Rehersing in RSAMD, Glasgow for a concert in Rostov-on-Don 2009 The official launch of the Celtic Cossack Connections project in Glasgow City Chambers 23rd Janary 2009 Rehersing in RSAMD, Glasgow for a concert in Rostov-on-Don 2009 Rehersing in RSAMD, Glasgow for a concert in Rostov-on-Don 2009 A Scottish gymnast carries the flag at a sporting exchange gymnastic event in Bellahouston Staduim Introducing the team from Rostov-on-Don at a sporting exchange gymnastic event in Bellahouston Staduim An operatic exchange with performers from the Rostov-on-Don State Conservatoire The Rostov-on-Don State conservatoire on Budeonnovsky Prospectus The Rostov-on-Don State Opera and Ballet House

Celtic-Cossack Connections is an innovative programme of musical and educational collaboration between Scotland and the Rostov on Don region of southern Russia.

It involves six musical partners: the Russian Cultural Centre in Glasgow, the Rostov State Rachmaninov Conservatoire, the Rostov State Musical Theatre, the Rostov Jazz School and the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Scottish Opera.

The aim of this programme is to stage collaborative performances by young artists from Scotland and Russia, and to run masterclasses and community workshops across a whole range of musical styles.

For everyone involved it will open up concepts of cultural identity and heritage, as well as creativity and experimentation.The twinned cities of Rostov and Glasgow are both engaged in economic regeneration. The project will help drive this through artistic and social engagement.

The Russian Cultural Centre is a Registered Charity SCN 028887