This series of discussions, organised around the VOICES Performing Arts Festival, will investigate various ways to practise resilience today. The programme has been conceived by Dr. Andrei Zavadski.

Festival Opening: World premiere of a promenade concert created in collaboration with Klangforum Wien and theater director Philipp Grigorian, butoh dancer and choreographer Valentin Tszin, and set designer Vania Bowden. Klangforum Wien will perform compositions by Klaus Lang, Rebecca Saunders, Liza Lim, Georges Aperghis, Betsy Jolas, Salvatore Sciarrino, Michael Pisaro, and Terry Riley.

A three-part concert program with a panel discussion explores post-Soviet contemporary music, uniting avant-garde artists from Estonia, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Georgia, Latvia, Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine.

Solo concert by Greek pianist Pavlos Antoniadis, featuring rarely performed works from the second half of the 20th century and improvisation created with artificial intelligence.

A spatial sound performance by PHØNIX16 that explores sound and its migration.

A musical homage to the 2020 protests in Belarus, featuring premieres by three exiled Belarusian composers performed by Neue Vocalsolisten.

A two-part concert program featuring ensemble mosaik and Duo Falak explores the new music scenes of Central Asia.

Known for their intense energy and genre-defying sound, this band has gained a global following with their unique blend of rock, pop noir, art punk, experimental electronics, and breathtaking performances.

World Premiere: A performance by Igor Shyshko with Albina Vakhitova and Elke Van Campenhout. A magical journey through repetition, ecstasy and transformation.

A biographical and artistic reflection on the brevity of the moment. In this solo performance, choreographer Ivan Estegneev looks back from his place in exile at himself as a dancer, a son, and a human being, exploring the acts of letting go and holding on.

A selection of workshops introduces practices by six dance artists. These open-level classes are designed as an alternative way to meet the artists, hear their creative voices, explore the issues they care about, and experience some of their working tools.

Theater performance by Maxim Didenko, adapted from Sasha Filipenko's novel. A devastating story based on historical evidence and interrogation records of the director of the first crematorium in the USSR.

A performance that tackles all the major issues of our time: society, psychology, spirituality, artificial intelligence, identity, life, death, and of course, love. It's a blend of entertainment, psychological training, spiritual quest and unique experience. What kind of experience? One must come and live it.

Аn audiovisual journey into the world of the approaching future, where humans and machines must redefine ethics and social relationships.

A poetic performance about the life and death of Sergei Parajanov, recreating the world of the great artist by weaving together aesthetic images that existentially resonate with his films, collages, and biography.

Play readings written by acclaimed female voices from different generations.