Eurovision 2013 finalist Alena Lanskaya will take part in the opening of "Slavianski Bazaar".

Alena Lanskaya, a finalist of the Eurovision-2013 contest, will take part in the grand opening of the XXII International Festival of Arts "Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk". This was announced today at a press conference by Vladimir Karachevsky, First Deputy Minister of Culture of Belarus, as reported by a BELTA correspondent.

The winner of the Grand Prix of the XX International Pop Song Performers Contest "Vitebsk-2011" will take the stage of the Summer Amphitheatre along with pop stars such as Edita Piekha, Kristina Orbakaite, Elena Vaenga, Dima Bilan (Russia), Anatoly Yarmolenko, Inna Afanasyeva (Belarus), Tina Karol (Ukraine), Roza Rymbaeva (Kazakhstan), Al Bano, In-Grid (Italy), GIPSY KINGS (France).

"The festival opening will be held in a new format. The concert will consist of two parts. The first is dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the Summer Amphitheatre, the second is a kind of greeting to the Vitebsk arts forum from festivals of other cities. In addition, for the first time in the opening concert, there will be a presentation of participants in the competition program of the adult and children's contests," said Vladimir Karachevsky.

The grand opening ceremony will be hosted by three pairs of presenters: Elena Spiridovich and Georgy Koldun (Belarus), Marina Devyatova and Vladimir Berezin (Russia), Oksana Antonyuk and Timur Miroshnichenko (Ukraine).

The grand opening ceremony of the International Festival of Arts is one of the most highly rated and expensive concert events of the festival. This year, ticket prices range from Br980 thousand in sectors 2 and 3 of the amphitheatre to Br450 thousand in sector 8.

Ticket sales for the events of the XXII International Festival of Arts "Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk" will begin on May 27.