Russian music

Celebrating its 90th anniversary this year, the Alexandrov Ensemble, the official army choir of the Russian Armed Forces, will perform at Istanbul’s Cemal Reşit Rey (CRR) Concert Hall on March 5 and 6.

The Alexandrov Ensemble, commonly known in the West as the Red Army Choir, will be performing at the Peace and Friendship Stadium in Athens and the Nick Gallis Hall in Thessaloniki on December 4 and 5 respectively.

Russian Alexandrov Red Army Choir will on April 7 perform its first concert abroad in Turkey since the tragic plane crash in December 2016 that killed dozens of choir members. 

According to a Russian Culture Ministry statement, the choir will sing for city officials on April 7 in Istanbul, while a second concert on April 8 will be open to the public. 

Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has asked that Tarkan's "Şıkıdım" song be played in concerts in Moscow and Istanbul to commemorate the Red Army Choir, daily Habertürk has reported. 

The Turkish ENBE Orchestra started preparations for concerts which will be held in Moscow and Istanbul to commemorate 64 Red Army Choir members who were killed in a plane crash on Dec. 25, 2016.

The Russian Red Army Choir, known as the Alexandrov Ensemble, will be in Istanbul and Ankara this month.  
The choir?s repertoire includes surprise Turkish songs. The Istanbul concert will be on June 13 at Zorlu PSM, while the Ankara concert will commence on June 15 at the Ankara Congresium.

Russian Polina Gagarina, the sultry singer of “A Million Voices”, impressed Eurovision fans with her glitzy performance, managing to gain second place for her country in the contest. Though born in Russia, the singer spent the first years of her life in Athens and speaks fluent Greek.

BELGRADE - The choir and orchestra of the Russian Black Sea Fleet will perform a charity concert at Belgrade's Sava Centre late Monday, with proceeds to go to a special bank account set up to help repair the damage caused by floods in Serbia, the Russian embassy in Serbia and Sava Centre - the organisers of the concert - have announced.

BELGRADE - The famous Russian folk music ensemble Gubernia from Tver, Russia, will stage a concert marking the Victory Day, May 9, at the grand hall of the Russian House in Belgrade this Thursday evening.