"The perfect place to raise the level of patriotism": renowned artists performed at a concert in the National Centre RUSSIA

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A large festive concert, "Our Victory — For All Time," took place at the National Centre RUSSIA. It was dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War.

The event was a tribute to the heroes of the war years. On this evening, before the audience, among whom were veterans of the Great Patriotic War, famous artists and groups performed: the choir of the Academic Song and Dance Ensemble of the Russian Army named after A. V. Alexandrov, the State Academic Russian Folk Choir named after M. E. Pyatnitsky, Sergei Volchkov, Polina Gagarina, Olga Kormukhina, Alexander Panayotov, ST, Alexei Petruhin, Valentina Biryukova, Sergei Pavlovsky, Anna Bolshova and others. They performed songs from the war years, compositions by contemporary authors, as well as presented new creative collaborations specially created for this event. 

"A stunning, breathtaking event with its beauty and scale, very important and right. It seems to me that such songs should be performed not only on May 9, but at all times, because, unfortunately, such compositions are not written nowadays — this is our main musical heritage. It is very pleasing that today we honour the memory of our grandmothers and grandfathers and sing victory songs," said Alexander Panayotov.

The singer noted that he really liked the National Centre RUSSIA. He congratulated everyone on the great holiday.

"I am glad that there is a centre where such concerts can be held. There is a stunning stage here, excellent equipment, great technical organisation. I was delighted today, to be honest, I did not expect it to be so beautiful, so grand, emotions are overwhelming. It is a great honour to congratulate all of us on Victory Day. This is truly an amazing, bright holiday. Let us always remember this, let us love each other," emphasised Alexander Panayotov. 

Musician and singer Timur Vedernikov also performed on the stage of the National Centre RUSSIA.

"Today it is very important to raise the level of real, genuine patriotism and our national self-consciousness, and the National Centre RUSSIA is the perfect place, the ideal epicentre of events that can do this. There are stunning expositions, an amazing concert hall. Come here with your children. I think everyone will be interested," noted Timur Vedernikov.

The musician spoke about the emotions he experienced at the concert.

"It was an amazing concert, I did not expect such scale. It is very good in terms of organisation, the selection of songs, and the overall atmosphere. Probably, today I felt that Victory Day had come — and to a great extent thanks to this event. Such concerts are important to be held everywhere because a new generation is growing up. My son was also at this concert, and for him it was that very moment when, it seems to me, he understood what Victory Day is," shared Timur Vedernikov. 

Sergei Volchkov, Polina Gagarina, Olga Kormukhina, Alexander Panayotov, ST, Alexei Petruhin, Valentina Biryukova, Sergei Pavlovsky, Anna Bolshova, the choir of the Academic Song and Dance Ensemble of the Russian Army named after A. V. Alexandrov, the State Academic Russian Folk Choir named after M. E. Pyatnitsky and others performed on the stage of the National Centre RUSSIA that evening.

The "Our Victory — For All Time" concert at the National Centre RUSSIA gathered more than 2,000 spectators.