Location: Estate of F. I. Prove – A. I. Kalish
School of Jazz Producers
From June 9 to 15, 2026, an intensive training program for jazz music producers in Russia will take place as part of the Jazz Across Borders Forum-Fest and the 5th Moscow Jazz Festival.
This educational special project, organized by the Igor Butman Foundation and the Meganom Academy, will serve as a platform for networking and knowledge exchange between established professionals and emerging specialists. It will also provide opportunities for developing new projects aimed at enhancing the cultural and creative potential of Russian regions and strengthening the country’s jazz scene.
Program Highlights
- Lectures and masterclasses
- Project laboratory
- Participation in Jazz Across Borders and the Moscow Jazz Festival
Who Should Apply?
- Music producers
- Artist managers
- Leaders of festival organizations and projects
- Art directors and art managers of jazz clubs
- Staff members of production departments at concert halls and philharmonic societies
- Performing arts producers
- Nonprofit organization managers
The program curator is Roman Khristyuk, co-founder and director of the Moscow Jazz Festival and Jazz Across Borders, Executive Director of the Igor Butman Foundation and Igor Butman Music Group, and producer of ten of Russia’s largest jazz festivals.
The program is open to all applicants aged 18 and over. Free registration was available until May 30, 2026.
June 9
1500
Opening of the School Meeting with the Program Curator, Roman Khristyuk. The Role of the Producer in the Contemporary Jazz Industry.
1600
Project Idea Pitch Session with Mentors (Group Work).
Location: Estate of F. I. Prove – A. I. Kalish
1815
Creating Large-Scale Projects: Insights from the Russian Concert Agency. Speaker: Dmitry Grinchenko
Location: Estate of F. I. Prove – A. I. Kalish
2000
Values and Meaning as the Foundation of Sociocultural Projects. Speaker: Artem Pavlukhin
Location: Estate of F. I. Prove – A. I. Kalish
June 10
1000
Business Game: “From Idea to Project – One Grant Away.” Speakers: Evgeny Murakhveri, Olga Kuzmina, Natalia Kurbatova, Artem Pavlukhin
Location: Base of the Creative and Educational Center of the Presidential Fund for Cultural Initiatives
June 11
1000
The Economics of a Music Project: Budgeting, Financing, Taxation, and Legal Aspects. Case Studies and Practical Examples. Speaker: Anastasia Zernina
Location: Igor Butman’s Jazz Club
1145
The Psychology of Fundraising: What Sponsors Really Need. Speaker: Нели Шевлякова
Location: Igor Butman’s Jazz Club
1300
Lunch
1400
Ticket Sales Technologies and Strategies. Speaker: Denis Vainshtein
Location: Igor Butman’s Jazz Club
1500
Project Development Sessions with Mentors (Group Work)
Location: Igor Butman’s Jazz Club
June 12
1000
Grand opening of JAB.
Location: Digital Business Space
1100
Business game. Presentation and public speaking skills. Speaker: Mila Terentyevskaya
Location: Digital Business Space
1400
Lunch
1500
Collaboration of art and business. User manual. Speaker: Alina Kretova
Location: Digital Business Space
1600
Project Development Sessions with Mentors (Group Work)
Location: Digital Business Space
June 13
1000
Jazz Lab: Presentation of projects by participants of the School of Jazz Producers.
Location: Digital Business Space
1300
Lunch
Location: Digital Business Space
1400
Attending Jazz Across Borders events.
Location: Digital Business Space
June 14
1000
State support measures: history, mechanisms, results. Speaker: Lyudmila Sirotkina
Location: Igor Butman’s Jazz Club
1115
Body-oriented training. Practices for managing emotions through breathing. Speaker: Natalya Rubashkina
Location: Igor Butman’s Jazz Club
1300
Lunch
1400
Lecture Speaker: Ekaterina Kalachikova
Location: Igor Butman’s Jazz Club
1500
School closing. Summary. Speaker: Roman Khrystyuk
Location: Igor Butman’s Jazz Club
Jazz Producers School 2026
Advisor to the Governor of the Murmansk Region, Vice-Rector for Strategic Development of the Murmansk Arctic University.
Advisor to the Governor of the Murmansk Region, Vice-Rector for Strategic Development of the Murmansk Arctic University.
Ekaterina Kalachikova
MENTOR OF THE SCHOOL OF JAZZ PRODUCERS 2026
Advisor to the Governor of the Murmansk Region, Vice-Rector for Strategic Development of the Murmansk Arctic University.
Head of the Flagships of Education project of the Presidential platform “Russia is a Country of Opportunities”
Head of the Flagships of Education project of the Presidential platform “Russia is a Country of Opportunities”
Artem Mironov
MENTOR OF THE SCHOOL OF JAZZ PRODUCERS 2026
Head of the Flagships of Education project of the Presidential platform “Russia is a Country of Opportunities”;
Winner of the President of the Russian Federation Award for Talented Youth, finalist of the “Culture” track of the “Leaders of Russia” management competition of the Presidential platform “Russia is a Country of Opportunities”, winner of the Governor of the Irkutsk Region Award for Youth Policy, winner of the regional competition in the field of science and technology, winner of national and international vocal competitions, winner of the “Jazz on Baikal” competition, and winner of the “Russian Student Spring” competition.
Expert of the Russian Academy of Education, the First Movement Grant Competition, and the regional stages of the “Russian Student Spring” and “Delphi Games” festivals.
He worked as Vice-Rector for Educational Work and Youth Policy, Deputy Minister for Youth Policy, and Head of the Federal Executive Body’s Protocol Department.
He was awarded an Honorary Certificate and a Blessing
Musicologist, art journalist, curator of creative projects.
Musicologist, art journalist, curator of creative projects.
Lyudmila Sirotkina
MENTOR OF THE SCHOOL OF JAZZ PRODUCERS 2026
Musicologist, art journalist, curator of creative projects.
In 2011, she graduated from the Nizhny Novgorod State Conservatory (Academy) named after M.I. Glinka, specializing in Musicology and Music Criticism – Media Journalism (Press, Television).
Completed advanced training and retraining courses at the RANEPA (“Managerial Skills” and “Project Management in government: in-depth knowledge”) and the Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (“The role of soft Power in modern World Politics and international cultural cooperation in Russia”). He has a certificate of “Promising level of the reserve of managerial personnel” within the framework of the federal program “Training and retraining of the reserve of managerial personnel”.
From 2015 to 2025, he was a civil servant at the Ministry of Culture of Russia (Head of the Department of Musical Art and Folk Art).
Over the years, she has successfully worked as a music theory teacher.
Deputy Artistic Director of the Moscow State Symphony Orchestra.
Deputy Artistic Director of the Moscow State Symphony Orchestra.
Anna Khramova
MENTOR OF THE SCHOOL OF JAZZ PRODUCERS 2026
Deputy Artistic Director of the Moscow State Symphony Orchestra.
Music Producer (TV series: ZHAR, Landyshi. Such a Gentle Love, Landyshi. Second Spring, Music Lessons).
Founder of the Tavrida.ART music label.
Producer, expert in the field of management of cultural projects
Producer, expert in the field of management of cultural projects
Khanna Tkacheva
MENTOR OF THE SCHOOL OF JAZZ PRODUCERS 2026
Producer, expert in the field of management of cultural projects.
Concert director of Ildar Abdrazakov.
More than 15 years in the industry,
He has experience in brand development teams, including the Dance Open, Russia’s largest ballet festival, the launch of the Diana Vishneva Context project in New Holland, and the Ildar Abdrazakov Foundation for the Support of Young Talents and the Development of International Cultural Relations.
His current specialization is the management of opera artists.
Deputy Director of the Sevastopol Opera and Ballet Theatre, Artistic Director of the Udmurtia Philharmonic (2018-2025): creator of the Music in the Summer, Spring in the Philharmonic, Rachmaninoff Festival, Udmurtia Children and Youth Symphony Orchestra
Deputy Director of the Sevastopol Opera and Ballet Theatre, Artistic Director of the Udmurtia Philharmonic (2018-2025): creator of the Music in the Summer, Spring in the Philharmonic, Rachmaninoff Festival, Udmurtia Children and Youth Symphony Orchestra
Maria Vidmak
MENTOR OF THE SCHOOL OF JAZZ PRODUCERS 2026
Deputy Director of the Sevastopol Opera and Ballet Theatre, Artistic Director of the Udmurtia Philharmonic (2018-2025): creator of the Music in the Summer, Spring in the Philharmonic, Rachmaninoff Festival, Udmurtia Children and Youth Symphony Orchestra. Art Director of the Izhjazzfest festivals, “In the Homeland of P.I. Tchaikovsky” (2018-2025), graduate of the Higher School of Economics (Higher School of Management in the Field of Culture).
Expert in the field of sponsorship advertising with over 20 years of experience in major financial companies
Expert in the field of sponsorship advertising with over 20 years of experience in major financial companies
Neli Shevlyakova
Expert in the field of sponsorship advertising with over 20 years of experience in major financial companies
Opera singer. Clinical psychologist. Body-voice therapist. Member of the International Association of Music Psychologists
Opera singer. Clinical psychologist. Body-voice therapist. Member of the International Association of Music Psychologists
Natalia Rubashkina
Opera singer. Clinical psychologist. Body-voice therapist. Member of the International Association of Music Psychologists.
Specialist of the Department of Training Programs and Regional Development at the PFCI
Specialist of the Department of Training Programs and Regional Development at the PFCI
Artem Pavlukhin
Specialist of the Department of Training Programs and Regional Development at the PFCI
Deputy Director General of the PFCI
Deputy Director General of the PFCI
Evgeny Muraveri
Deputy Director General of the PFCI
Author of projects-winners of international competitions on corporate culture and employer brand
Author of projects-winners of international competitions on corporate culture and employer brand
Lyudmila Terentyevskaya
Human resources management expert.
Author of projects-winners of international competitions on corporate culture and employer brand.
Co-author of the book Internal Communications. Reset.
Coach, career consultant.
Deputy Head of the Department of Training Programs and Regional Development at the PFCI
Deputy Head of the Department of Training Programs and Regional Development at the PFCI
Natalia Kurbatova
Deputy Head of the Department of Training Programs and Regional Development at the PFCI
Head of the Department of Training Programs and Regional Development at the PFCI
Head of the Department of Training Programs and Regional Development at the PFCI
Olga Kuzmina
Head of the Department of Training Programs and Regional Development at the PFCI
General Director of the Russian Concert Agency
General Director of the Russian Concert Agency
Dmitry Grinchenko
General Director of the Russian Concert Agency
Financial Manager of the Igor Butman Foundation and Igor Butman Music Group projects, Leading Economist of the Moscow City State Budgetary Institution of Culture “Jazz Orchestra conducted by I. Butman”, Lecturer at the Department of Performing Arts Production at the Gnessin Russian Academy of Music.
Financial Manager of the Igor Butman Foundation and Igor Butman Music Group projects, Leading Economist of the Moscow City State Budgetary Institution of Culture “Jazz Orchestra conducted by I. Butman”, Lecturer at the Department of Performing Arts Production at the Gnessin Russian Academy of Music.
Anastasia Zernina
Financial Manager of the Igor Butman Foundation and Igor Butman Music Group projects, Leading Economist of the Moscow City State Budgetary Institution of Culture “Jazz Orchestra conducted by I. Butman”, Lecturer at the Department of Performing Arts Production at the Gnessin Russian Academy of Music.
Director of Transactional Business at MTS Live (Ticketland)
Director of Transactional Business at MTS Live (Ticketland)
Denis Vainshtein
Director of Transactional Business at MTS Live (Ticketland)
Graduated from the IMISP Business School (St. Petersburg International Business Institute) with an MBA. He received his higher education at the Southern Federal University in the field of Management. From 2015 to 2022, he served as the Executive Director of Kassir.ru, progressing from Sales Director to the head of the company. From 2021 to 2023, he worked as the Commercial Director of Afisha.As a commercial director, he built the ticket business from scratch and assembled a team. At MTS Live, he is responsible for the product, services in the ticket market, and the development of the company’s transactional business in the regions.