As part of the cultural program of the XIX World Festival of Youth and Students, a grand gala concert "Music is the Image of the Future" took place on the main stage of Medals Plaza in Sochi on October 20, with the participation of stars of world opera and ballet, as well as laureates of the official partner of the Festival - the Elena Obraztsova International Competition for Young Opera Singers. The concert is organized by the Elena Obraztsova Foundation Charitable Foundation for Support of Musical Art. The main idea of the gala concert was to unite representatives of different countries, nations and continents through classical music. The event was attended by: soloist of the Metropolitan Opera, guest soloist of the Bolshoi Theater of Russia Lyubov Petrova, leading ballet soloist of the Bolshoi Theater of Russia Kristina Kretova, premier of the Mikhailovsky Theater, Honored Artist of Russia Ivan Vasiliev, soloist of the Moscow Theater "New Opera" winner of the Luciano Pavarotti Memorial Competition Khachatur Badalyan, soloist of the Bolshoi Theater of Russia, laureate of international competitions Maria Mishina, as well as laureates of the XI International Competition of Young Opera Singers Elena Obraztsova, soloist of the Bolshoi Theater of Russia Goderji Janelidze, soloist of the State Opera and Ballet Theater of Mongolia, приглашенный солист Венгерского государственного оперного театра Анхбаяр Энхболд, артистка Академии молодых оперных певцов Мариинского театра Цветана Омельчук, солистка Армянского академического театра оперы и балета Джульетта Алексанян, студентка Московской государственной консерватории имени П. Elmira Karakhanova, a student of the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory and winner of international competitions, Sofia Tsimbal, a student of the Rimsky-Korsakov St. Petersburg Conservatory and winner of international competitions, Sergey Kaidalov, a student of the Herzen St. Petersburg State Pedagogical University and winner of international competitions, classical guitarists and winners of international competitions Yegor Svejentsev and Mikhail Kasheutov, as well as young artists of the Sirius Educational Center.