Bobomurod Khudaykulov

Theater Conductor, Laureate Of International Competitions.

OPEN AIR- is designed to unite true connoisseurs of art into a single community and become the basis for a series of similar cultural events throughout the country. The project will give new life to the fashion for the classics. Until now there has not been such a large-scale outdoor concert in our country, and we are grateful to the Ministry of Culture of Uzbekistan, the management of our theater and the SOTHIS AEGIS company for making such a grand project possible. I think we have achieved our goal and received the sincere blessing of the audience. You could feel the incredible energy of the audience, which was certainly transmitted to every musician, every ballet, chorus and opera dancer. I am glad this concert took place, and I hope it will not be the last open-air event.

Andrey Slomin

Director of the GABTA named after A. Navoi

In the OPEN AIR, we tried to use the theater's leading soloists - both experienced and young artists - in an unusual role. They performed not only familiar works, arias from operas, but also famous romances in symphonic arrangement and Uzbek classics. As mentioned earlier, the goal of the two evenings was to bring classics closer to the audience. Nowadays, the classics, not only in Uzbekistan, but throughout the entire post-Soviet space, are experiencing some difficulties because it is more difficult for the audience to hear them than works of mass culture. In this sense, the first Open Air opened a series of different concerts, which, we hope, aroused interest and attracted general attention.