Bi-2 group will be headliner of “Heart of Eurasia” Art Festival in Ufa

UFA, 30 May 2019. /Bashinform News Agency/ translated by Tatiana Aksyutina/.

The International Festival of Arts “The Heart of Eurasia” will begin with the National Costume Festival on June 12, the Day of Russia and the Day of the Ufa City. The participants of the celebration will demonstrate the costumes of different nations living in Bashkortostan: Bashkirs, Russians, Tatars, Chuvash, Poles, Ukrainians, and other ethnic groups. The start of the large-scale procession will begin at 5.30 pm on the square in front of the Mazhit Gafuri Theater.

The national costume festival will continue with the All-Russian festival-marathon of Nadezhda Babkina “Songs of Russia”, which starts at 7.00 pm in the Ufa amphitheater.

The Republic of Bashkortostan will be represented by the Folklore Ensemble of Song and Dance “Miras” and the ethnic-show project Zainetdin.

The festive program "Day of Russia" will begin at 9.00 pm with the performance of the St. Petersburg ethnic group "Ingervala" and the participants of the World Folklore Festival in Mexico - the "Argymak" group. "Bi-2" will be the headliner of the event.

On June 13, lovers of academic music will meet with the National and Youth Symphony Orchestras of the Republic of Bashkortostan at their favorite “Symphonic Night”. Soloists of the night: People's Artist of Bashkortostan Askar Abdrazakov, soloists of the Moscow Theater “New Opera” Olga and Elena Terentyevs, Seiichi Furukawa (Tokyo, Japan), Natalia Yurkanova (Tokyo, Japan).

On June 14, the festival will be continued by a festive concert dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Republic of Bashkortostan, “Alga, Bashkiria!” On this day, the honored artist of the Russian Federation Alsu, Pizza group led by Sergey Prikazchikov, the finalist of the Voice TV contest Rushana Valiyeva, the group Zaman (Moscow), and others will perform. Ufa residents and guests of the capital will also see joint performances by the National Orchestra of Folk Instruments RB under the direction of Linar Davletbaev with Robert Yuldashev and his team “Kuraisy”.

On June 15 at 7.00 pm a grand finale of the International Arts Festival "Heart of Eurasia" will take place. One of the best military musical artistic and creative group - the Exemplary Orchestra of the National Guard Troops of the Russian Federation will perform for the guests of the festival. Our compatriots Askar Abdrazakov and Malika Razakova, Russian artists Oleg Kukhta, Vladimir Markin, Olga Getman, Sharip Umkhanov, as well as the “Argymak”, “Uzoritsa”, and “Premier” groups are also participating in the gala concert. The acquaintance with the “No Smoking Orchestra” led by the legendary Emir Kusturica, promises to be exciting.