Concert for military personnel and staff of the Central Office

On New Year's Eve, the Academic Song and Dance Ensemble of the National Guard Troops of the Russian Federation, under the direction of the artistic director and chief conductor, People's Artist of Russia, Major General Viktor Eliseev, traditionally performs concerts for the Russian Guard.

In the concert hall of the Rosgvardia Club, on December 15, 2022, the ensemble's artists performed for military personnel and employees of the central office of the Federal Service of the National Guard of the Russian Federation.

At the beginning of the concert, the Ensemble's choir performed the song "Workers of War" (music by Evgeny Shiryaev, lyrics by Ilya Reznik).

The choir and orchestra of the Ensemble performed songs from the Great Patriotic War: "March of the Artillerymen" (T. Khrennikov, V. Gusev), "Song of War Correspondents" (composer – M. Blanter, poet – K. Simonov, soloist – Honored Artist of the Republic of Dagestan Alexey Kholyavko).

The famous "Smuglyanka" by the composer Anatoly Novikov to the lyrics of the poet Yakov Shvedov was performed by the Honored Artist of the Republic of Ingushetia Grigory Yakovlev.

Kquartet of balalaika players (leader Ivan Stepanov) performed the musical composition "Russian Dance".

The Vocal Octet of the Ensemble (headed by the Honored Artist of the Republic of Ingushetia Sergey Bazylko) performed the songs: “I’ll go out into the field with a horse at night” (I. Matvienko – A. Shaganov), “Argo” (A. Basilaya, D. Bagashvili).

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

The ensemble's ballet group performed choreographic compositions: "Home with Victory" (directed by Honored Artist of Russia A. Safronov, musical arrangement by A. Zarkov), and "Golden Khokhloma" (directed by Honored Artist of Russia Petr Kovalev).

"Valor and Honor" – this wonderful song about the troops of the National Guard (by A.V. Zaitsev) was performed by the soloist of the Ensemble, Honored Artist of Russia Alexey Dmitriev.

The concert ended with the song "Farewell, Slavonic" (V. Agapkin, A. Fedotov) performed by the choir and orchestra. The audience stood up to greet the artists of the Academic Ensemble of Song and Dance of the National Guard Troops of the Russian Federation under the direction of the Artistic Director and Chief Conductor, People's Artist of Russia, Major General Viktor Eliseev with a standing ovation.

The concert was hosted by the Honored Worker of Culture of the Russian Federation, Honored Artist of Russia, Colonel Igor Shustikov.