Musicians from Venezuela will perform for the first time at the organ music festival in Polotsk

October 30, Vitebsk / Sergey Kochetov - BELTA /. Musicians from Venezuela and German organist Erik Mats will perform on the stage of the Concert Hall of St. Sophia Cathedral for the first time as part of the XIV International Organ Music Festival "Zvyany Safii," which will open on November 1 in Polotsk. This was reported to a BELTA correspondent by the concert department of the National Polotsk Historical and Cultural Museum-Reserve. This year, musicians from 5 countries will honor the international festival in Polotsk with their presence. Hans Hein (Denmark), Vladimir Koshuba (Ukraine), Lyudmila Golub (Russia), and Belarusian organists Ksenia Pogorelaya and Igor Olovnikov will also perform works by classical composers of the 16th-21st centuries. The instrumental ensemble "BOEM" (Venezuela) will present classical and national Venezuelan music. The music forum program includes 7 concerts. A distinctive feature of the XIV festival will be ensemble concerts - Maria Lepinskaya (mezzo-soprano, Ukraine), the Academic Choir of the National State Television and Radio Company of Belarus, and the Chamber Orchestra "EUROPA-CENTER" will perform together with organists. The final chord of the festival will sound on November 29 - a stellar lineup of performers from Russia will gather on the stage of the Concert Hall of St. Sophia Cathedral. Musicians of the M. Glinka State String Quartet, including Oleg Smirnov (cello), Vladislav Pesin (violin), Vladislav Bezrukov (violin), Lev Serov (viola), along with organist Lyudmila Golub, will perform works by Bach, Handel, Mozart, and Mendelssohn. -0-