Larin, the "Buranovskiye Babushki" (Buranovo Grannies), and about a dozen other Eurovision participants will perform at the "Slavianski Bazaar".
June 19, Vitebsk / Diana Kurilo - BELTA /. Loreen, the Buranovskiye Babushki (Buranovo Grandmothers) and about a dozen other participants and winners of the Eurovision Song Contest of different years will perform at the Slavianski Bazaar, the festival directorate told a BELTA correspondent.
The triumphant participants of Eurovision 2012, Swedish singer Loreen Zineb Nora Talhaoui (this is Loreen's real name), and the Russian folk group Buranovskiye Babushki from the village of Buranovo, Malopurginsky district, Udmurtia, will perform at the grand opening concert of the XXI International Festival of Arts "Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk". It is expected that the songs that brought them European fame will be performed on the Vitebsk stage. Loreen will perform "Euphoria", and the grandmothers will arrange a "Party for Everyone".
The opening concert of the festival will also feature the winner of Eurovision 2009, Norwegian singer of Belarusian origin Alexander Rybak, the silver medalist of Eurovision 2007 Verka Serduchka, as well as the Belarusian participant of the Baku contest, the band Litesound.
As emphasized by the directorate, this is far from a complete list of Eurovision prize-winners and participants who have come to perform in Vitebsk. At this year's festival, a solo concert will be given by the winner of Eurovision 2002, Mary N from Latvia, now performing under her real name - Marija Naumova. Among the concert participants will be Alsou, who brought Russia second place at Eurovision in 2000, Pasha Parfeny - a finalist of Eurovision 2012 from Moldova, the winner of the first place at the Vitebsk-2009 pop song performers contest, and many others. -0-