On 4 December 2023, a final gala concert of 2023 CPC to Talented Children, the International Children and Youth Creativity Contest, was held on the stage of the State Theater “Russkaya Pesnya” in Moscow. This year the festival celebrated its 25th anniversary.
The 2023 CPC to Talented Children contest included four stages: two preliminaries (held remotely), the third was a full-time regional stage and the fourth was the International Uniting Cultural Forum - "Moscow Meets Friends". The winners and laureates of the regional stages of contest from Astrakhan Oblast, Republic of Kalmykia, Stavropol Krai and Krasnodar Krai participated in the final stage. They were joined by the laureates of the Jas Tolqyn contest from four Oblasts of the Republic of Kazakhstan: Atyrau, Western Kazakhstan, Mangistau and Aktyuba. In total, about 300 persons took part in the Cultural Forum in Moscow.
In total, over 19,000 persons (about five thousand applications) participated in the 2023 CPC to Talented Children festival. Young participants and teachers competed in seven categories: "choreography", "instrumental performance", "vocal", "choir", "theater", "social video" and "pedagogical workshop".