Music
Modern Belarusian music aims to preserve rich national traditions developing popular musical styles and directions. The pieces of Belarusian music along with world classic and pop music are performed by professional and amateur musicians.
Belarusian musical art is characterized by a high professional level. The country has unique school for composers and performers: the Belarusian Academy of Music and the Belarusian State University of Culture and Arts.
The Belarusian State Philharmonic Society is the main concert organization of our country. It’s a birthplace of academic, folklore, orchestra, choral, choreographic, jazz, pop and chamber bands.
Belorusskij soyuz muzy'kal'ny'x deyatelej (The Belarusian Union of Musicians) and Belorusskij soyuz kompozitorov (the Belarusian Union of Composers) promote the development of country’s musical and concert life.
Musical and theatrical life of the country is connected with the activity of the National Academic Bolshoi Opera and Ballet Theater of the Republic of Belarus and Belorusskogo gosudarstvennogo akademicheskogo muzy'kal'nogo teatra (the Belarusian State Academic Musical Theater). They stage the plays of Belarusian, Russian and West European composers.
The most popular musical bands of the country are:
- Gosudarstvennaya akademicheskaya xorovaya kapella im. G. Shirmy' (Grigory Shirma State Academic Choir of Belarus)
- National Academic Concert Orchestra of Belarus named after M.J. Finberg
- Presidential Orchestra of the Republic of Belarus
- State Academic Symphony Orchestra
- Vokal'naya gruppa «Chisty'j golos» (Vocal band "Chisty Golos")
- Vokal'ny'j ansambl' «Kamerata» (Voice band "Kamerata")
Such ensembles as Pesnyary, Belorusskie Pesnyary and Syabry are inseparable part of Belarusian music.
Belarusian show business has different styles and stylistic directions: pop music (performers – Irina Dorofeeva, Nikolay Skorikov, Petr Elfimov, Iskui Abalyan, Alyona Lanskaya and others), rock music, folk and ethno music.
National musical instruments accompany the performances of numerous contemporary artists.
The musical life of Belarus is famous for its festivals, opening to their listeners new names and performers, defining the direction of development of the art of Belarusian music and popularizing musical culture in general.
The genre palette of festivals is diverse. In addition to events dedicated to pop music, blues, jazz, rock and roll, there are festivals of sacred, organ, chamber and academic music.
Among numerous music events the most significant are "Belarusian Musical Autumn", Yuri Bashmet International Music Festival, International Music Festival "Golden Hit" in Mogilev, Festival of Chamber Music "Muses of Nesvizh" and, of course, International Festival “Slavonic Bazaar” in Vitebsk.