"Slavianski Bazaar" in Vitebsk is an unforgettable festival that has been pleasing spectators for 21 years. Recognized world stars and novice artists gather on its stages. Laureates of the Slavianski Bazaar Pop Song Performers Contest and young singers participating in the children's music competition receive a good school of performances in front of the public.
The 2012 International Arts Festival in Vitebsk was held from 12 to 18 July. The very first at the "Slavyansky Bazaar" was the Russian singer Valeria. She gave a recital entitled "Best Songs".
The second day began at 18:00, Alexander Rosenbaum presented his solo concert. It was a very atmospheric evening, the audience sang along, the audience listened to some songs while standing, swaying in a single impulse.
Irina Allegrova's farewell tour at 22:00 was very unusual. The audience was warned three times that video and photography are prohibited, otherwise the singer has the right to stop her performance. This warning also applies to accredited photographers. All restless and too persistent paparazzi were caught by the guards of the star. In addition to performing her hits, Allegrova also talked to the guests of the festival.
The second day of the "Slavianski Bazaar" ended with a gala concert "Songs of Summer" at 1:30 am. It was attended by Alexander Rybak, Dmitry Koldun, Zhanna Friske, Sergey Lazarev and Timur Rodriguez. This big concert ended at 5:00 am.
The third day of the "Slavianski Bazaar" festival began at 11:15 am in the summer Amphitheater. This day began with a performance by Buranovskiye Babushki. The next event from 13:00 was a performance on the Alley of Laureates Lev Leshchenko, who is the People's Artist of Russia and the winner of the award "Through Art - to Peace and Mutual Understanding" - an award of the President of the Republic of Belarus.
Ruslan Alekhno sang with Lev Valerianovich. The audience noted that the singer changed his image and became more "natural". On July 18, at the closing ceremony of the Slavianski Bazaar, the official premiere of the star's new song We Will Remain took place. The audience liked Danilko's performance very much. Philip Kirkorov designed his performance in the style of a 3D laser show.
The concert-presentation of the new album "Dance in White" was given by Boris Moiseev. The singer experienced some difficulties, because he had just recently suffered a stroke. The audience at his concert gave a standing ovation. As always, Sergei Penkin struck with the power of his voice. Lolita also amused the audience. The star sang live and talked a little about herself, talked about politics, thus causing thunderous applause from the guests of the festival.
