The festival ‘’Classic over Volga’’ for the first time took place in Tolyatti in 2008 and since then is a considerable event of every summer. Mission of festival is to popularize classical music, and also expansion of opportunities for creative realization of young musicians. Unique style of "Classic over Volga" -­ performance of symphonic orchestras and vocalists on a summer open-air stage against Zhiguli Hills and Volga River in combination with additional semantic accents in the form of theatrical, graphic and design visualization.

In the first year of carrying out the festival caused at once a great interest of public unusual combination of symphonic orchestra performance with summer breeze, whisper of wave, rustle of trees... The open-air stage located on the bank of Volga, Zhiguli Hills for a while turned into natural scenery, creative inspiration of the musicians who infected the audience with love to a timeless classic - this approach obviously pleased public, always with enthusiasm perceiving innovative decisions in everything.

Organizers of festival led by his author and director Alexey Vozilov go on a difficult way: every year level of festival program raises, also responsibility to the audience grows. It is nice that in response increases audience interest for the festival.

Mission of festival is to open the road to successful career for young musicians, creative self-realization, and the audience­ to open the world of classical music, which not only does not become outdated, but becomes more actual for each of us, surely declaring that – the world has eternal values and real feelings!

Director of the festival, Mr. Alexey Vozilov, says:­"We want the most that the audience from other cities and regions became an integral part of a festival, and that they estimate and fell in love with this unique event. Some experienced judges of classics who with pleasure attend academic concerts and listen to very difficult works (which to unprepared viewer will seem extremely tiresome), with pleasure come on our festival, where of course, sounds more popular, favorite works, classic "hits" if it is so possible to be expressed. But they like special atmosphere which reminds the European festival, and thus­ with own unique face and style"...

For years of holding a festival the great number of famous actors and musical collectives - both Russian, and foreign appeared on its stage. At very intense tour schedule, they find opportunity to arrive in the summer to Tolyatti to give to the audience, to whom trips to Maryinsky Theater are inaccessible, the Vienna opera or La Scala Milan Theater, - join high art and feel heartbeat of eternally live classic...