Translation. Region: Russian Federal
The main theme of the concert numbers on Palace Square will be the victory of good over evil. An important milestone in Russian history will also be reflected – the 80th anniversary of the Great Victory.
Lidiya Butuzova, general producer of the concert part of the “Scarlet Sails-2025” graduates’ celebration on Palace Square:
– In the concert part of “Scarlet Sails”, together with the artists and graduates, we will discuss what helps us all win, what qualities are necessary for this, what is needed to move forward and achieve success. Of course, we will remember the great victories of our ancestors.
The concert of the main celebration of graduates will include several blocks, each of which will embody the qualities that help to win.
The 5UTRA group will talk about hope. It is this that helps to overcome difficulties and believe in the best. The video sequence on the screens, made in pastel colors, will create an atmosphere of lightness and emphasize the moment of expectation of happiness. For the first time in the history of the graduates’ holiday, the artists of the theater on the water will appear on stage. Together with the ballet “Todes”, they will complement the first performance.
Singer and musician Akmal’ will be responsible for love. The performer, dancers and other artists on stage will turn into a single mechanism, the clear and precise movements of which symbolize order and harmony.
The most anticipated artist of the evening is Nadezhda Kadysheva. In the “Power of Unity” block, she will perform popular hits “Shiroka Reka”, “I’m Not a Witch”, “Techet Ruchey”, “Vinovataya Lie Ya”, “Plyvet Venochek”. These compositions are filled with deep meanings, conveying a feeling of love for the homeland, loyalty to traditions and the strength of the Russian people. The graphics on the screens will show picturesque landscapes of Russian expanses and native birches, magical images of fairy-tale characters familiar to everyone from childhood.
Vadim Samoilov/Agatha Christie will talk about wisdom and cunning, and the rock and pop group The Hatters will talk about courage. The group’s lead singer will experience the state of weightlessness. The “Will and Spirit” block is assigned to the singer Bearwolf. A musical medley, a theatrical performance and the appearance on stage of the brightest and most large-scale decoration of the evening will show the victory of light and goodness over darkness and chaos.
“Ivanushki International” will present “Joy and Jubilation”. Honored Artist of Russia Zara will conduct a history lesson and remind about the exploits of our ancestors and heroes of our time. Those who defended their country, glorified and inspired subsequent generations.
Lidiya Butuzova, general producer of the concert part of the “Scarlet Sails-2025” graduation celebration on Palace Square:
– “Scarlet Sails” is a project that in itself inspires new achievements. The project is about dreams and the fulfillment of desires. The main thing is to believe in it and charge yourself with the wonderful energy of love, kindness and happiness that comes from it.
A separate issue will be dedicated to the most tragic page in the history of the city on the Neva – the siege of Leningrad. It will be a kind of epilogue and summing up. This is a block about people who survived the siege and stood firm in the Great Patriotic War. And all of them, of course, possessed those qualities – fortitude, faith, hope, will, wisdom, love – that helped them win. The stage will turn into a window sealed with tape during the bombing, and the chronicles of those terrible days will come to life on white canvases. Musician and composer Nikola Melnikov and the orchestra will perform Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 7.
The hosts of the main graduates’ concert will be Mitya Khrustalev and Daria Blokhina.
The concert on Dvortsovaya will begin at 22:00 Moscow time and will last 2 hours and 40 minutes. At 00:40, a water-pyrotechnic show will unfold in the waters of the Neva with the participation of the main symbol of the holiday – the snow-white brig “Russia” under scarlet sails.
The Scarlet Sails festival was revived in 2005 after a long hiatus on the initiative of Joint-Stock Bank ROSSIYA, the Government of St. Petersburg and Channel Five.
The material was prepared by the press service of Channel Five.