The XX International Arts Festival "Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk" will be held from July 8 to 14

March 24, Vitebsk / Diana Kurilo - BELTA /. The XX International Festival of Arts "Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk" will be held from July 8 to 14, 2011. This was announced today at a meeting of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee by Vladimir Terentyev, head of the culture department of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee, as reported by a BELTA correspondent. The formation of concert and theater programs is still ongoing. "They will be designed in such a way as to attract more spectators and increase the festival's profitability," emphasized Vladimir Terentyev. It is expected that Nikolai Baskov, art groups Khor Turetskogo and Soprano10, Alexander Rosenbaum, Boris Eifman's ballet, Mireille Mathieu will take part in the opening of the anniversary festival, and the culmination of the concert, as promised by Vladimir Terentyev, will be a performance by the group Space with Didier Marouani. It will all end with a laser show to the cosmic music of the group. For the first time, Belarus Day at the festival will be an exhibition of the republic's achievements in various fields: science, technology, production, and, of course, culture. The Yanka Kupala National Academic Theatre will show the play "Pinskaya Shlyakhta," and Belarusian artists who took part in the "Land Under White Wings" campaign will be exhibited in the exhibition halls. In the evening, a concert by Angelica Agurbash and her friends Dmitry Malikov, Alexander Marshal, Alexander Buynov will take place. On Russia Culture Day, the Pyatnitsky Russian Folk Choir, which celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2011, will perform. On Union State Day, the ensemble "Syabry" will perform on the Summer Amphitheater stage. Following a good tradition, solo concerts by popular artists will be held. Mireille Mathieu, Elena Vaenga, Maxim Galkin, Lyubov Uspenskaya, Nadezhda Kadysheva, Valery Meladze, Avraam Russo, Alexander Rosenbaum, Khor Turetskogo, and the group Mumiy Troll are expected to delight their fans. Performances by Sergey Lazarev and the singer MakSim will take place on the open-air stage on Pobedy Square. According to Vladimir Terentyev, 25 concerts are planned, compared to 19 in 2010. The main intrigue of the festival, as for the past 20 years, will be the international competition of young performers. The winner will be determined over two competition days. Experienced pop masters will support the aspiring singers. Among them is Kristina Orbakaite, who will give a solo concert in the second part of one of the competition concerts. According to Vladimir Terentyev, the organizers will take care to fill the festival's film program with interesting films and invite theater stars. During the festival days, Vitebsk will also host the international investment forum, the republican exhibition fair "Small Business in Festival Vitebsk," and the folk crafts fair "City of Masters." In total, more than 70 different entertainment events are planned to be organized during the festive days.