"The Tatar music festival Miras, established by artistic director and chief conductor of the Tatar State Symphony Orchestra Alexander Sladkovsky, has finished in Kazan. The three concert programmes of Miras showed a wide range of professional music of Tatarstan, remembering the names of classics and giving the floor to young composers."
For more on this music festival, read the article at Realnoe Vremya.
The Mendeleyev Journal is a blog devoted to teaching its readers about Russia, Ukraine and othe countries of Eastern Europe. The entry about Tatar Music is thorough and informative. The authors have included many YouTube videos to showcase the varieties of Tatar Music.
Full name: State Autonomous Establishment of Culture of the Republic of Tatarstan "State Symphony Orchestra of the Republic of Tatarstan".
Abbreviated name: GAUK RT "State Symphony Orchestra RT"
Founder: Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Tatarstan
The State Symphony Orchestra website offers wonderful information about the history of the orchestra, its history, its conductors, its performers, and an extensive archive of performances dating back to 2011. In this archive you can find details about the different orchestras that have performed and the pieces performed. For those interested, many of these performances are available through YouTube searches.
Below is Denis Matsuev - Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 3 as performed with the Tatarstan National Symphony Orchestra.
