Approximately 3,000 people attended the concerts (including sold-out tickets for the closing evening concert on December 24), which is almost every tenth resident of the regional center. "We consider such a result to be more than successful, given that classical music is a special part of culture," noted Stanislav Generalnitsky. According to his observations, the festival is becoming popular among Vitebsk audiences, and it has become prestigious to attend it. The concerts meet European standards, which is determined not only by the performers' skill but also by the emotional intensity and creative enthusiasm with which the musicians perform their program. In addition, in the future, the Vitebsk classical music forum may become one of the centers of attraction for foreign classical music admirers and a kind of locomotive for the development of the regional center's tourism potential.

The foreign trade turnover of the Vitebsk region with the People's Republic of China for five months of the current year increased by 39% compared to the same period last year. This was announced by the Chairman of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee, Alexander Kosinets, today at a meeting with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the PRC to Belarus, Lu Guicheng, BELTA correspondent reports.