July 15 in Sukhum will open the XXII Music Festival “Khibla Gerzmava invites...”. For the first time Valery Gergiev and the Mariinsky Theater Symphony Orchestra will take part in the main music festival of Abkhazia. Accompanied by the orchestra under the baton of maestro Gergiev will be soloists from the Mariinsky Opera Theatre and Khibla Gerzmava herself. The festival's opening concert will be timed to coincide with the 75th anniversary of the birth of Sergei Bagapsh, the second President of Abkhazia. Further in the program of the festival will be 4 more concerts in the Republic of Abkhazia, 6 musical events in other cities of Russia and 2 in China. The festival will be held with the support of the Presidential Fund for Cultural Initiatives.

The concert will be held on an open stage on the square in front of the Abkhazian State Drama Theater named after S. Chanba. Leading actor and TV presenter Julian Makarov.

Source: https://www.classicalmusicnews.ru/anons/gerzmava-festival-2024/