Spasskaya Tower Military Music Festival and Tattoo

Spasskaya Tower Military Music Festival and Tattoo
Международный военно-музыкальный фестиваль «Спасская башня»
The festival in 2013.
Genre concert band, military, marching
Dates Late August Each Year
Location(s) Moscow, Russia
Years active 2007–present
Website

The Spasskaya Tower International Military Music Festival is an annual military music event and military tattoo held in Moscow on Red Square. Participating in the festival are Russian and foreign military bands, Folk groups, and the Honor Guard Units of foreign countries. More than 40 countries have taken part in the festival since 2006.[1] It is named after the world-famous Spasskaya Tower of the Moscow Kremlin.[2]

Its TV partner is TV Centre.

History

  • 2006, I Festival, September 2, Poklonnaya Hill: Celebrated the Moscow City Day. The event was seen by more than 50,000 people.[3]
  • 2007, II Festival, September 13–16, Red Square: the International Military Music Festival " The Kremlin Zorya - 2007".
  • 2009, III Festival, September 5–10, Red Square: the International Military Music Festival "Spasskaya Tower - 2009".
  • 2010, IV Festival, September 4–9, Red Square:
  • 2011, V Festival, August 31 – September 4, Red Square :
  • 2012, VI Festival, September 1–8, Red Square:
  • 2013, VII Festival, September 1–8, Red Square:
  • 2014, VIII Festival, August 30 – September 7, Red Square: 1,500 military musicians and honor guards from 10 countries took part in the festival
  • 2015, IX Festival, September 5–13 Red Square:
  • 2016, X Festival, August 27 – September 4, Red Square: Attended by over a 1,000 musicians.[4] Participating teams include Austria, Greece, EU, Italy, Mongolia, Singapore, Slovenia, Kazakhstan, Japan, Israel, Belarus, Scotland, and Russia.[4][5] The tattoo began with a minute of silence for the 291 victims of the August 2016 Central Italy earthquake.[6]
  • 2017, XI Festival, August 26 Red Square:[7] 2017 celebrated the 10th anniversary of the founding of the festival.[8]
  • 2018, XI Festival, August 24 – September 2 Red Square: The tattoo was attended by HRH Princess Stephanie of Monaco. The 2018 festival will mark the 10th time that Mireille Mathieu as performed in the festival. It also marked the first time that military bands from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) did not participate in the festival[9][10] It concluded with an awards ceremony which honored the best Russian military band and the best foreign military band.

Performers

Presidential Band of the Russian Federation
The Abu Dhabi Police Band

Musical Directors

The musical director of the festival is the senior director of music of the Military Band Service of the Armed Forces of Russia.

  • Lieuenant General Valery Khalilov (2006–2016)
  • Colonel Timofey Mayakin (2016–Present)

Videos

References

  1. ↑ "More than 1,500 performers from 40 countries have taken part in the festival since it was launched 10 years ago".
  2. ↑ "Russian Armed Forces to Choose the Best Military Music Bands — [EN] Spasskaya bashnya". spasstower.ru. Retrieved 2018-09-25.
  3. ↑ "The event was attended by more than fifty thousand spectators".
  4. 1 2 "Парад фестиваля "Спасская башня" на ВДНХ". vdnh.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2017-06-30.
  5. ↑ "Оркестр Вооруженных Сил Республики Беларусь на Красной площади" (in Russian). Retrieved 2017-11-22.
  6. ↑ "Military Music Festival wows Moscow". Euronews. Retrieved 2018-09-25.
  7. ↑ "Spasskaya Tower Festival: Let the Bands Play On!". Retrieved 2017-08-31.
  8. ↑ "10й юбилейный Международный военно-музыкальный фестиваль "Спасская Башня". - ТехФото". agtf.ru. Retrieved 2018-09-25.
  9. ↑ "tass.com/society/1017508/amp". tass.com. Retrieved 2018-09-25.
  10. ↑ "tass.com/society/1018606/amp". tass.com. Retrieved 2018-09-25.
  11. ↑ "The Band of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Uzbekistan will perform at the anniversary International Military Music Festival Spasskaya Tower, which will be held from August 26 to September 3, for the first time".
  12. ↑ Sputnik. "Оркестр Минобороны РУз выступит в Кремле на фестивале "Спасская башня"". ru.sputniknews-uz.com (in Russian). Retrieved 2018-01-29.
  13. ↑ "Brentwood Imperial Youth Band to Take Part in Spasskaya Tower 2018 — [EN] Spasskaya bashnya". spasstower.ru. Retrieved 2018-09-25.
  14. ↑ "The Prince's Band of Carabiniers from Monaco Will Take Part in the Spasskaya Tower 2018 Festival — [EN] Spasskaya bashnya". spasstower.ru. Retrieved 2018-09-25.
  15. ↑ "The Sri Lankan Military Band — [EN] Spasskaya bashnya". spasstower.ru. Retrieved 2018-09-25.
  16. ↑ правда, Р.К. (2017). Комсомольская правда (Толстушка – Россия) 39. ЛитРес. p. 59. ISBN 9785457890381. Retrieved 2018-09-25.
  17. ↑ "Top Secret Drum Corps — [EN] Spasskaya bashnya". spasstower.ru. Retrieved 2018-09-25.
  18. ↑ "Participants, Greece". kremlin-guild.ru. Retrieved 2018-09-25.
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