The presentation of the new season of our Festival was held on April 2, 2021 in Moscow.

The President of the Festival – Kondrashov A. O. (First Deputy General Director of

All-Russia State Television and Radio Company) and the Artistic director – Matskiavichius E. G. (Journalist, TV host) told how the Festival will be held this year. The presentation was also attended by the Chairman of the jury of the Festival, the famous Russian artist Lev Leshchenko.

The press conference was followed by a concert with participation of Igor Kornilov, Uta, Dmitry Murin, Alexey Petrukhin, Denis Maidanov, Eugeniusz Malinowski (Poland) and the trio Su Son del Son (Cuba), who took part in the Festival in 2020. The winner of the Festival-2020 Christelle Lourie (France), who this year is included in the jury of the Festival, could not come in person and gave the guests of the presentation her video message.

During the presentation, the online voting for the participants of the Festival-2021 was officially launched. Voting is conducted on the website doroganayaltu.ru until May 1, 2021, and anyone can take part in it. The results of the voting will be announced from the stage of the Festival during the final gala concert, and the winner will receive the Audience Award.