At the festive evening of the Marimba Plus ensemble, academic music, jazz, folk, and electronic colors intertwine into a lively sound. The new album, dedicated to the 50th anniversary of Lev Slepnir, turns each composition into a story about choice, risk, and the courage to live important moments to the fullest. Lev Slepnir's 50th anniversary became an occasion for a special evening, centered around a new artistic statement in the format of the ensemble's ninth album. Instead of a nostalgic collection of hits, the musicians present fresh material, where each composition sounds like a separate chapter of a personal story and a reflection on what to do with moments that radically change the usual course of life. The Marimba Plus ensemble has long been known for its approach, which the participants themselves call organic music. In one piece, academic tradition, folk intonation, jazz improvisation, and electronic textures freely combine. The soft timbre of the marimba sets the foundation of the sound, over which live parts of flute, clarinet, saxophone, cello, bass guitar, and drums. This combination gives a dense yet transparent musical pattern: the details of the arrangements can be easily heard even by those who rarely attend instrumental music concerts. The new material is built around the theme of choice and inner movement. From quiet contemplative episodes, the musicians transition to rhythmic outbursts, from chamber moods to rich ensemble fragments. In some tracks, echoes of film soundtracks can be heard, in others - club energy, and in others - an almost meditative state, where one simply wants to listen to the pulse of the bass and the smooth transitions of the marimba. A separate layer of impressions is connected to the persona of Lev Slepnir. A laureate of the "Triumph" award, he has been writing music for the ensemble for many years, building his own intonation at the intersection of genres. The anniversary program emphasizes this authorial path: behind the new pieces, one can discern the experience of previous releases, collaboration with domestic and foreign musicians, and work with the acoustics of different halls. On KudaGo, актуальна.