Artists of the Children's Ensemble took part in the IX festival of children's patriotic songs

Patriotic education of the younger generation, development of national spiritual traditions, preservation of the continuity of generations - these are the noble goals of the Children's Patriotic Song Festival of the Troops of the National Guard of the Russian Federation, held annually since 2016.

Young talents aged 7 to 18 years take part in the qualifying rounds of the Festival, held throughout the year in all districts of the Russian Guard troops; many of them are children of the Russian Guard servicemen and police officers, cadets of cadet schools, members of youth military-patriotic organizations. At the end of the year, the best participants of the festival come to the final event in Moscow.

The final stage of the IX Festival of Children's Patriotic Songs of the Troops of the National Guard of the Russian Federation, which is taking place these days in the Central Club of the Russian Guard in Moscow with the support of the ANO "Pobedonosets", involves 19 performers and creative groups.

The jury of the Festival includes prominent figures of culture and art, honored artists of Russia and representatives of the Federal Service of the Troops of the National Guard - including Colonel Dmitry Bushuev - Head of the Department of Military-Political Work, Deputy Head of the Main Military-Political Directorate of the Russian Guard, Colonel Alexander Suvorov - Head of the Department of Agitation and Propaganda, Cultural, Leisure and Military-Patriotic Work, poet and songwriter Alexander Shaganov - member of the Council for Culture under the Federal Service of the National Guard Troops of the Russian Federation, artists-vocalists of the choir group of the Academic Order "For Merit in Culture and Art" song and dance ensemble of the National Guard troops, under the direction of artistic director and chief conductor, People's Artist of Russia, Major General Viktor Eliseev: Nikolai Alifanov and Grigory Yakovlev, chief choirmaster of the Ensemble, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation Yulia Eliseeva. Chairman of the jury - artist of the song and dance ensemble ODON of the National Guard troops, Honored Artist of Russia Anatoly Dorovskikh.

The jury faces a difficult task - to choose winners in three nominations: "Solo singing (7 - 12 years old)", "Solo singing (13 - 18 years old)" and "Vocal ensembles".

The program of festival performances presented to the jury on December 17, 2024 included two numbers prepared by the Children's Studio of the "Eliseevsky" Ensemble: the composition "I am proud that I was born in Russia" (music and lyrics by Yaroslav Sumishevsky), performed by the mixed choir of the Children's Studio and the Russian folk song "Razinya Flea" arranged by Alexander Doluhanyan and performed by 15-year-old Philip Remizov.

The day after tomorrow, December 19, there will be a solemn awards ceremony for the winners and a gala concert of the Festival participants.