FESTIVAL NEWS

August 22, Moscow’s Red Square hosted the solemn cancellation ceremony of the Spasskaya Tower Official stamp.

August 22, at 5 pm Moscow’s Red Square will host the solemn Cancellation Ceremony of the Festival’s official stamp. For defacing the stamp, a special cancellation bar and the first day of issue cover were made.

Saturday, August 24, at 12 am Moscow’s VDNH will host the traditional marching parade of the participants of the Twelfth Spasskaya Tower International Military Music.

The fourth run of the Military Bands in the City Parks came to its end. Carried out by the Directorate of the Spasskaya Tower Festival with the support of the Russian Ministry of Defense and Moscow’s Department of Culture the project presented the last concert of the season this Saturday, August 17, in Moscow’s Alexander Garden.

Delivering a speech at the Spasskaya Tower Festival press conference held at the Rossia Segodnya Multimedia Press Center, Mr. Boris Petrov, Director General of the Kremlin Equestrian School, told about the anniversary program prepared for the 2019 horse riding arena of the Festival.

At the Twelfth Spasskaya Tower International Military Tattoo press conference held in the Rossia Segodnya Multimedia Press Center Mr. Alexander Kibovskiy, Head of the Moscow’s Department of Culture, dwelled upon a very high index of loyalty of Muscovites towards the Spasskaya Tower Festival and its Military Bands in the City Parks program.

Speaking at the Twelfth Spasskaya Tower International Military Tattoo press conference held at the Rossia Segodnya Multimedia Press Center, Major General Timofey Mayakin, Head of the Military Music Band Service of the Russian Armed Forces — Chief Military Conductor, Music Director and member of the Festival Artistic Board, revealed the music idea of this year’s Festival.

Ms. Yulia Voronova, Assistant to the Director General of the Rostec State Corporation and member of the Festival’s Public Council, told the Twelfth Spasskaya Tower International Military Music Festival press conference (August 15) held at the Rossia Segodnya Multimedia Press Center about how the Festival is popular not only among Russian but foreign audiences as well.