On October 1, the famous pianist Elena Bashkirova presented on the Ruse festival stage a remarkable in terms of repertoire classical-romantic concert. It featured extremely beautiful titles and works from world music literature, such as Dvorak's Poetic Sound Paintings and F. Liszt's piano adaptation of Beethoven's famous vocal cycle, The Distant Beloved. During the concert, the virtuoso pianist also performed works by Mozart and Schumann.