Bashkir musicians were invited to perform abroad following Musafir Festival results

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

Following the results of the three-day Musafir forum and the first showcase festival in the field of ethnic music in Russia, many musical groups received invitations to foreign festivals. The soloist of the legendary La Scala theater Alessandro Swab invited the Bashkir Zaman team to an ethnic festival in Italy.

Olena Uutai Podluzhnaya was invited to Tallinn Music Week in Estonia. The Handuhas project was invited to the largest festival of contemporary ethnic music in Central Asia, The Spirit of Tengri, by Jean Kasteev, festival director. The teams got an opportunity to prove themselves not only in the showcase program but also in the off-showcase, which ended the three-day music marathon. Diva group, which performed on the stage of Music Hall27, was invited to Kazakhstan to The Spirit of Tengri festival, Ufa Uzoritsa to festivals in South Korea and Taiwan. By the way, Juliana Volozh, a well-known music producer, showed a desire to work with the Uzoritsa team. “I believe that the forum was absolutely successful. We have achieved the main goal - promoting the ethnomusic of Bashkortostan. Our musicians received offers for performing on many stages of the world. We are proud of the success of all participants of Musafir. I believe that such festivals give a creative impetus to groups, and the forum should become an annual event, ”said Anton Pryazhevsky, one of the organizers of the Musafir Ethnic Festival.