III international festival of performers on old string plucked instruments "Sadko". Day three 2015-10-11

Moscow regional Philharmonic society with the support of the Ministry of culture of the Moscow region presented the III international festival of performers on old string plucked instruments "Sadko". The festival was held from 9 to 11 October 2015 in Krasnogorsk, Zvenigorod and Moscow.

The participating teams presented their best songs at the closing ceremony of the festival on October 11 in the Moscow Provincial theatre. Leading the gala concert is the singer, actress Ilona Bronevitskaya. Participants of the festival were congratulated by the special guest – film and theater actor, people's artist of Russia Sergei Bezrukov. Diploma and commemorative award plates with the logo of the festival guslar Sadko, the participants were presented by the Director of Moscow regional Philharmonic Ilgiz Yanbukhtin.

THE HISTORY OF THE FESTIVAL "SADKO"

The first international festival of performers on old string plucked instruments "Sadko" in 2004 was supported by the Ministry of culture of the Moscow region. The festival was attended by 14 teams, 170 participants from Latvia, Ukraine, Belarus, Pskov, Petrozavodsk, St. Petersburg, Votkinsk, in the city of Syktyvkar, Kalmykia, Buryatia, the Republic of Mari El, Moscow region.

In 2006, the Second festival brought together the best national performers from Belarus, Ukraine, Armenia, Latvia, 15 bands and 6 solo instrumentalists from the regions of Russia. Were submitted to various ancient stringed instruments: kokle Latvian, Ukrainian bandura, the Udmurt and the Mari psaltery, Komi-Permyatskiy plucked instruments, tools, Chinese and Mongol origin: the bass khuur, Morin khuur, yoching (icin), yatagas and Sansa.

Photo – Sergey Arzumanyan