The Russian National Orchestra will be leading masterclasses with University of Iowa music students that are open to the public for observation.

Ilya Melikhov is co-principal percussionist of the Russian National Orchestra, a position he has held since 2013, and is also an endorsed artist of “JGpercussion” company in Russia. He is an instructor at Moscow's Gnessin Russian Academy of Music and the Schnittke Institute of Music. As a member of the Gnessin Percussion Ensemble, he organizes and presents percussion performances for the annual International Brass Days Festival.