"Musical Olympus"

Annual Charity Ball Musical Olympus Ball

The Musical Olympus charity ball is held annually since 1999 and gathers the élite of Russian art, business and politics as well as prominent guests from Austria, Switzerland, Germany, USA, Japan, and other countries.

The idea of the project is to revive age-old traditions of charity in modern and recover the mutually enriching international cultural links of the country.

Irina Nikitina – President of the “Musical Olympus” Foundation and Hostess of the Ball Musical Olympus Ball

Balls of the Musical Olympus Foundation hosted a lot of celebrities, among them : • Nikita Mikhalkov • Helen Yarmak • Ralph Fiennes • Irina Tantsurina • Liv Tyler • Mary McFadden • Andrey Petrov • Bettina von Siemens • Yuri Temirkanov • Irina and Alexander von Bismark • Valentina Matvienko • Fred Wawrusek (vice-governor of Vienna) • Sergey Mironov • Boris Eifman • Anatoly Karpov • Svetlana and Dmitry Medvedev • Vadim Tulpanov • Michail Piotrovsky • Vladimir Yakunin • Hans-Jörg Rudloff (Barclays' investment bank, Chairman) • Princess Jeet Nabha Khemka (India) • Dr. Hans-Dieter Vontobel (the founder and the head of • Vladimir Kozhin Vontobel bank) • Lord David Linley Musical Olympus Ball

Every year up to 300 guests come to the Ball to enjoy this magnificent event in one of the St. Petersburg historical . Musical Olympus Ball Every ball organized by the Musical Olympus is distinguished by its original concept and relevant stylistics.

Balls took place in the famous historical locations :

• The Marble Hall of the Ethnography Museum of Russia

• Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library (Former Synod Building) 2013 - Ball "To Russia With Love" 2008 - Ball “Private Collection” • The Catherine in (Pushkin)

• The Grand Palace in Peterhof

• The Palace of Congresses (the Konstantin Palace) in

• The Yusupov Palace

2014 – Ball “Labyrinth” 2005 –The Mistery Ball

• “Inspiration”, “Cosmos”, “Labyrinth” , “Illusion”… names of the events excite imagination of the guests but at each ball they enjoy dancing, delicious dinner, charity lottery and a lot of surprises.