May 24 in the conference hall of the presidential Administration of the Russian Federation was held a festive musical evening the State orchestra "the gusli players of Russia". The concert was held on the eve of the celebration of the 30th anniversary of the team, which is the artistic Director people's artist of Russia, Professor Yury Evtushenko.

Performed with the orchestra great soloists: the honoured artist of Moscow region Ivan Zubarev (tenor), laureate of international competitions Yuliya Zhuravleva (folk vocals), star of world Opera, laureate of international competitions Pavel Baransky (baritone), laureate of international competitions, laureate of the "National treasure of Russia" Olga Alekseeva (harp), laureate of international competitions Tatiana Semushina (folk vocals), laureate of all-Russian competitions Dmitry Artemenko (vocals), honored worker of culture of Russia Grigory weaver (tenor), soloist of the Bolshoi theatre of Russia, honored artist of Russia Roman Muravitsky (tenor).

The conductor was the honored artists of Russia Maxim Yevtushenko and Yuri Pushkarev.

In the program "Silver liquid" includes a variety of compositions. For 30 years the musicians have performed more than three thousand scores, this evening sounded his most significant works. The audience heard a favorite folk songs ("Christmas Tree-sosenochki", "Oh, you, canopy", "Quadrille", etc.), romances ("Under the enchanting caress thy", "Bells"), songs written especially for the orchestra "the gusli players of Russia" ("Tale of antiquity") and other music by Russian and Soviet composers. The concert took place in the Day of Slavic writing and culture, and as a sign of unity of the Slavic peoples performed the play "Aegeus" – part of the Balkan Suite composer Dimitar Khristova (Bulgaria).

At the end of the evening the orchestra and soloists together with the audience sang one of the most soulful songs – "Moscow nights" by V. Soloviev-Sedoy.

Photo By Sergey Akimov