavrov, Ensemble “Compromise”, Ensemble “Russian Renesans”.

Video of 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th and 18th December Concerts at: 2016Moscow

Videos of further concerts and a full report with results and pictures will be made available in the coming days. 2016Moscow

Download Russian language poster: 2016MPoster.pdf
Download 39 page printed program: 2016MProgram.pdf (60 MB)