Published on: 2026-05-27
Source: Moscow Government – Government of Moscow –
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More than six thousand schoolchildren and college students joined the “Jazz in Moscow Schools” project this academic year. Jazz concerts and meetings with famous musicians were held in 17 schools, colleges, and additional education centers of the capital. This was reported by the press service.Department of Education and Science of Moscow.
“Thanks to the project, children get acquainted with famous jazz compositions, develop musical hearing and aesthetic taste, and broaden their horizons. This academic year, the program involved not only students from grades 7-11, but also fifth graders, sixth graders, as well as college students. In total, 17 jazz concerts were held during this time,” noted the press service of the capital’s Department of Education and Science.
Artists performed classical and modern jazz compositions, talked about the history and traditions of the genre, and also answered questions from the audience. Children heard works by Duke Ellington, Oleg Lundstrem, George Gershwin, and other famous composers.
“Thanks to the project, I attended a jazz concert for the first time and was pleasantly surprised. Previously, I wasn’t interested in this music genre, but it inspired me, so now I will listen to jazz more often and go to such concerts,” said Liana Dzhabrailo, a student at Medical College No. 7.
The season of the project ended with a concert on the stage of the Palace of Creativity for Children and Youth “Khoroshevo.” The audience was presented with a performance by the Big Jazz Orchestra under the direction of Petr Vostokov, as well as school and city groups of Moscow, including the wind orchestra of the Jazz Academy and the pop-jazz vocal group “Academy of Song.” They performed domestic and foreign jazz compositions, such as “Ballad” by Georgy Garanian, “Katyusha” by Oleg Lundstrem, and arrangements from the film “2001: A Space Odyssey” by Stanley Kubrick. The performances were accompanied by commentary from Petr Vostokov.He told the children about the influence of jazz on the world musical culture and about the peculiarities of the genre’s development in Russia.
The project “Jazz in Moscow schools” was launched in 2024 as part of a joint initiative of the capitalDepartment of Education and Science, a large jazz orchestra and the «Group LS» company.
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