Employees of municipal and regional cultural institutions have been awarded for their achievements in 2024 at the Great Concert Hall of the Philharmonic Society. Among the best, there were the managers and artists of the Hvorostovsky Krasnoyarsk State Opera and Ballet Theatre.

The Chief Executive of the Theatre Svetlana Guziy, Deputy Chief Executives Olga Maskalyuk, Yulia Bocharova, Principal Director and Artistic Director of the opera company Irina Lychagina, and Theatre's Principal Designer Maria Vysotskaya received letters of commendation for holding the Hvorostovsky Arts Festival and their active participation in it in 2024.

The Theatre's prima ballerina, Honoured Figure of Culture of the Krasnoyarsk Region Olesya Aldonina and opera soloist Denis Grechishkin were given money rewards for their contribution to the development and preservation of the culture of the Krasnoyarsk Region. They received Certificates of Honour at the ceremony.

“More than 17,000 employees serve in the sphere of culture of the Krasnoyarsk Region, but today those who have gathered here move our industry forward with their work and service: their hearts are kindled with enthusiasm and they light up the hearts of others. It is a great honour for me to be here and present you with the awards! With all my heart I thank each of you for your honest work and wish you to keep going,” said Minister of Culture of the Krasnoyarsk Region Arkady Zinov in his welcoming speech.