About three hundred performers from Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan took to the stage. The audience was presented with a rich and diverse program featuring Slavic and spiritual works.
The concluding gala concert took place at the Republican Center for Childhood and Youth "Seytek," where the best of the best had the opportunity to perform. That evening, the audience was gifted with joy through the performances of the "Russian Soul" choir, the "Slavia" choir, vocal ensembles "Cossack Song" and "Cossacks of Semirechye," Anara Mambetalieva, Maria Naumova, and many others.
Additionally, at the gala concert, the audience was given free informative materials on the festival's theme – 600 video recordings, 800 flyers, and 400 newspapers.
"The festival was held at a high level as always. There are many participants, including from Kazakhstan. Each time we have new performers, and there are wonderful discoveries. Unfortunately, the theme of the festival is starting to blur, but next year we will develop a clear framework, and the ideological part of the event will be more cohesive. We express our gratitude to everyone who took part in organizing this large-scale event: Bishop Daniel, Rossotrudnichestvo, the Society of Leningrad Blockade Survivors, the organizing committee, artists, and spectators, thanks to whom "Blagovest" took place," noted Yuri Anastasian, head of the diocesan cultural department and chief organizer of the festival.
The main goal of the festival is to unite people of different generations and nationalities based on Russian folk and classical musical traditions, and the organizers are successfully achieving this, as evidenced by the diverse program and full houses.
