The first festival events of the "Slavianski Bazaar" will take place today

The fanfare of the XXVI International Festival of Arts "Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk" will sound today on the stage of the Summer Amphitheater. And although the official opening of the forum will take place on July 13, the city on the Dvina begins the celebration three days earlier, contrary to the assertion that Monday is a difficult day.

The first colors to the festival palette will be brought by the great Rembrandt. An exhibition of masterpieces by the Dutch artist from a private Italian collection at the Art Museum will open the exhibition project of "Slavianski Bazaar". And the next day, a presentation of an exposition of original medieval belts of the 18th-19th centuries, including those from Slutsk, will take place here.

The concert program on the main stage of "Slavianski Bazaar" will be opened on July 10 by Honored Artist of Russia Zara, who will perform accompanied by the Presidential Orchestra of the Republic of Belarus under the direction of Viktor Babarikin. Grigory Leps will be the second to take the stage of the Summer Amphitheater on July 11. And in the Vitebsk Concert Hall, the XV International Children's Music Competition will begin on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, the festival capital is putting the final touches before the start of the grand cultural forum, which will bring together representatives from 37 countries in Vitebsk.

"Vitebskiye vesti".