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The festival of Russian classical music entitled
Kustendorf CLASSIC opened on the evening of July 10 in Serbia, TASS reports. The venue of the musical forum is Drvengrad ethnical village, founded by famous Serbian cultural figure Emir Kusturica. The festival and music competition event is held for the 7th time. According to the organizers, it was decided to collect all cultural projects of Kusturica under one brand. Now Kustendorf combines cinema, theater and classical music.
The famous Russian viola player Yuri Bashmet became the guest of honor at the opening ceremony. He performed the Harold in Italy symphony by Berlioz, accompanied by the Kustendorf orchestra. A short film Pulse directed by Damir Romanov was shown. Serbian actor Miloš Bikovic, who also came to the festival, starred in it.
Emir Kusturica was awarded the honorary badge For friendship and cooperation of Rossotrudnichestvo. He received it for his great contribution to the strengthening of relations between Russia and Serbia in the humanitarian sphere.
The director himself noted that in difficult years, when culture is pushed to the periphery, there are three festivals here every year. “We have created a small refuge here that opposes the marginalization of culture,” he explained. In his opinion, thanks to the culture, Serbian people will survive.
Note, Kusturica established the ethnic village of Dravengrad in an ethnic style in a nature reserve a few hundred kilometers from Belgrade in the early 2000s. The village of Kusturica is located in a place that is also called Mokra Gora. Every year the festival of art cinema and a festival of Russian music is held there.
The event includes a competition for young pianists, vocalists and performers on string and wind instruments. In the three age groups, the top three winners are determined. They get Golden, Silver or Bronze matryoshka.
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