"We firmly believe in the heroes of sports" The ensemble took part in the gala concert at the Irina Viner Gymnastics Palace

A gala concert featuring renowned Russian artists and athletes took place at the Irina Viner Gymnastics Palace on December 20, 2023. It marked the finale of the All-Russian Award of the same name.

The hall of the Gymnastics Palace of Irina Viner was attended by sports veterans: Sofia Velikaya, Maria Kiseleva, Ilya Averbukh, Svetlana Khorkina, Nikita Nagorny, Artur Dalaloyan, Angelina Melnikova, David Belyavsky, Vladimir Salnikov, Vyacheslav Fetisov and many others. Among the guests were participants of military operations in the zone of special military operation, representatives of public organizations.

The festive concert was attended by the Academic Order of Merit in Culture and Arts Ensemble of Songs and Dances 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. The waltz "Amur Waves" (composer M. Kyuss, lyrics by K. Vasilyev, S. Popov) was performed by the Ensemble's choir. The patriotic song by the composer Alexandra Pakhmutova on the verses of Mikhail Lvov "Let's pay tribute to those great years" was performed by the soloist of the choir, the Honored Artist of the Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria Grigory Yakovlev. The audience's prolonged applause continued for a long time.

People's Artists of Russia Lev Leshchenko, Philip Kirkorov, Larisa Dolina, Oleg Gazmanov, Valeria, Alexander Buinov, Yuri Antonov, Honored Artists of Russia Denis Maydanov, Zara, popular artists Elena Vaenga, Victoria Dayneko, Rodion Gazmanov, Irina Dubtsova, Stas Pieha, the ELIPS band, Arseny Borodin, and others took the stage at the Irina Viner Gymnastics Palace.

The performances by the artists took place simultaneously with the demonstration of the gymnasts from Irina Viner's School, as well as the national teams from Moscow and other regions of the Russian Federation.

The concert ended with the Russian National Anthem performed by the choir of the Academic Order of Merit in Culture and Arts of the Ensemble of Songs and Dances 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, and all the participants of the concert.

The concert was hosted by Dmitry Guberniev and gymnast Yulia Sinitsyna.

The gala concert "We Believe in the Heroes of Sports" was organized with the support of the Presidential Foundation for Cultural Initiatives.