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The contest has three age categories: 5 to 10, 11 to and including 16, and 17+. The Festival’s
programme comprises vocal performances (folk, pop, classic and jazz vocal), choreography (folk,
pop, ballroom and classic dancing), performances of vocal-instrumental and musical ensembles,
circus/variety shows and entertainment shows, folklore, and the Young Artist Contest.
Support for children and young people
Gazprom for Children programme
Being aware of the central role that the younger generations will play in the country’s future development,
the Group places particular emphasis on projects providing support for children and
young people. The Gazprom for Children programme is OAO Gazprom’s key social responsibility
project. It aims to create a favourable environment for harmonious intellectual, cultural and physical
development of children and young people and get as many of them as possible into sports
and arts.
The Programme has covered 73 Russian regions since 2007. As part of the Programme,
1,194 sports and cultural facilities, worth a total of RUB 27.8bn, were built or renovated in 2007–
2014. A total of about RUB 1bn was spent over the period on charitable projects to promote children’s
sports and arts, purchase sports equipment, and launch sports clubs and classes.
In 2014, the Company continued providing sponsorship support to Children’s Radio, Russia’s
only radio station broadcasting exclusively children’s content.
Support for culture and arts
The Masters of World Performing Arts musical and educational project
The Masters of World Performing Arts musical and educational project was run as part of Russia’s
Year of Culture with the support of OAO Gazprom and GDF SUEZ of France. Prominent world
musicians such as the French Parisii String Quartet and Russian Rachmaninov Trio gave their
concerts at the State Hermitage Museum (Saint Petersburg), State Tretyakov Gallery (Moscow),
and Opera and Ballet Theatre of Primorye (Vladivostok).
Sponsorship support for classical music concerts
With OAO Gazprom’s sponsorship support, classical music concerts were given by prominent
Russian and foreign musicians in Saratov, Astrakhan, Yekaterinburg and Novosibirsk, with renowned
performers hosting master classes for conservatory and music school students.
OAO Gazprom’s Arts Festival
In addition to collaboration on energy projects, OAO Gazprom and China’s CNPC have successfully
cooperated on cultural and sponsorship projects. OAO Gazprom and CNPC’s Arts Festival
has been one of the highlights among cultural exchange projects since its inception in 2007.
The idea behind the Festival was to establish cross-cultural communications between Russia and
China, and facilitate mutual exposure to each other’s traditions of national cultures.
Flare Festival’s winners have already performed in previous years in Beijing, Lanfang, Xi’an,
Dalian and Shanghai. CNPC’s performing groups, in their turn, have repeatedly taken part in
Flare’s events held in Gelendzhik and also performed in Vitebsk, Belarus. 2014 Arts Festival was
held in Chengdu, China. The Festival hosted multiple concerts and master classes in singing and
dancing.
OAO Gazprom Annual Report 2014