Fyodor Rytikov, participant of the Voice project on Channel One, will perform at the Spasskaya Tower Festival

Fyodor Rytikov, popular Russian artist and prize-winner of various international awards and competitions, will perform at the Spasskaya Tower International Military Music Festival, which will unfold on Moscow’s Red Square from August 26 to September 4.

Fyodor Rytikov, soloist of the Blagozvonnitsa male chamber choir of the Zaikonospassky monastery and a guest soloist of the Central Military Band of the Russian Ministry of Defense, took part in the first season of the Voice project on Channel One and was among the finalists of the Big Change TV vocal show on NTV. In 2017, he won the 3rd prize of the Romansiade without Borders International Competition and the Grand Prix of the XXV CHORUS INSIDE SUMMER International Competition (Chieti, Italy). In 2018, the artist became the 1st prize-winner in such international competitions as Romansiada in San Marino and Belarusian Romansiada in Belarus. He is the 1^st prize-winner of the Twentieth Russian Romance International Competition named after Isabella Yurieva (Tallinn, Estonia) and the Leaves Whisper Like Autumn Russian Romance International Competition named after Sergei Yesenin.

Fedor Rytikov will perform on August 26, at the grand opening of the Spasskaya Tower Festival, as well as from August 27 to September 1. The artist will present the audience with the Lunar Night song.

This year’s Spasskaya Tower Festival anniversary run will feature ensembles representing Armenia, Belarus, India, and other countries, as well as some of the best national artistic groups representing the Ministry of Defense, Federal Security Service, Federal Guard Service, National Guard Forces, and Russia’s Emergencies Ministry.
The geographical footprint of the Festival already spans all corners of the globe. Over its 14 years of history, the tattoo welcomed more than 160 artistic groups from 54 countries, became the largest international project of Russia’s cultural life and secured its right to be among the world’s top three such venues.