Mikhail Finberg managed to create a unique creative team - M.Dunaevsky

July 16, Vitebsk / Alexander Sam - BELTA /. Mikhail Finberg managed to create a unique creative team. This was stated on July 15 by the chairman of the jury of the International Pop Song Performers Contest "Vitebsk-2012", Maxim Dunaevsky, at a festive concert in Vitebsk dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the National Concert Orchestra of the Republic of Belarus, whose permanent artistic director is People's Artist of the Republic of Belarus, laureate of the State Prize of Belarus, Professor Mikhail Finberg, reports BELTA correspondent. "I am pleased that my songs are in the orchestra's repertoire, it is an honor for me," said the Russian composer, congratulating the creative team. Maxim Dunaevsky accompanied the soloists of the orchestra who performed excerpts from songs for which he wrote the music. The jubilee program of the orchestra "We are 25! Everything begins anew", dedicated to the Day of the Union State at the "Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk" festival, included not only Belarusian performers but also famous Russian artists Sergey Drobotenko, Victoria Pierre-Marie, Alexey Chumakov, and the "Maridance" ballet. A greeting to the participants and guests of the festival was sent by the Speaker of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, Chairman of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union of Belarus and Russia, Sergey Naryshkin. Before the concert, the text of the greeting was read by a deputy of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union of Belarus and Russia, Russian parliamentarian Alexey Kazakov. "It is gratifying to realize that the International Festival of Arts "Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk" is one of the brightest and most memorable cultural projects of the Union State, and serves to expand and strengthen humanitarian cooperation between the two countries," the congratulatory message reads. The Chairman of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union of Belarus and Russia also noted that the ideals of the festival are consonant with the activities of the union parliamentarians in preserving and developing the common cultural space of the two states. "It is no coincidence that the Day of the Union State is held annually within the framework of the festival. "Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk", having firmly taken its rightful place in the common process of mutual enrichment of cultures, contributes to the creation of foundations for the formation of a Eurasian cultural heritage," the greeting states. Congratulations were also sent by the State Secretary of the Union State, Grigory Rapota, and the Speaker of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of Russia, Valentina Matvienko. The Standing Committee of the Union State established four special diplomas for the creative embodiment of the ideas of friendship between the peoples of Belarus and Russia for the participants and organizers of the festival. At the concert, the Deputy State Secretary of the Union State, Ivan Bambiza, presented awards to the Honored Collective of the Republic of Belarus, the State Dance Ensemble of Belarus (artistic director - People's Artist of Belarus Valentin Dudkevich), the team of artists of the Pavlovoposadskaya Manufactory, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation Mikhail Vysotsky, and the National Concert Orchestra of the Republic of Belarus. -0-