December 02, 2019

On December 4, a gala concert of the «Ike Akkosh» Republican Music Contest will be held at the Bashkir State Philharmonic named after Khusain Akhmetov. The festival is dedicated to the work of the Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, People’s Artist of the Republic of Bashkortostan and the Republic of Tatarstan Farida Kudasheva and People’s Artist of the BASSR, Honored Artist of the RSFSR Bakhti Gaysin.

“Ike Akkosh” is an annual contest-festival, which has been held since 2012 in two categories – “Instrumental Performance” and “Vocal”. Amateur performers take part in the competition.

The performing skills of vocalists and instrumentalists are evaluated by a competent jury consisting of well-known artists and artists of Bashkortostan, among them People’s Artist of the Republic of Belarus and RT Aidar Galimov, Honored Artist of the Republic of Belarus Farida Timerbaeva, Honored Worker of Culture of the Republic of Belarus Robert Timerbaev, Candidate of Philology, Associate Professor Albina Khaliullina and others .

The organizers of the event are the Regional Public Organization “National Cultural Autonomy of the Tatars of the Republic of Bashkortostan” with the support of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Belarus, RPO “Assembly of the Peoples of the Republic of Belarus”, the House of Friendship of the Peoples of the Republic of Belarus, the Administration of the Municipal Areas of Aurgazinsky and Chishminsky Districts of the Republic.

Winners of the competition and famous artists, admirers of the works by  F. Kudasheva and B. Gaysin will perform at the gala concert. A special guest of the evening is the popular «Bahetle» band.

The concert starts at 19:00. At 18:00, an exhibition will be organized in the lobby of the Philharmonic.