From its very first run in January of 1998 Homecoming International Chamber Music Festival has poised to become a truly unique world-level cultural phenomenon bringing together a number of successful Russian performing musicians who work all over the world. Amalgamated experience of Russian and international performing schools, generously shared by the new generation of the world-class performing elite with their home audiences, is the essence of the festival. Over 100 musicians have selflessly dedicated their original, avant-guard creative energy and ambition to the mission of Homecoming Festival. Homecoming has become for them a special necessary act of professional benchmarking, direction verification and spiritual assurance.