The Ensemble's concert was held at the Nalchik Music Theatre

The tour of the Academic Ensemble of Song and Dance of the National Guard Troops of the Russian Federation, led by the artistic director and chief conductor, People's Artist of Russia, Major General Viktor Eliseev, continues through the cities of the North Caucasus Federal District.

The big concert The ensemble took place on November 20, 2022 at the music theater of the city of Nalchik. There were no empty seats in the auditorium. The concert was attended by representatives of the apparatus of the Government of the Kabardino-Balkaria Republic, management and employees of the Rosgvardia Department and their families, residents of the city.

"You, my Russia" – this song by the composer Serafim Tulikov on the verses of Sergei Ostrovoy, performed by the leading soloist of the ensemble, People's Artist of Russia Natalia Eliseeva, traditionally opened the performance of the collective. As always, this patriotic song did not leave the audience indifferent.

The concert program featured well-known and beloved songs from the Great Patriotic War: "The Artillerymen's March" (T. Khrennikov, V. Gusev), "The Frontline Driver's Song" (B. Mokrousov, B. Laskin), and a suite of soldiers' songs: "The Song about the Russian Soldier" (K. Akimov, K. Filippova), "Vasya-Vasilyok" (A. Novikov, S. Alymov), and "The Song about the Soviet Army" (A. Alexandrov, O. Kolychev).

The Russian folk song "Along on St. Petersburg" was performed by the soloist of the Ensemble, Honored Artist of Russia Viktor Gromov. The romantic song "My Joy Lives" (M. Shishkin – S. Ryskin) was performed by the Honored Artist of Russia Alexander Lukashevich.

The Ensemble's choreographic group performed the following dance numbers: "The Cossack Dance" (directed by Honored Artist of Russia P. Kovalev), and the sailor's dance "Yabloko" (directed by Honored Artist of Russia Yu. Gerasimov, with musical arrangement by M. Press).

Along with the concert numbers that the audience had already come to love, the audience was presented with the vocal and dance composition "Gypsy Fantasy" (arranged by I. Golubev and I. Kadomtsev), which featured folk Gypsy songs and songs from popular movies: "The Elusive Avengers" ("Yashka the Gypsy Song", B. Mokrousov, R. Rozhdestvensky), "The Main Caliber" (S.Sysoev, M. Shevchuk), "Cruel Romance" (A. Petrov, R. Kipling), "Tabor Goes to the Sky" performed by People's Artist of Russia Natalia Eliseeva, Honored Artist of Russia Alexey Dmitriev, Mark Novikov, Evgeny Nasonov, Mikhail Mamonov. The production of fiery Gypsy dances was carried out by the talented choreographer of the "Roman" theater Arthur Bogdanov.

The audience really liked the original performance of the popular song "I'm Taking You to the Tundra" (music by M. Fradkin, lyrics by M. Plyatskovsky, soloists: Honored Cultural Workers of the Republic of Buryatia Ruslan Samozhapov and Norpol Tsydenov).

The concert ended with the legendary song "Farewell, Slavonic Woman" by composer V. Agapkin, based on the lyrics by A. Fedotov, performed by soloists and the choir of the Academic Ensemble of Songs and Dances of the National Guard Troops of the Russian Federation.

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