The International Festival of Classical Ballet named after Rudolf Nureyev opened today the program of cultural, sports and business events of the International Economic Forum “Russia - Islamic World: KazanForum” 2023. Exhibitions, concerts, sports competitions and business meetings will continue throughout the next week and will end with the holiday “Izge Bulgarians Zhyeny” » in Bolgar.
Simultaneously with the Nureyev Festival, the International Rachmaninov Festival “White Lilac” will be held on all days of the KazanForum in Kazan. And from May 16 to 19, the Kazan Tennis Academy will host Phygital Football Games.
On the eve of the main business program, a practical conference “Practices and mechanics of business entry into foreign markets”, the VII Forum of Young Diplomats of OIC Countries and the International Forum of Chambers of Commerce and Industry will be held in Kazan on May 17. And on May 18, business sessions of the forum will start on the territory of the Kazan Expo exhibition complex.
Here, on the territory of the exhibition complex, the International Exhibition of the Halal Industry Russia Halal Expo will open its doors and the International Cup of Chefs will take place. And in the sports complexes “Ak Bure”, “Triumph” and in the Kazan Sports Palace the super final of the All-Russian competition for young hockey players “Golden Puck” will be held.
On May 19, a meeting of the Strategic Vision Group “Russia – Islamic World: Traditional spiritual and moral values as the basis of interreligious cooperation” will be held at the Kazan City Hall. It will be conducted by Rais of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov. On the same day, the Russia Halal Market fair of the halal industry will open in the Kazan Agro-Industrial Park, and the All-Russian Forum of Tatar Religious Figures will start in Bolgar.
On May 20, the Kazan State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company "Korston" will host the Modest Fashion Day festival of decent fashion, and KazanForum guests will also be treated to a tour of the Kazan Kremlin and the island-city of Sviyazhsk.
Finally, on May 21, the main program of the forum will shift to the city of Bolgar, where the holiday “Izge Bolgar Zhyeny” will be held, dedicated to the adoption of Islam as the state religion by the Volga Bulgars in 922. Guests of the holiday will enjoy cultural and excursion programs, as well as international koresh competitions.