The Central Military Band of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, permanent participant and a true showstopper of the Spasskaya Tower International Military Music Festival staged a concert in the Great Hall of Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory.
The symphonic section of the renowned military ensemble presented their new program called Tenderness
dedicated
to the all times popular songs. The band was conducted by Colonel Sergey Durygin, Honored Artist
of Russia and Head of the Band. Songs were performed by the Bolshoi Theatre and Stanislavsky and
Among the concert’s guests of honor there was Alexandra Pakhmutova, legendary Russian composer and People’s Artist of the USSR.
She presented her new song to the poem by Nikolai Dobronravov, prominent Russian song
composer. The poem
called Sea Calling is dedicated to the Russian Navy. It tells the audience about the sea
calling the
young and fearless to commit themselves to their Motherland, about bravery of the Russian sailors
and might of the Russian Navy. Talented
The audience was very enthusiastic to listen to several other
The concert program also featured compositions by Isaac Dunaevskiy, Evgeni Ptichkin,
Mikael Tariverdiev,
Anatoli Lepin, Arno Babajanian, all being famous song composers. Nearly all these
songs have become soundtracks
of the Soviet and Russian movies occupying its