"Thank you for your loyalty, descendants!" The ensemble took part in a festive concert dedicated to Victory Day

Victory Day is one of the most important and revered holidays in our country. On May 4, 2022, a gala concert featuring leading artists was held at the best concert hall in Russia, the State Kremlin Palace, as part of the social and patriotic campaign "Thank you for your loyalty, descendants!".

It has become a good tradition to hold these concerts on the eve of the Great Victory Day. Since 2015, the founder and artistic director of the public and patriotic event "Thank you for your loyalty, descendants!" has been Vasily Semyonovich Lanovoy, People's Artist of the USSR, Hero of Labor of Russia, and co-chair of the Immortal Regiment of Russia.

The event was attended by participants of the Victory Parade on Red Square, veterans of the Great Patriotic War and the Armed Forces, and military personnel participating in the special military operation in Ukraine.

The Academic Ensemble of Songs and Dances of the National Guard Troops of the Russian Federation The concert opened with the song "Do the Russians Want War" (music by Eduard Kolmanovsky, lyrics by Yevgeny Yevtushenko), performed by the Honored Artist of Russia Varvara and the choir under the direction of the artistic director and chief conductor, People's Artist of Russia, Major General Viktor Yeliseyev.

The concert program was based on songs from the Great Patriotic War and songs by Soviet composers.

Accompanied by the orchestra of the Academic Ensemble of Song and Dance of the National Guard Troops of the Russian Federation, songs about the Great Patriotic War were performed by Honored Artists of Russia Natalia Yeliseyeva, Askar Abdrazakov, Ekaterina Guseva, Dmitry Dyuzhev, popular performers: Evgeny Kungurov, Dmitry Koldun, Valentina Biryukova, Evelina Blyodans, Denis Vertunov.

The dance group of the Rosgvardia Ensemble presented the choreographic composition "Home with Victory" (directed by Honored Artist of Russia A. Safronov, musical arrangement by A. Zarkov).

The concert program featured performances by Russian pop and film artists, including People's Artists of the RSFSR Irina Kupchenko, Mikhail Nozhkin, Alexander Mikhailov, and Renat Ibragimov; People's Artists of Russia Nadezhda Kadysheva, Diana Gurtskaya; and Honored Artists of Russia Grigory Leps, Zara, Sergey Voytenko, Sergey Kuprik, as well as popular artists Vika Tsyganova, Lyudmila Sokolova, Yuri Kononov, and others.

The festive concert was hosted by Honored Artists of Russia Ekaterina Guseva and Dmitry Dyuzhev.

The concert's television version will be broadcast on the TVC channel.