On September 3, at 1 pm (13:00), all the music fans will have a chance to enjoy the performance of the foreign and Russian participants of the Fifteenth Spasskaya Tower International Military Music Festival that will be broadcast live from the Cathedral Square of the Main Cathedral of the Russian Armed Forces.
For the first time in history, the Museum and Cathedral Complex of the Russian Armed Forces of the Ministry of Defense of Russia will become the venue for the daytime show of the Spasskaya Tower Festival. The ensembles from Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Venezuela, Egypt, India, and Thailand will showcase their cultural and musical presentations at the complex’s Cathedral Square.
People at home will witness an unforgettable musical and dancing performance, seasoned with a lot of surprises prepared by the festival’s Russian and foreign participants, and where the world's most famous classical masterpieces blend with national music pieces. The daytime show will be carried out both for the Russian Armed Forces military personnel and their families as well as for guests of the Museum and Cathedral Complex. Watch the live broadcast on the Zvezda TV channel.
This Saturday, the Cathedral Square will welcome our foreign guests, being the Military Band of the Armenian Armed Forces General Staff, the Exemplary Band and Honor Guard Unit of the Belarus Armed Forces, the Egyptian Symphonic Military Band, the Panghat Performing Arts Group from India, the Boonwattana School Marching Band from Thailand, and the Great Military Band of the National Bolivarian Armed Forces ‘Supreme Commander Hugo Rafael Chavez Frias’ from Venezuela.
As far as the Russian participants are concerned, there will be performances staged by the Central Military Band of the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Central Band of the Russian Navy named after Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (performing together with the Young Alexandrovs and Znamenskie Drummers music groups), the Exemplary Military Band of the Honor Guard, the Suvorov Cadet Band of the Moscow Military Music College together with the Girl Drummers Band of the All-Girls Boarding School (the Russian Ministry of Defense), and the Military Band and Honor Guard Unit of the 154 Preobrazhensky Regiment.
The audiences at home will also watch presentations by the Combined Band of the Russian Airborne Forces, the Exemplary Band of the National Guard Forces of Russia, the Combined Band of the Russian National Guard Forces Central District Headquarters, and the Military Band of the Russian National Guard Forces Chief Department for the Krasnodar Region, as well as the Band of the Russian Emergencies Ministry and the Military Band of the First Army of the Air Defense and Anti-Missile Defense Forces of Russia.
The Museum and Cathedral Complex of the Russian Armed Forces of the Russian Ministry of Defense is a unique architectural ensemble created to perpetuate the feats and names of all those who valiantly fought in the Great Patriotic War. The centerpiece of the complex is the Main Cathedral of the Russian Federation Armed Forces, a majestic symbol of victory built in honor of the Resurrection of Christ.
The Main Cathedral of the Russian Armed Forces was constructed to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Great Victory. The dimensions of the church are symbolic and refer to the main figures related to the Great Patriotic War's history. The diameter of the drum of the main dome is 19.45 meters, symbolizing the final year of the war, 1945. The height of the small dome is 14.18 meters, reflecting the 1,418 days and nights that the conflict lasted.
The Festival is carried out following the Order of the Russian President Vladimir Putin, under the aegis of the Public Council headed by Mr. Alexander Zhukov, First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, with the support of the Russian Ministry of Defense and the Moscow Department of Culture.