05.04.2019.
Ensemble “Binički” Performed at the Opening of the Slavic Music Festival
Artistic Ensemble of the Ministry of Defence “Stanisalav Binički” performed this evening at the opening of the 5th Slavic Music Festival in the Ceremonial Hall of the Central Military Club of the Serbian Armed Forces.
At the opening ceremony of the Slavic Music Festival, organised by the Association of Music and Ballet Pedagogues of Serbia, the soloist were Araik Avanjan, tenor from Georgia and soprano Anastasija Holc, our young and world recognised artist, the winner of the first Grand Prix 2012 at the Festival in Moscow. The conductors were Vyacheslav Bortnovsky from Belarus Philharmonic Orchestra and Major Igor Mitrović from the Ensemble “Binički”.
The programme of the concert consisted of compositions from Slavic authors. In the brimming Ceremonial Hall of the Central Military Club, the audience enjoyed in the compositions such as the polonaise and the letter scene from the opera “Eugene Onegin” by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, “Waltz No.22” by Dmitri Shostakovich, Adagio from the ballet “Spartacus” and the waltz “Masquerade” by Aram Khachaturian, and Puccini’s aria of Prince Calaf from the opera “Turandot”. In the second segment of the concert, the artists performed compositions by Sergei Rachmaninoff “Do not sing to me, my beauty”, the “Slavic Dance No. 8” by Antonín Dvořák , “Anđelija’s Song” by Miroljub Aranđelović Rasinski, and two famous Slavic songs “Ochi chernye” and “Tamo daleko”. At the end, the audience had an opportunity to hear “March to the Drina River” by Stanisalav Binički.
The surprise of the evening, following the bis of the satisfied audience, were “Podmoskovnye vechera” performed by duet Avanjan – Holz accompanied by Maestro Bortnovsky on the piano.The Slavic Music Festival has been held for 14 years in Moscow with the participation of competitors and representatives of 13 Slavic countries. It is organised as an interstate event in cooperation with the Orgo Committee of Moscow, Department for Culture of the City of Moscow, President of the Slavic Fund of Russia, and Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation. The competition is also attended by ambassadors in Moscow of all the participating countries.
Owing to noted results and membership of our professors in the panel in Moscow, and the engagement of the Association of Music and Ballet Pedagogues of Serbia, the Republic of Serbia was granted the right to be the first Slavic country, apart from Russia, to organise the Slavic Music Serbia.The opening ceremony in the Central Military Club was a good overture before the continuation of the Festival which is going to take place in the Serbian capital this year and last until 7th April.
