On April 25, the gala concert of the Bashkir and Tatar Song Festival “Idel” will take place in Kazan. The event will be held at the Gabdulla Tukay Tatar State Philharmonic in Kazan.

The International Bashkir and Tatar Song Festival-Competition “Idel” was established in 2011, the “Year of Strengthening Interethnic Concord.” The event has been held annually with the support of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Tatarstan and the World Congress of Tatars. In 2014, the Festival became a Non-Profit Foundation.

The Festival has already broadened its geographical reach, inviting guests from various regions of Russia, as well as from Finland, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and China. Today, the Festival organizers are full of ideas for the development and enrichment of national cultures. And the competition participants continue to delight fans of Bashkir and Tatar music with new surprises and beloved classic songs year after year.