The events were held in Tolyatti, Russia, from 5 August to 25 August 2011. Some 120 musicians at the age from 14 to 27 from Europe, America and Asia participated at the sixteenth summer session of orchestra. All participants underwent rigid test as number of candidates is very high.
Many Russian print media underlined that talented musician from Uzbekistan Aziz Shokhakimov participated at the festival for delight of organizers and its participants as Fund Forum organized the visit.
The papers said that many specialists underlined high feeling of rhythm, music ear and good musical memory, plasticity of hands and will-power, able to impact musicians.
The organizers of the session are Youth Symphony Orchestra of Povoljya, International Charity Fund of Vladimir Spivakov, Ministry of Culture of Samara region, Tolyatti administration and Tolyatti philharmonic society.