The 17th International Festival of Arts Slavonic Bazaar in Vitebsk will open on July 11.
Taking part in the opening of the festival will be famous singers and bands from Belarus, Russia, Ukraine, Armenia, Lithuania, France, Israel, Egypt, Greece. Irina Dorofeeva, Piotr Elfimov, Anatoly Yarmolenko and his band Syabry, Pesnyary (Belarus), Josef Kobzon, Alexandra Pakhmutova, Dima Bilan, Oleg Gazmanov, Tamara Gverdtsiteli, Nadezhda Kadysheva and her band Zolotoe Koltso, Nikolai Baskov, Maxim Galkin, art-band Turetsky Choir (Russian Federation), Ani Lorak (Ukraine) will perform on the stage of the Slavonic Bazaar in Vitebsk. Venezuelan dance group Folclor Cochense, South African band Eastern Cape will take part in the festival for the first time. The concert will be broadcast by the Belarusian Television and Radio Company.
The first official day of the Slavonic Bazaar in Vitebsk will be rich in various events. For instance, a press conference with the participation of laureates of the Belarus-Russia Union State’s Prize – Vladimir Gostiukhin and Mikhail Finberg will be held in the International Press Centre. During the press conference, BelTA will also present its new project – book “Laureates of Belarus-Russia Union State’s Prize”.
The Vitebsk Folk-Crafts Centre Zadvinne will host the Town of Craftsmen. An exhibition of children’s art and a book fair will open in the Vitebsk Concert Hall.
The 17th International Festival of Arts Slavonic Bazaar in Vitebsk will be running through July 18.