Famous musicians invite to "Astana-Moscow-Ufa" concert

UFA, 15 March 2019. /Bashinform News Agency/ translated by Tatiana Aksyutina/.

Two well-known republican musicians will give a single concert in Ufa. Alfiya Karimova, a prima of the Astana-Opera Theater (Kazakhstan), and pianist, professor of the Schnittke Moscow Institute of Music Rustam Shaikhutdinov (piano, Moscow) called their program - “Astana-Moscow-Ufa”.

The concert will take place on March 24 in the Small Hall of the Bashkir State Philharmonic Society. Our famous countrymen will perform old and classic Russian romances, popular arias from operas and operettas.

Alfiya Karimova is the Honored Artist of Bashkortostan, laureate of international and All-Russian competitions, nominee of the National Theater Prize "Golden Mask". Since 2013, Alfiya is the leading soloist of the Astana Opera Theater, in 2008-2012 she sang at the Novosibirsk Theater at the same time. She is a welcomed guest at theater venues in Spain and Italy, France and the UK, the Netherlands and Turkey, Canada and the USA.

Rustam Shaikhutdinov is the Honored Art Worker of Bashkortostan, laureate of international competitions, laureate of the Sh. Babich State Youth Award RB, the candidate of art history. At present, he is the head of the department of piano art, the professor at A. Schnittke Moscow State Institute of Music. Rustam Shaikhutdinov actively performs in Russia and abroad (USA, Spain, Italy, Denmark, Czech Republic, South Korea, Hungary), holds lectures and master classes. Among his students, there are more than 100 laureates and winners of republican, Russian and international competitions.