There are several months left till the First Russian and Chinese Festival of Russian Song in Kirillov. Preparation for it is in full swing. The detailed program of the event that will take place in the Kirillo-Belozersky Museum-Reserve from June 11 to 14, 2015, is being formed now.
It is planned to hold concerts of groups and solo singers, “evenings of friendship” and creative events, temporary exhibitions about national cultures of Russia and China. The festival will culminate in the gala concert that will be organized on the main stage of the museum on the Day of Russia celebrated on June 12.
The festival will be held on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the victory over fascism and in acknowledgment to the generation of winners in the Second World War. Its motto is “To sing Russian songs is in fashion!” The list of participants includes the choir “International” from Guangzhou, the choir of the Children’s Art School in Kirillov, the Cossack Ensemble “Silver Horseshoe”, the retro ensemble “Northern Frescoes”, the Folk Song Ensemble “Light Chamber”, the amateur group of teachers-veterans “How Young We Were”, the veterans’ ensemble “Golden Age”, Elena Antonova, Elena Vyazigina, Artyom Polkovnikov and others. They will perform with civil, folk and patriotic compositions and songs of the Great Patriotic War.
The music directors of the festival are:
in Kirillov - Svetlana Zavarina, Honoured Art Worker of the RF, teacher of the Vologda Regional Training School of Culture, and Olga Chechanicheva, teacher of the Children’s Art School;
in Guangzhou - Shchi Vypin, musician, artistic director and chief conductor of the choir “International”.
Choir “International”
Vologda Regional Training School of Culture
