Salon culture in Europe originated already in the Middle Ages. Salon prototypes - home evenings were hosted by representatives of the secular aristocracy for entertainment. Troubadours were invited to these meetings, musical works and poems were performed. Already at this time, the center of the life of such a meeting was a woman. Often eminent philosophers and poets and musicians deliberately went to the salon to get an assessment of their work and only then presented it to the general public. "Wonder Child", as Mozart was called in childhood, his father Leopold tried to show in the light when the boy was only six years old. For the further success of the creative path of any musician, it was necessary to conquer the aristocratic audience and achieve its recognition. Salons were the environment where you could quickly climb the career ladder in the future. In Russia, salons flourished in the first decades of the 19th century, they are an integral part of the life of the "Pushkin" era. The salon is, first of all, its owner - a woman around whom a circle of her friends and admirers gathers. The owners of famous salons, such as the Marquise Rambouillet, Madame Bourdonet, Madame Grammont, Madame Recamier, in Russia - Z. Volkonskaya and A. Smirnova-Rosset, E. Khitrovo and A. Elagina - have rightfully left their names in history.

Program:
Mozart
- Sonata in G major for violin and piano KV301 (293A)
- Piano Trio in B flat major KV502
Tchaikovsky
- Nocturne and Sentimental Waltz for Cello and Piano
Brahms
- Hungarian Dance No. 2 in D minor
Kreisler
- Slavic Fantasy for Violin and Piano in B minor (on themes by Dvořák)
Mendelssohn
- Two songs without words for piano
- Song without words for cello and piano
- Andante and Scherzo from Piano Trio in D minor

Performers:
Honored Artist of Russia Viktor Yampolsky (piano)
Irina Pavlikhina (violin)
Natalia Savinova (cello)
The program is hosted by Inna Vasiliadi