Concert in honor of the 50th anniversary of the ensemble at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory

In these September days, the Academic Ensemble of Songs and Dances of the National Guard Troops of the Russian Federation is holding concerts dedicated to its 50th anniversary.

The anniversary concert of the Rosgvardia team took place on September 15, 2023, in the Great Hall of the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory.

The Ensemble's concert program opened with the song "You Are My Russia" by composer Serafim Tulikov, based on the lyrics by Sergey Ostrovoy, performed by the Ensemble's lead soloist Natalia Eliseeva.

The legendary song "Artillerymen's March" (by T. Khrennikov and V. Gusev) from the film "Six O'Clock in the Evening After the War" was performed by the Ensemble's choir and orchestra.

Suite on the theme of soldiers 'songs arranged by A. Kukharenko:" Song about a Russian Soldier "(K. Akimov, K. Filippova), "Vasya Kryuchkin" (V. Solovyov-Sedoy, V. Gusev), "Vasya-Cornflower" (A. Novikov, S. Alymov), "Song about the Soviet Army" (A. Alexandrov Kolychev Island) was performed by Honored Artist of the Kabardino-Balkar Republic Alexander Kochov, Honored Artist of the Republic of Ingushetia Igor Safonov, Honored Artists of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania: Mikhail Zaraev, Pavel Pushshkin, Evgeny Yakhin, artists: Mikhail Mamonov, Denis Khludnev, Alexey Bosykh.

Honored Artist of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic Alexander Kokhov performed the songs "Nightingales" (V. Solovyov-Sedoy, A. Fatyanov), "The Bell Rings Monotonously" ((A. Gurilyov, I. Makarov).

The audience is always thrilled with the performances of the leading soloist of the Ensemble, People's Artist of Russia Natalia Eliseeva. In the festive concert, the singer performed the lyrical song "Ural Ryabinushka" (music by E. V. Shishkin).Rodygina, poems by M. Pilipenko).

The concert program also included new musical and choreographic performances on the theme of songs by French chansonniers. Songs in French were performed by People's Artist of Russia Natalia Eliseeva, Honored Artist of Russia Alexey Dmitriev, Honored Artist of the Republic of Ingushetia Grigory Yakovlev, Honored Artist of the Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria Alexander Kokhov, Andrey Zhuravlev.

The fiery song "I'll Take You to the Tundra" (music by M. Fradkin, lyrics by M. Plyatskovsky) was performed in an original way by the soloists of the Ensemble, Honored Artists of the Republic of Buryatia Ruslan Samozhapov and Norpol Tsydenov.

Vocal Octet (leader - Honored Artist of Russia Sergey Bazylko) performed the song by A. Basilai "Argo" and "I'll go out in the field with a horse at night" (I. Matvienko, A. Shaganov)

"16 tons". This popular song by M. Trevis was performed by the Ensemble's soloist, People's Artist of Russia Grigory Pinyasov.

The audience warmly welcomed the performances of the soloists of the Ensemble: People's Artist of Russia Lolitta Semenina, who performed "Habanera" from the opera by Zh.Bizet's "Carmen" and Alexey Volzhanin, Honored Artist of Russia, who performed Kalaf's aria from the opera by J. R. R. Tolkien.Puccini's "Turandot".

The legendary song "Smuglyanka" (A. Novikov, Y. Shvedov) was performed by the Ensemble's soloist, Honored Artist of the Republic of Ingushetia Grigory Yakovlev.

The heroic song "For Donbass" (Sergei Voitenko, Alexander Ganichev) was performed by the Honored Artist of the Republic of Dagestan Alexey Kholyavko.

The song "We Serve Our Motherland" (by N. Smirnov and S. Kardaev) was performed by soloists Evgeny Yakhin, Alexey Kholyavko, chorus and orchestra of the Academic Ensemble of Song and Dance of the National Guard Troops of the Russian Federation.

The festive concert traditionally ended with the "Farewell to the Slavonic" march (V. Agapkin, V. Lazarev). The grateful audience did not let their beloved artists go for a long time, giving them a long round of applause.

The Ensemble's leader, Victor Eliseev, thanked the audience for their warm reception on behalf of the entire Ensemble.

The orchestra was conducted by People's Artist of Russia Major General Viktor Eliseev, Honored Artist of Russia Alexey Mazanov. Musical numbers were prepared by Honored Artist of Russia Lyudmila Bogomolova.