"Higher than Sound" Festival. Premiere. Concert, August 13, 2026

🎵 Music here sounds above the usual stages and concert halls.

🏔️ The "Higher than Sound" festival takes place amidst the mountain landscapes of Karachay-Cherkessia, turning the natural space into part of the artistic concept.

📅 From August 12 to 26, guests can expect concerts, scientific events, and performances.

🎹 The festival's musical program features chamber ensembles, solo performances, orchestras, and opera projects.

🌍 Musicians from different countries and performing traditions meet on one stage.

✨ This format makes each performance truly special.

🎼 Concert Program

🎻 Orchestra AlterSono is a collective composed of soloists from leading Russian orchestras and laureates of national and international competitions.

Conducting is Clément Nonnensie, laureate of the S.V. Rachmaninoff International Competition.

✨ Also participating in the concert:
🎤 Lyubov Aksyonova (soprano) – soloist of the Paris National Opera Academy and guest artist of the Bolshoi Theatre;
🪉 Maria Fedorova (harp) – laureate of international competitions and associate professor at the Moscow State Conservatory named after P.I. Tchaikovsky.

Program:

🎼 Pyotr Tchaikovsky – Serenade for String Orchestra
🪉 Claude Debussy – Danses sacrées et profanes for harp and string orchestra
🌺 Jean-Philippe Rameau – Suite from the opera-ballet Les Indes galantes
🎭 Johann Strauss – Arias from the operetta Die Fledermaus

📍 Venue: Grand Conference Hall of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Nizhny Arkhyz, laboratory building
⏳ Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
👨‍👩‍👧 Age: 6+
🎟️ Ticket Price: 700 ₽

Start: 16:00

ℹ️ Program subject to change.