 Sitar in Petersburg

Sitar in Petersburg is the annual non-commercial music festival first held in 2008 on the initiative of a group of musicians under the guidance of Aleksandr Konanchuk, a sitar player, and with the support of St.Petersburg State Roerich Family Museum-Institute, St.Petersburg State Museum of Theatre and Music, and the Consulate General of India in St.Petersburg, Russia.Since 2011 St.Petersburg State Roerich Family Museum-Institute has become the organizer of the festival.