This year, the Tsiolkovsky International Space Film Festival (Tsiolkovsky ISFF) hosted the first-ever competition for "space-themed" music, curated by Andrey Baturin, President of the Eurasian Composers' Union.
The competition featured around 85 symphonic and song compositions. The best in the song category were:
This year, the Tsiolkovsky International Space Film Festival (Tsiolkovsky ISFF) hosted the first-ever competition for "space-themed" music, curated by Andrey Baturin, President of the Eurasian Composers' Union.
The competition featured around 85 symphonic and song compositions. The best in the song category were:
🏆 "Gagarin Waltz" (music by Vladimir Mikhailov, lyrics by Viktor Matveev)
🏆 "We Are Flying into Space" (music by Alina Nebykova, lyrics by Olga Fominykh)
🏆 "The Sky Is So Far and So Close" (music and lyrics by Nadezhda Filatova)
🏆 "Yuri Gagarin" (music and lyrics by Rimma Bryzhakhina)
The competition featured around 85 symphonic and song compositions. The best in the song category were:
This year, the Tsiolkovsky International Space Film Festival (Tsiolkovsky ISFF) hosted the first-ever competition for "space-themed" music, curated by Andrey Baturin, President of the Eurasian Composers' Union.
The competition featured around 85 symphonic and song compositions. The best in the song category were:
🏆 "Gagarin Waltz" (music by Vladimir Mikhailov, lyrics by Viktor Matveev)
🏆 "We Are Flying into Space" (music by Alina Nebykova, lyrics by Olga Fominykh)
🏆 "The Sky Is So Far and So Close" (music and lyrics by Nadezhda Filatova)
🏆 "Yuri Gagarin" (music and lyrics by Rimma Bryzhakhina)




All these compositions were performed at the closing ceremony of the V Tsiolkovsky International Space Film Festival at the Museum of the History of Cosmonautics on April 16.
In the symphonic music category, the jury highlighted:
🏆 "Space Suite" (composer Valery Ermoshkin)
🏆 "Space Symphonietta" (composer Margarita Kurnosova)
In the symphonic music category, the jury highlighted:
🏆 "Space Suite" (composer Valery Ermoshkin)
🏆 "Space Symphonietta" (composer Margarita Kurnosova)


We plan to establish the "Poekhali!" competition as an annual festival tradition. The call for applications will be announced on our social media pages ahead of the VI Tsiolkovsky International Space Film Festival. Stay tuned for updates!
The 2024 Tsiolkovsky International Space Film Festival was held with the support of the Presidential Fund for Cultural Initiatives, State Corporation "Roscosmos", Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center Research Institute, Rossotrudnichestvo, the Government and Ministry of Culture of the Kaluga Region, the State Museum of the History of Cosmonautics, the Association of Planetariums of Russia, and other public and commercial organizations.
The festival’s media partners included Roscosmos Media and TRK NIKA, with TASS as the key media partner.
The 2024 Tsiolkovsky International Space Film Festival was held with the support of the Presidential Fund for Cultural Initiatives, State Corporation "Roscosmos", Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center Research Institute, Rossotrudnichestvo, the Government and Ministry of Culture of the Kaluga Region, the State Museum of the History of Cosmonautics, the Association of Planetariums of Russia, and other public and commercial organizations.
The festival’s media partners included Roscosmos Media and TRK NIKA, with TASS as the key media partner.