The ensemble took part in a gala concert dedicated to Victory Day, held at the Irina Viner Gymnastics Palace

Victory Day – A great holiday for all Russians. On this day, we pay tribute to our gratitude and respect to our fathers, grandfathers and great-grandfathers who won the Great Patriotic War in 1945.

Our country paid a great price for this Victory - millions of our compatriots gave their lives to ensure future generations a peaceful life in a free and independent country.

Victory Day is a memory of the unparalleled feat of the Soviet people, who demonstrated unprecedented unity, dedication, courage and incredible love for the Motherland in the name of achieving a common goal - Victory over fascism. Victory Day is a holiday that unites all generations of Russians.

On these holidays, festive events and concerts of artists dedicated to the 79th anniversary of the Victory of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War are taking place throughout the country.

On the eve of Victory Day, May 8, 2024, a large festive concert dedicated to Victory Day was held at the Irina Viner Gymnastics Palace in Luzhniki.

The gala concert was attended by stars of rhythmic gymnastics - students of the president of the All-Russian Federation of Rhythmic gymnastics, Hero of Labor of the Russian Federation Irina Aleksandrovna Viner, a star of the opera stage and Russian pop music.

The harmony of music, choreography and rhythmic gymnastics gives the stage performance a special solemnity, consonant with the grandeur of our main holiday - Victory Day.

The invitation to participate in the gala concert in honor of Victory Day at the Irina Viner Gymnastics Palace is a great honor for the team of the Academic Order "For Merit in Culture and Art" Song and Dance Ensemble of the Troops of the National Guard of the Russian Federation under the direction of the artistic director and chief conductor, People's Artist of Russia, Major General Viktor Eliseev. A long-standing creative friendship connects the "Eliseevites" with Irina Viner and the team of the International Academy of Sports.

Today, the artists of the Rosgvardia Ensemble performed both wartime songs, beloved by several generations of Russians, and works by modern authors.

Accompanied by the choir and orchestra of the Ensemble, the popular Russian singer, composer, musician, Honored Artist of the Republic of Dagestan Alexander Kogan performed the songs: "You are my hope" (A. Pakhmutova - N. Dobronravov), "Random waltz" (M. Fradkin - E. Dolmatovsky), "Song of the frontline Driver" (B.Mokrousov - B.Laskin), "The Fourth Day of the War" (V.Tretyakov), "Song of War Correspondents" (M.Blanter - K.Simonov), "Pre-war Waltz" (P.Aedonitsky - F.Laube), "Victory Day" (D.Tukhmanov - V.Kharitonov). At the end of each musical number, the applause of the grateful audience did not subside for a long time.

No one was left indifferent by the performance of the Song and Dance Ensemble of the Russian Guard medley on the themes of soldiers' songs "Soldier's Suite" (composition by A. Kukharenko, soloists – Honored Artist of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic Alexander Kokhov, Honored Artist of the Republic of Ingushetia Igor Safonov, Honored Artists of the Republic of North Ossetia - Alania Mikhail Zarayev and Evgeny Yakhin, artists of the Ensemble: Konstantin Kuzmin, Denis Khlyudnev, Alexey Bosykh, Mikhail Mamonov and Viktor Lezhnin) and songs: "We went on campaigns" (A. Novikov - Ya. Shvedov, soloist - People's Artist of Russia Grigory Pinyasov), "Do Russians want war?" (E. Kolmanovsky - E. Yevtushenko, soloist - Honored Artist of the Republic of Dagestan Alexey Kholyavko), "Let's bow to those great years" (A. Pakhmutova - M. Lvov, soloist - Honored Artist of the Republic of Ingushetia Grigory Yakovlev), "I was traveling from Berlin" (I. Dunaevsky - L. Oshanin, soloist - Alexander Lukashevich), "Darkie" (A. Novikov - Y. Shvedov, soloist - Gabriel Wiener), "Farewell, Rocky Mountains" (E. Zharkovsky– N. Bukin, soloist – Honored Artist of Russia Viktor Gromov).

The choir and orchestra of the Ensemble performed the "March of the Artillerymen" (V. Gusev – T. Khrennikov) and "Farewell of Slavyanka" (V. Agapkin – A. Fedotov).

The concert also featured the following masters of vocal art: Sergey Davydchenko, Alexey Tatarintsev, Antonina Vesenina, Elchin Azizov, Klim Tikhonov, Yulia Mazurova, Arseny Chubachin, Iosif Nikitenko, Anastasia Belkovskaya, Alexander Tikhonov, the choir of the Spaso-Preobrazhensky Convent of the village Spas-Kupalishche.

The concert ended with the Russian anthem performed by all the participants of the concert.

The President of the All-Russian Rhythmic Gymnastics FederationIrina Viner congratulated everyone gathered in the hall on Victory Day and warmly thanked everyone who performed today on the stage of the Gymnastics Palace.

After the concert, the applause of grateful spectators did not stop for a long time in the hall.

In the coming days, viewers of the Match TV channel will be able to see the television version concert.