Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk

The International Festival of Arts “Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk”[1] (Belarusian: Міжнародны фестываль мастацтваў «Славянскі базар у Віцебску», Ukrainian: Міжнародний фестиваль мистецтв «Слов'янський базар у Вітебську», Russian: Международный фестиваль искусств "Славянский базар в Витебске"), also known as Slavic Bazaar, is an annual festival held in Vitebsk, Belarus under the auspices of the Belarusian Government since 1992. Its main program is devoted to Slavic music. The main participants are artists from Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, countries of the former Yugoslavia, Poland, and Bulgaria with guests from many other countries, both Slavic and non-Slavic.

Slavic Bazaar in Vitebsk
2011 Stamp of Belarus
GenreFolk, pop, folk-rock
Location(s)Vitebsk, Belarus
Years active18 July 1992-present
Founded byBelarusian Government
Websitefest-sbv.by/en/

History
Amphitheatre in Vitebsk

The predecessor of the festival was "Polish Song Festival in Vitebsk" (Polish: pl:Festiwal Piosenki Polskiej w Witebsku) that was held in Vitebsk. Vitebsk was chosen to host the festival according to the agreements with Polish city Zielona Góra where "Soviet Song Festival" (Polish: Festiwal Piosenki Radzieckiej) was held since 1965. The main venue of the present-day festival, the Amphitheatre, was constructed especially for such occasion in 1988.

Only two editions of the "Polish Song Festival in Vitebsk" were held: in 1988 and 1990. After the Dissolution of the Soviet Union the cultural ties between the former Soviet bloc countries have broken. So there emerged an idea to organize a cultural arrangement in order to show the cultural diversity of Slavic nations. The first Slavianski Bazaar was opened on 18 July 1992. It was organized by the Belarusian Government with the financial support from Russia and Ukraine. The main goal of the very first festival was an attempt to acquaint the Belarusian audience with pop and folk trends from Slavic countries.

In 1993 the festival became a member of the International Federation of Festival Organizations (FIDOF).

The festival was awarded the diploma 'FIDOF Festival of the Year 2000' "for impeccable quality of organization, professionalism, hospitality, and promotion of noble humanistic aims on the international level".[2]

The contest
Ruslana the most successful winner of the Contest
Donny Montell, winner in 2008

During the festival, a contest for young singers is held. It has two stages, each held on a separate day. On the first day the contestants should perform the song in a national language of the country the contestant represents. All vocals are sung live using backing track. On the second day the contestants perform the song written by a composer from any Slavic country in any of the Slavic languages. On this stage all vocals must be sung live with the National Concert Orchestra of Belarus under Mikhail Finberg's conduction.

The 18th International Art Festival Slavyansky Bazar opening ceremony. 2009
Toše Proeski, the Macedonian superstar won the festival in 2000
YearCountryPerformer
1992 UkraineOleksa Berest
1993 UkraineTaisia Povaliy
1994 FR YugoslaviaMilan Šćepović - Šćepa
1995 FR YugoslaviaFilip Žmaher
1996 UkraineRuslana
1997 FR YugoslaviaSvetlana Slavković
1998 IsraelRafael Dahan
1999 FR YugoslaviaŽeljko Joksimović
2000 MacedoniaToše Proeski
2001 RussiaTheona Dolnikova
2002 FR YugoslaviaMilovan Zimonjić
2003 BelarusMaxim Sapatskov
2004 BelarusPyotr Elfimov
2005 BelarusPolina Smolova
2006 RussiaOksana Bogoslovskaya
2007 UkraineNatalya Krasnyanskaya
2008 LithuaniaDonny Montell
2009 RussiaDmitry Danilenko
2010 CroatiaDamir Kedžo
2011 BelarusAlyona Lanskaya
2012 MacedoniaBobi Mojsovski
2013 PolandMichał Kaczmarek
2014 MexicoRodrigo de la Cadena
2015 KazakhstanDimash Kudaibergen
2016 BelarusAlexey Gross
2017 UkraineVlad Sytnik
2018 RomaniaMarcel Roșca
2019 KazakhstanÄdilxan Makïn
2020 BelarusRoman Voloznev
2021 KazakhstanRukhiya Baydukenova
2022 BelarusAnna Trubetskaya
2023 ArmeniaMasha Mnjoyan

Children's contest winners

The children's contest during the festival in Vitebsk was first held in 2003, an expansion of the cultural and artistic diversity of the event. It has become one of the mainstay events in the Eurasian Region ( North Asia, Eastern Europe, Central Asia) for child performers making their way to Junior Eurovision Song Contest.

Ksenia Sitnik's victory in Vicebsk lead her to the triumph in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005
Luisa Nurkuatova. Grand Prix of Slavianski Bazaar 2015
YearCountryPerformer
2003 RomaniaNoni Răzvan Ene
2004 RussiaRoman Grechushnikov
2005 BelarusKsenia Sitnik
2006 PolandKatarzyna Miednik
2007 BelarusAndrey Kunets
2008 RussiaLuara Hayrapetyan
2009 RomaniaMaria Cristina Crăciun
2010 RomaniaMario Galatanu
2011 RomaniaRaluca-Elena Ursu
2012 GeorgiaMariam Bichoshvili
2013 BulgariaPresijana Dimitrova
2014 UkraineAnastasiya Baginska
2015 KazakhstanLuisa Nurkuatova
2016 RussiaAnastasiya Gladilina
2017 BelarusMaria Mogilnaya
2018 UkraineOleksandr Balabanov
2019 BelarusKseniya Galetskaya
2020 BelarusAngelina Lomaka
2021 MontenegroKomnen Vuković
2022 BelarusElisey Kasich
2023 KazakhstanSherkhan Arystan

See also

References
  1. "XXXII Международный фестиваль искусств "Славянский базар в Витебске"".
  2. "International Federation of Festival Organizations Praised Slavonic Bazaar in Vitebsk". Mfa.gov.by. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
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