Moscow hosts international festival and competition pipers

6th June in the Park Arts "Museon" on the Crimean coast hosted the first Moscow International Festival of Pipe "Russian Bagpipe Forum" is. About participating in the festival, more than 20 professional soloists and groups from Russia and the CIS countries, use his work playing the bagpipes. Folk groups present a variety of public areas Moscow music on the bagpipes: European Middle Ages, Slavic, Irish, Scottish, and others. After bagpipe is one of the oldest musical instruments of the many nations in Europe and Asia. Special guests of the "Russian Bagpipe Forum" is the Central Military Band of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, as well as one of the brightest stars in the world playing the bagpipes, his Croatian musician Stepan Vechkovich. The festival is the first Russian contest soloists playing the bagpipes, which will take place from participating musicians from different regions of Russia. Pipe competition problem - development of modern Russian folk music tradition. Bring the best musicians and promote the growth of their power. Pipe Band of Moscow Jury: - Kolotushkin Andrey - artistic director of the Central Military Band of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation. - Sergey Starostin - professional researchers of Russian folklore - Sergei Klevensky - multi-instrumentalist who has mastered more than ten exotic instruments. - Shady Glen - School of Scottish Dance - a master class in the Scottish dance - Alex Palagin: classes, traditional music instruments and play them - along with the performances of groups and collectives of the festival in the festival fair folk musical instruments, and master a be - plays the horn Kursk, manufacturing and setting folk wind instruments - Alexander Karavaev - Bagpipes Irish uilleann pipes, whistles. Facilities and features of the game. Tuning and maintenance tool. Every visitor of the festival will be able to try their own hand plays the bagpipes - an ancient and unique instrument. "The music on the bagpipes - a unique phenomenon that anybody no matter - said the organizer of the festival, lead singer of the folk group" New Kielce »Petr Nikolaev. - Unfortunately, in our country, this tool is not as popular, but by 17 Century was common in Russia no less traditional balalaika. Oh, Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich quietest not like bagpipes, and thus the game is prohibited on the entire country. We want to restore the historic injustices and the public to demonstrate the variety of unique styles, designs and traditions play the bagpipes, and together with other ethnic instruments. "Participating in the festival: The Central Military Band of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation Pipe Band Moscow Sergey Starostin and Sergei Klevensky Group" Dubrava "Group" MelOmel "group" White Heather Band "Dzyanіs Suhі i Yaўgen Baryshnіkaў Group" Craicers "Group" Mid Day "group" New Kielce "" The Moscow Tin Thistle Ceilidh Band. "Group" Galiarda "Group" Devil Dance - Medieval bagpipe folk "Group" Puck & Piper "starting at 11.00