The Arts Festival of SCO Member States has commenced in ChinaThe festival is being held from 7 to 14 July in Qingdao.

The Russian Federation is represented by laureates of all-Russian and international competitions, violinists Leonid Zhelezny and Gennady Akinfin, violist Andrey Usov, cellist Vasily Stepanov and the Ural State Academic Russian Folk Choir.

On 7 July, the opening concert of the string quartet will feature Trepak from  The Nutcracker by P. Tchaikovsky and the Dance of the Knights from Romeo and Juliet by S. Prokofiev. The program of the second concert on 8 July will include String Quartet No. 1 (Unfinished) by S. Rachmaninoff, Scherzo and Andante cantabile from Quartet No. 1 by P. Tchaikovsky, and Nocturne from Quartet No. 2 by A. Borodin.

On 14 July in Qingdao, the Ural State Academic Russian Folk Choir will perform for the participants and guests of the festival the vocal and choreographic compositions Mother Russia, Barynya-Sudarynya, For My Russia, the vocal and choreographic picture Ballad of a Soldier, the sketch By the River Where the Red Willow Was, the Ural square dance The Seven and other works.

The dance tune Katyusha’s Husband is a Flaneur, the lyrical song On the Mountain, on the Little Mountain, well-known Katyusha and Moscow Nights and other songs will be added to the program. The dance group will present the choreographic pieces Behind the Village Fence and Krutikhinsky Plunks.

The event is supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation. The concerts are organized by the Federal State Budgetary Institution of Culture ROSCONCERT.