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All-Russian Arts Festival
The 28th All-Russian Arts Festival "Orenburg Down Shawl" was held in Orenburg from 27 February to 1 March 2015.
From 27 February to 1 March 2015, Orenburg is hosting the 28th All-Russian Arts Festival "Orenburg Down Shawl" – the brightest and most eagerly awaited event in the cultural life of the Orenburg region for all fans of folk genres.
The festival's organisers are traditionally the Government of the Orenburg Region and the regional Ministry of Culture. This year the festival is timed to a great historical date – the 70th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War.
The grand opening will take place on 27 February at the Orenburg Philharmonic. The programme includes choral performances of folk songs as well as folk dances.
The festival was created in 1988 by People's Artist of the USSR, singer Lyudmila Zykina, People's Artist of the USSR, composer Grigory Ponomarenko, and Honoured Worker of Culture of the Russian Federation, director of the Orenburg State Academic Russian Folk Choir Igor Golikov. For the 28th time it brings together participants, guests and lovers of folk art on the hospitable Orenburg land.
