On February 6, 2023 Chinese students of the Petrozavodsk State Glazunov Conservatoire performed at the festival of lanterns. A concert of Chinese vocal music was arranged by Anna Shalaeva, the Petrozavodsk Conservatoire’s alumna, who formerly worked at the Jinggangshan University in China and joined her alma mater as a vocal teacher in September 2022. Festive atmosphere of the Chinese New Year and the Lantern Festival attracted the conservatoire’s students and teachers as well as many local visitors from Petrozavodsk.