Tatyana, Sergey and Alexander Nikitin - “Times Are Not Chosen...”

Tatyana, Sergey, and Alexander Nikitin in Israel!

With the new program “You Don’t Choose the Times…”

There are songs that become only more important over the years, songs people return to not out of nostalgia, but because they offer support, honesty, and that rare human warmth so deeply lacking in these difficult times.

This autumn, legendary performers Tatyana and Sergey Nikitin are coming to Israel with their new program “You Don’t Choose the Times.” A special highlight of the tour will be the participation of Alexander Nikitin, a musician whose presence gives the program a new breath and a sense of living continuation of the cultural and human sensibility associated with the Nikitins’ songs for many decades.

The Nikitins’ songs are beyond time: they do not grow old and continue to resonate with new generations of listeners. Today, this music sounds especially powerful and contemporary.

In a world with ever more noise, anxiety, and harshness, the Nikitins’ songs have a remarkable way of returning people to inner silence and a sense of authenticity. They speak of things that never lose their meaning: dignity, love, memory, freedom, and the ability to remain human—no matter what.

The program’s title, “You Don’t Choose the Times,” is perceived today almost as a personal confession by every individual. Yet precisely in such times, what a person chooses for themselves becomes especially important: the tone of their life, faithfulness to themselves, the ability to love, remember, and not become hardened.

The program will feature songs that have long become part of the cultural memory of several generations:

• “To the Music of Vivaldi”
• “Alexandra”
• “I Asked the Ash Tree”
• “Brichmulla”
• And others

The program will also include songs set to poems by Yury Levitansky, Bulat Okudzhava, David Samoilov, Dmitry Sukharev, and other outstanding poets.

But the main feature of these concerts is not only the beloved songs—it is the atmosphere of rare trust and genuine human conversation. The Nikitins’ concerts have always been something more than a stage performance. They are a space where people suddenly begin to hear one another—calmly, attentively, and sincerely.

There are no loud effects or outward pathos in these evenings—only music, words, and that remarkable sensibility thanks to which the Nikitins’ songs have endured for decades and continue to sound absolutely contemporary.

These songs continue to live because people still need them today.

The tour in Israel will be a rare opportunity to hear Tatyana, Sergey, and Alexander Nikitin together—in a program that sounds especially timely today and is so needed by all of us.