From June 12 to June 16, the largest International Arts Festival "Heart of Eurasia" - "Heart of Eurasia" will be held again in Ufa. A grandiose music forum, held for the first time in the capital of Bashkortostan a year ago, surprised the public with the breadth of styles, directions and the diversity of the cultural program. In 2016 it was visited by more than 100 000 people!

This time the organizers placed the classics and modernity, symphonic and ethnic music and much more in the 5-day rich program. All the brightest, unforgettable, magical in art will converge at one point - in the Ufa Amphitheater.

June 12 "Heart of Eurasia" will open the Gala concert of the International Festival of National Cultures "Commonwealth" - "Berlemlek". This project is one of six international festivals in Russia, which is held under the auspices of the International Council of Folklore Festivals and Traditional Arts Organizations (CIOFF). This year, residents of the republic and the capital will see the performance of the best teams of China, Estonia, South Korea, Serbia, India, South Africa and Sri Lanka. A bright holiday of national cultures will take place on the square "VDNKh-EXPO".
Further, all events will be held in the Ufa Amphitheater. And on June 13, connoisseurs of classical music are waiting for a meeting with the National Symphony Orchestra of the Republic of Bashkortostan in the "Symphonic Nights" favorite by the Ufa residents and guests of the republic.

On June 14, two projects are immediately picked up by the festival. At 18:30 a concert of the jubilee of this season - the folk song and dance ensemble "Miras" of the city of Ufa of the Republic of Bashkortostan. The collective, which is deservedly considered the visiting card of the professional art of Bashkortostan, will present its best vocal and choreographic compositions to the audience. And at eight o'clock in the evening the holiday will continue with "UFA - Kuraifest". The main hero will be the national Bashkir instrument - kurai. Authentic sound of the kurai will be combined with the directions of modern music. The audience will see the performance of the National Folk Instruments Orchestra of the Republic of Bashkortostan under the leadership of Linar Davletbaev, Azat Bikchurin, Robert Yuldashev and the group "Quraysy", the ZAINETDIN project, the ethno group "Yatagan". In addition to the Ufimians, their skill will be demonstrated by the Zaman group from Moscow. In addition, for the first time in the framework of "UFA - Kuraifest" on the stage of the Ufa amphitheater there will be an ensemble of kurai players consisting of 200 people!

June 15, 20:00. - "Symphonic Night-2". Together with the Youth Symphony Orchestra of the Republic (headed by Linar Davletbaev) singers Ilgam Valiev, Gulnara Valeyeva, Radmir Khasanov, Regina Zvyagintseva, instrumentalists Ayaz Nukhov and Rustem Khamidullin are on stage.

Grandiose completion of the International Festival of Arts "The Heart of Eurasia" will be held on June 16. This day will be the most intense for bright events. At 17:00 the national holiday of the national costume of the people of Bashkortostan starts. The costume parade, symbolizing fraternal unity, will begin its march from the square in front of the BAGDT them. M. Gafuri to the square in front of the Congress Hall.
At 18:00 - the Republican "Talyanka Festival", as always gathers under its fur the best of the best professionals and nuggets.
At 20:00 - the final chord of the international holiday - "Ethnonoch", which will perform well-known Russian and foreign bands working in the style of ethno, folk, world music. For Ufimtsev and guests of the capital will perform - folk-project "Katya Yamshchikova" and the flagship of ethnic music of Bashkortostan - ethno-rock band "Argymak". Headers of the project are Ivan Kupala group (Moscow), Khartyga (Republic of Tuva), TRAD ATTACK (Estonia), virtuoso instrumentalists Nazbek Kenchinbaev, Nurayym Azykbaeva (Kyrgyzstan).

The event was organized by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Bashkortostan with the support of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation.

Press service of the BSF.