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MOSCOW SOUNDS
XXIV MOSCOW INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL

April 25, 2026 - May 1, 2026

FILL OUT AN APPLICATION UNTIL APRIL 1, 2025

Festival “Moscow Sounds” is the largest youth music forum in Russia, known far beyond the borders of the country. The festival was first held in 1990. Among the participants in the previous twenty-one festivals are bands from Austria, Armenia, the Bahamas, Belarus, Bulgaria, Hungary, Germany, Hong Kong, Georgia, Spain, Italy, China, Korea, Canada, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Serbia, Slovenia, USA, Thailand, Ukraine, France, Switzerland, Estonia, Japan and other countries, from dozens of Russian cities.
Festival “Moscow Sounds” includes gala concerts, solo performances by participating groups in the best concert halls in Moscow, creative meetings, open lessons and master classes, a scientific and practical conference on the development of children's and youth's musical creativity.
An integral part of the festival is an international competition held in several nominations. The participants of the festival can choose the format of participation in the Festival when filling out an online application.
DATES OF THE FESTIVAL
26.04. 2026 - 1.05.2026

DATE

EVENT

LOCATION

26.04.2026

Full-time competitive auditions in the nomination

"Academic choral singing"

(categories "Class-choir", "School choir")

"Center for Creative Development and Musical and Aesthetic Education of Children and Youth "Radost"

(Mikhalkovskaya str., 22)

28.04.2026,

6:30 pm

Gala concert dedicated to the opening

 XXIV Moscow

 international music festival

 "Moscow Sounds"

Svetlanov Hall

Moscow International House of Music

(Kosmodamianskaya nab.,

52, 8)

29.04.2026,

30.04.2026

 

Full-time competitive auditions in the nomination

 "Academic choral singing",

"Choral theatricalisation"

Chamber hall

 Moscow International House

of Music

 (Kosmodamianskaya nab., 52, 8)

29.04.2026

 

Full-time competitive auditions in the nominations

"Performance of Orthodox sacred music",

 "Performance of Western European

 sacred music"

 

St. Sergius Hall of the Refectory Chambers

Cathedral of Christ the Savior

(Volkhonka st., 15)

25.04.2026,

26.04.2026

29.04.2026

Full-time competitive auditions in the nomination

 "Instrumental performance"

Concert Hall of the Gnessin Russian Academy of Music

(M. Rzhevsky lane, 1)

The date will be announced later

Full-time competitive auditions in the nomination

 "Folk choral singing"

The venue will be announced later

The date will be announced later

Friendship concerts

(folklore collectives)

Theatre Hall of the Palace of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich Romanov Museum-Preserve "Kolomenskoye"

(Prospekt Andropova, 39)

The date will be announced later

Friendship concerts

Gallery of the Ilya Glazunov

(Volkhonka st., 13, building 2)

The date will be announced later

Friendship concerts

Bazhenov Hall

State Budgetary Institution of Moscow "State Historical-Architectural, Art and Landscape Museum-Reserve "Tsaritsyno"

(Moscow, Dolskaya st., 1)

1.05.2026,

1:00 pm

Final gala concert

XXIV Moscow international

music festival

"Moscow Sounds"

Great Hall of the Moscow State Conservatory P. Tchaikovsky

 (Bolshaya Nikitskaya st., 13/6)

1.05.2026,

4:00 pm

Award ceremony

for winners and participants

Great Hall of the Moscow House of Composers

(Bryusov lane, 8-10, building 2)

The time of the competitive auditions, as well as the rest of the competition, will be announced later.
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
"Center for Creative Development and Musical and Aesthetic Education of Children and Youth "Radost"
125008, Moscow, Mikhalkovskaya str., 22
FESTIVAL “MOSCOW SOUNDS” IS SUPPORTED BY