The second All-Russian Youth Festival and Forum "Angara Jazz" will be held in Ust-Kut with the support of Irkutsk Oil Company (IOC).

In Ust-Kut, the concert will take place on July 24 at the Magistral House of Culture. The famous jazz vocalist Mr. Melvin (France) will perform for residents and guests of the city together with Alexei Cheremizov's St. Petersburg quartet. Jazz performances will also take place in Shelekhov and Bratsk.

This year, Angara Jazz is being held in four cities in the Irkutsk region. The festival kicked off on July 12 at the Taltsy Ethnographic Museum in Irkutsk. More than 200 young jazz musicians from all over Russia performed at the festival venue over two days. The headliners of the event were Igor Butman with the Moscow Jazz Orchestra and the band Uma2rman.

The festival is organized by the Igor Butman Foundation for the Support and Development of Musical Art and the Jazz on Lake Baikal Foundation for the Support of Innovative Creative Projects and Musical Development, with the support of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Culture of the Irkutsk Region. IOC is a strategic partner.

The company regularly supports cultural initiatives in the regions where it operates. In cooperation with the regional Ministry of Culture, IOC is the general sponsor of the Stars on Lake Baikal festival, the Northern Troopers campaign, the Baikal Talisman international festival, and other cultural projects.

Irkutsk Oil Company (IOC) is one of Russia's independent producers of hydrocarbons. Founded in 2000, the company conducts geological studies, exploration, and development of subsoil areas in the Irkutsk Region, Krasnoyarsk Region, and the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). The company ranks first among the top five employers in the "Energy, Extraction, and Processing of Raw Materials" category and is included in the top 50 employers in the hh rating.

Musician Mr. Melvin will perform at the Angara Jazz Festival in Ust-Kut with the support of IOC