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Because музыканта is in the genitive case.
Here выступление музыканта means the musician’s performance or more literally the performance of the musician.
- музыкант = musician
- музыканта = of the musician
This is a very common Russian pattern:
- книга студента = the student’s book
- голос певца = the singer’s voice
- выступление музыканта = the musician’s performance
So Russian often uses the genitive where English uses ’s.
Because на сцене shows location, not motion.
- на сцене = on the stage / on stage, where something is happening
- на сцену = onto the stage, showing movement toward it
In this sentence, the performance is taking place on the stage, so Russian uses:
- на
- prepositional case → на сцене
Compare:
- Музыкант выступал на сцене. = The musician was performing on stage.
- Музыкант вышел на сцену. = The musician went out onto the stage.