I. Metshin: “The launch of the “Good Wave” in the capital of Tatarstan is a recognition of the city’s achievements”

(KZN.RU, November 20, Mikhail Chentsov). The first gala concert “Good Wave” will be held on November 30 in Kazan in the concert hall of the Sports Academy. It will be recorded and will broadcast in the television version on the air of the federal television channel NTV on the eve of the New Year. Today, Damir Fattakhov, the first deputy head of the Kazan Executive Committee, spoke about a joint project with the Academy of Popular Music of Igor Krutoy and young Kazan citizens who will participate in it, at the Business Monday. Ilsur Metshin, the Mayor of Kazan, noted that the festival has the potential to grow into an international one.

According to the speaker, a new tradition, the idea of which arose within the framework of the project “Good Kazan”, was made together with the Academy of Popular Music of Igor Krutoy. Thanks to the festival, the children will be able to fulfill their dream and enter the big stage accompanied by eminent artists. “This year, the students of the Academy of Popular Music of Igor Krutoy from Kazan, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Voronezh, Krasnodar, Samara, Sochi, Yaroslavl, including the winners of the international competitions “Children's New Wave” and “Junior Eurovision”, participate in the project. Young Kazan citizens, children who achieved creative success, despite the limited opportunities for health, will come on one stage with them”, said D. Fattakhov.

Olesya and Anastasia Masheaiko are among the participants. Olesya is visually impaired, Nastia has cerebral palsy. Despite the limitations on health, girls lead an active creative life: they voice advertising on television, participate in live broadcasts on radio stations. A member of the “Good Wave” will also be Jamil Khamitov, he is a visually impaired. Since the age of 8, he has been studying at a music school and has already achieved high results. Jamil is a laureate of such international contests as “Step Towards”, “The Crystal Heart of the World”, and “On the Wings of Talent”.

As noted by Damir Fattakhov, young talents will be supported by Igor Krutoy, a People's Artist of Russia, Dina Garipova, the winner of the show “The Voice”, and Alexander Oleshko, an actor and a TV host, will present the gala concert. And this is not a complete list of stars that will enter the “Good Wave” stage and become the project ambassadors for all forthcoming events within the framework of the project.

Ilsur Metshin, the Mayor of Kazan, noted that the launch of the “Good Wave” in the capital of Tatarstan is a recognition of the city's achievements. “We are bonded by good, long-standing, friendly and partner relations with the esteemed master Igor Krutoy, who created the Academy of Popular Music and opened its branch in Kazan”, said the Mayor.

He also noted that the festival will be an excellent chance to show that talented children have no limited opportunities, despite any diagnoses. “This is a great inspiration for them to perform in the finals on stage with celebrities, stars of our Russian stage, see ourselves on the central channel during the New Year holidays as part of the project. Each child has a talent so it is important to create conditions for its discovering”, said I. Metshin.

The start of the project is scheduled for November 30. Spectators of the gala concert in the sports academy will be talented children of Kazan, their parents, and teachers, as well as wards of charitable funds.