From December 2 to 16, Vitebsk is hosting the XXXIII International Music Festival named after I.I. Sollertinsky. The music forum opened at the regional philharmonic hall with a chamber music concert performed by laureates of international competitions, artists of the D.D. Shostakovich St. Petersburg Academic Philharmonic: violinist Ilya Kozlov, pianist Pavel Tovpich, and cellist Natalia Neskomornaya from the State Academic Capella of St. Petersburg. The concert program featured works by great classics: Mozart, Paganini, Kreisler, Boccherini, Haydn, and Shostakovich.