Alexander Rybak is invited to "Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk"

May 25, Vitebsk / Diana Kurilo - BELTA /. The winner of "Eurovision-2009" Alexander Rybak is expected at the XVIII International Festival of Arts "Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk", according to the official website of the festival. According to the organizers of "Slavianski Bazaar", negotiations are underway to have the Norwegian of Belarusian origin participate in the opening ceremony concert of the arts forum. The jubilee festival will offer its viewers a meeting with numerous stars. Sarah Connor and Lara Fabian will be heard in Vitebsk for the first time. Valery Meladze, Sofia Rotaru, Boris Moiseev and his show ballet, and Nadezhda Kadysheva will perform solo concerts. Valery Leontiev, who gave his first concert in Vitebsk during the festival on July 18, 1992, will celebrate his anniversary at this year's festival. Representatives from more than 30 countries will come to "Slavianski Bazaar" this year. A contestant from Brazil will take part in the XVIII International Pop Song Performers Competition "Vitebsk-2009" for the first time, and Tajikistan and Montenegro will be represented for the first time in the VII International Children's Music Competition "Vitebsk-2009". The winner and laureates of the International Pop Song Performers Competition "Vitebsk-2009" will be selected from 17 contenders. 20 young performers will take part in the children's competition. The jury of the XVIII International Pop Song Performers Competition "Vitebsk-2009" will be headed by People's Artist of Russia Nikolai Baskov, and the jury of the VII International Children's Music Competition "Vitebsk-2009" will be headed by the famous Belarusian composer, People's Artist of Belarus Leonid Zakhlevny. Poetry returns to the festival after a long break. Evgeny Yevtushenko will present his "Romance with Life" at a creative evening of the same name. "Theater Meetings" will undoubtedly offer sold-out performances by the Moscow Theater "On the Southwest", the Riga Russian Theater named after A.P. Chekhov, and the Theater of Emmanuel Vitorgan. Mikhail Kozakov will bring his one-man show "About Friends, About Profession, About Myself" to Vitebsk. Concerts by masters of arts from Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine will be held within the framework of the festival. Tickets for the concert and theater programs of the XVIII International Festival of Arts "Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk" will go on sale in the coming days. The festival will be held from July 10 to 16. -0-