9th International Festival Greater Hermitage Music
8th International Grand Waltz Festival

6 and 7 July 2009 press-conference dedicated to the traditional summer music festivals - Grand Waltz and Greater Hermitage Music - took place in the Hermitage Theatre.

The following took part in press-conference: Director of the State Hermitage Mikhail Piotrovsky, artistic director of the Grand Waltz festival Yulia Kantor, artistic director and director of the Greater Hermitage Music festival Sergey Yevtushenko, director of St Petersburg branch of Bank of Moscow (Bank Moskvy) JSC Andrey Volkov, artistic director and conductor of the Andreev State Russian Orchestra, People’s artist Dmitry Khokhlov as well as famous musician, composer and performer Andrey Kondakov, who presented several of his jazz improvisations to the journalists.

Sergey Yevtushenko, artistic director and director of the Greater Hermitage Music festival		Andrey Volkov, director of St Petersburg branch of Bank of Moscow (Bank Moskvy) JSC
Dmitry Khokhlov, artistic director and conductor of the Andreev State Russian Orchestra, People’s artist		Andrey Kondakov, who presented several of his jazz improvisations to the journalists

Mikhail Piotrovsky, director of the State Hermitage

Yulia Kantor, artistic director of the Grand Waltz festival