The "Slavianski Bazaar" is solemnly opening in Vitebsk

The grand opening of the XXVII International Arts Festival "Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk" will take place today at the Summer Amphitheatre. The forum's start is accompanied by a whole ceremony. Brass bands, drummers, and majorettes will attract the attention of citizens and guests to the venue of the Summer Amphitheatre cultural and sports complex at noon with music and drum rolls. Here, at noon, next to the flags of the participating countries, another flag will be raised - the festival flag.

A little later, nearby on the Square of Stars, the recipient of the special prize of the President of the Republic of Belarus "Through Art – to Peace and Understanding," Rosa Rymbaeva, will receive her star. And then, from the already recognized star, attention will shift to the artists whose creative path to success is just beginning – a draw for the semi-final of the XXVII International Pop Song Performers Competition "Vitebsk-2018" will take place in the same place.

Meanwhile, the intrigue of the XVI International Children's Music Competition "Vitebsk-2018," on the contrary, will be revealed by this moment: the gala concert and the award ceremony for the winners will be held in the "Vitebsk" Concert Hall at 5:00 PM. And in the evening, the Grand Prix winner, among others, will take to the stage of the Summer Amphitheatre at the grand opening concert of the forum at 8:30 PM. The program includes beloved artists, long-time friends of the forum, and new faces: Nikolay Baskov, Irina Allegrova, Zara, Igor Nikolaev, Oleg Menshikov and his orchestra, Svetlana Bezrodnaya and the "Vivaldi Orchestra," the art group "Turetsky Choir," the Moscow State Academic Dance Theatre "Gzhel"; Inna Afanasyeva, Irina Dorofeeva, Ruslan Alekhno, Anatoly Yarmolenko and the ensemble "Syabry"; Goran Bregović and the "Wedding-Funeral Orchestra," Emir Kusturica and the "No Smoking Orchestra," Raphael, Natalia Oreiro, Taisiya Povaliy, Rosa Rymbaeva, Dimash Kudaibergen, and many others.

Full houses are also expected at other venues.

forum. The Moscow Contemporary Art Theatre (Russia) will present the play "California Tango" by Boris Ratser, one of the most famous authors and co-authors of Soviet dramatic hits, on the stage of the National Academic Drama Theatre.

The Belarusian Theatre "Lyalka" invites children and their parents twice a day to the "Puppet Quarter". Here, the musical fairy tale fantasy "The Bremen Town Musicians" will be shown. And the celebration will fully unfold on the festival streets: the first events of the IV Street Art Festival "On Seven Winds" - performances by dancers, musicians, artists, performers, theatre actors, the medieval fire show "The Tale of the Dragon" and much more - will take place on the territories near the Pushkin Bridge and on the adjacent square, on Tolstoy Street, near the Center for Contemporary Art, in Frunze Park, near the "Lyalka" Theatre. And from 20:00, visitors in Frunze Park will join the NON STOP performance procession dedicated to the opening of the "On Seven Winds" festival. All its participants will march in a noisy parade to Pushkinskaya Square, where their spectacular performance will take place.

The XXVII International Arts Festival "Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk" will be held from July 12 to 16. Additional events are planned for July 9-11 and July 17-18.

BELTA.