On 7 November 2012, to celebrate National Unity Day, the Russian Centre for Science and Culture (RCSC) in Valletta welcomed me and my students into the Tchaikovsky Hall for a concert of up-and-coming Maltese talent.  My students, accompanied by two great musicians – Luke Grech on guitar and Andrew Triganza Scott on piano, put up a fabulous show.  To keep up the tradition, I also sang two Russian songs – Nye uhodi pobud so mnoyu and A on mnye nravitsya. I would like to thank Oleg Beglov and his wife Viktoria at the RCSC for constantly giving us such opportunities like these.