... My ruddy critic, fat-bellied mocker, A century ready to mock our languid muse, Come here, sit down with me, Try to see if we can cope with the damned blues ... A.S. Pushkin And the academic concert life of Moscow, thank God, gives a wide scope for choice. One way or another, on October 5, the final day of the Vladimir Fedoseev Festival , much more than the 2,000 people that the hall can accommodate gathered in the Great Hall of the Conservatory.