From 22 to 29 October the St Petersburg State Conservatoire will be running the XVI International Conservatoire Week festival. Over fifteen years this major forum, founded by Russia's oldest higher music education establishment in 2001, has introduced audiences to more than two hundred and fifty music high schools from five continents and become a vivid event in the cultural life of Russia's northern capital and a priority concert and educational project of the St Petersburg Conservatoire.
International Conservatoire Week is a festival which is tolerant of myriad styles and trends – from early music to jazz and ethnic music, combining all forms of musical communication: concerts, master-classes, research conferences, exhibitions, seminars, open lectures, artistic meetings and presentations.
Taking part in the XVI International Conservatoire Week festival will be representatives of fifteen higher music education establishments from fourteen countries around the globe – Russia, Belarus, Latvia, Lithuania, the USA, Canada, Japan, Great Britain, France, Italy, Spain, Austria, Poland and Hungary.
