The street is a stage (2004)

City streets with people passing by.

View of the sights of Cologne (Germany): churches, bridge, river.

Street musicians play jazz on guitar and saxophone.

People walking around the city.

Russian guitarist - street musician, tells about his life.

Germans drink beer on the street.

Russian music teacher from Nizhny Novgorod, playing the double bass on the streets of Cologne, tells about her life.

Classical music is playing at the same time.

Participants of the street orchestra, musicians from Nizhny Novgorod, tell about their lives and why they come to Germany for part-time work.

Cologne Cathedral, police squad controlling street musicians.

Musicians sell their CDs to listeners.

Student of the Russian conservatory - street musician, plays the mandolin.

Orchestra from Nizhny Novgorod plays classical music in front of the Cologne Cathedral.

Mayakovsky Square in Moscow.

Concert hall of the Conservatory.

Close-up of street musicians' faces.