May 31, 2017, VTB Bank gala reception was held at the Headquarters of Hermitage Museum as part of the St. Petersburg Economic Forum.
The event was divided into 2 parts.
First part performed by internationally recognized singers Anna Netrebko and Yusif Eyvazov with orchestra as a classical format.
Second part of the night, famous Russian rock-singers Evgeny Margulis and Alexey Kortnev performed as a club concert.
The Director of State Hermitage, Mikhail Piotrovsky, VTB President and Chairman Andrei Kostin, as well as St. Petersburg Governor Georgy Poltavchenko addressed the guests.
All this with Lev Chitkov becoming the announcer for the first part of the show and addressing the international audience in both Russian and English.