The Conference «Orient & Occident: challenge and response” (The Ural Federal University) will take place within the framework of the II International Music Festival Eurasia on October 12th, 13th 2013. Ludmila Kovnatskaya’s report topic is East Britten: at the edge of two worlds, Appolinaria Avrutina’s topic is The Ottoman and modern Turkish music literature, Tamila Jani-zade’s topic is Musical interaction of the Muslim East and the West in the Middle Ages and today, Irene Chudinova’s topic is About the sacred dance of the Byzantine liturgy.