Ilsur Metshin and Igor Krutoy started the festival “Good Wave”

(KZN.RU, November 30, Alsu Safina). Today, the regulations on the All-Russian cultural and charity festival of children's creativity “Good Wave” were signed at the Kazan City Hall. Ilsur Metshin, the Mayor of Kazan, and Igor Krutoy, a People's Artist of Russia, the general producer of the festival, a composer, signed the document. Thus, a large-scale all-Russian movement was launched, aimed at developing a culture of charity through children's creativity.

Since 2018, thematic creative and charitable events will be held throughout the country. Their goal is to show that creativity is not limited to physical possibilities and friendship and solidarity will help to educate a generation whose value orientations are based on good and mutual assistance. Igor Krutoy said that the “Good Wave” is a full-fledged festival, in which there are no restrictions for children.

“We will start from those cities where we already have branches of the Academy of Popular Music”. And then, I think it will be a synergy, other cities will open the academy and join the “Good Wave”, said I. Krutoy. “Even if we bring 10 boys from the street in this project it will mean that we founded it for good”, he said. “The most important thing in the project is to achieve a dream, which every child has”, added I. Krutoy. Participants of the festival will be able to tell about their dreams in the questionnaire, which they will fill out when submitting an application. This year, dreams of several children were fulfilled.

Today the first gala concert of the “Good Wave”, which will be a presentation of the project to the public, will take place in the concert hall “Academy”. In the New Year holidays, thousands of viewers of the federal television channel NTV will be able to see the “Good Wave”. “The air on the federal channel will give importance to this project”, believes the composer.

He wished the new project a fair wind and expressed his hope that in the future, one of the participants will reach the international level.

“We would like to see Kazan not only a comfortable and safe city but also a city of good, so that kind people could live, grow, and do good”, said the Mayor. “Starting the project “Good Kazan”, we saw how many gifted children of different ages have the talent to perform on stage and that children with disabilities are not limited in their talents”, said Ilsur Metshin. “Starting the “Good Wave”, we want to say that this is a whole ocean of possibilities”. According to the Mayor, children of different ages from different cities can become participants of the festival. The “Good Wave” will become a platform for the joint creativity of children regardless of the limitations of their physical health. The festival is aimed at developing the creative potential of talented children and youth, as well as creating conditions for the socialization of people with limited health opportunities and children in difficult life situations.

“We would like to be united by good and desire to do good and our talented children”, marked the head of the city.

He thanked composer Igor Krutoy and reminded that under his leadership and thanks to his talent many projects were realized in the capital of Tatarstan. The “Good Wave” will be a continuation of the joint creative path and friendship.

“Let the ocean of good raise the “Good Wave” to such a level that these waves reach not only to the edge of our great immense country but also across it”, said Ilsur Metshin.

Later at a press conference, Stella Khachanyants, the general director of the Academy of Popular Music of Igor Krutoy, said that the age of the festival participants is from 9 to 16 years. They will be able to show their talents in different directions: vocal, choreography, acting, and stage movement.