Charity concert "Hvorostovsky and friends to children. In memory of Dima" Automatic translate

On August 26, a charity concert “Hvorostovsky and friends to children” will be held on the square near the Big Concert Hall of the Krasnoyarsk Regional Philharmonic, organized by the Dmitry Hvorostovsky Charitable Foundation, Dmitry Hvorostovsky’s family and friends with the support of the Government of the Krasnoyarsk Territory. A concert of this format with the participation of the stars of the world opera scene will be held in Krasnoyarsk for the first time.

A little more than six months have passed since the moment when the world lost Dmitry Hvorostovsky. The great opera singer, a man with a big heart, embodying the fate of many children who need help and support. Not only the artist, but also the founder of the project Dmitry Hvorostovsky and friends to children.

He created this kind and necessary project together with his wife Florence, friends Pavel Astakhov, Vasily and Tatyana Peganovs. It is Florence Hvorostovskaya to this day that remains the main inspirer of the project, the idea of ​​which was picked up by many people - thanks to them he continues to live.

The first charity concert “Hvorostovsky and friends to children” was held in 2014 in Moscow. Another took place a year later in Ufa, where more than 20 million rubles were raised to help sick children. These concerts were organized by Dmitry Hvorostovsky.

Subsequently, Florence Hvorostovskaya proposed to continue this initiative in the homeland of the great baritone - Dmitry loved his native Krasnoyarsk for his special “Siberian spirit”.

On August 26, the Dmitry Hvorostovsky Charity Fund together with the Government of the Krasnoyarsk Territory organize a concert “Hvorostovsky and Friends to Children”, in the framework of which a charity event will take place. It will take place on the square near the Big Concert Hall of the Regional Philharmonic Hall, where in June last year Dmitry Hvorostovsky gave his last concert in Russia. Beginning at 19:00.

The concert will be attended by leading soloists of world opera scenes - friends of Dmitry Hvorostovsky - Ildar Abdrazakov, Hibla Gerzmava, Aigul Akhmetshina, Borislav Strulev. The concert will be accompanied by the Krasnoyarsk Academic Symphony Orchestra, the remote control of which on that day will be a friend of Dmitry Hvorostovsky Konstantin Orbelian - he accompanied most of the singer’s performances.

The concert will also be attended by young talents of the Krasnoyarsk Territory - soloists of the D.A. Hvorostovsky Opera and Ballet Theater - Daria Frolova, Sevastyan Martynyuk, and students of the Krasnoyarsk State Institute of Arts, who graduated from the great Siberian singer, Denis Grechishkin, Pavel Antsiferov.

During the concert, entrance to Peace Square will be free. A separate guest area will be equipped right in front of the stage. The cost of admission there is from 10 to 30 thousand rubles.

In addition, everyone can already make a donation by sending an SMS message to the short number 3434 with the prefix DX indicating the amount separated by a space.

All funds raised from the sale of tickets and SMS will be transferred to the Dmitry Hvorostovsky Charity Fund to assist children.

The motto for the organizers and participants of the big concert was the phrase Hvorostovsky "We are together for the sake of children."

“Friends, we were silent for a long time. It was a time of awareness, acceptance and grief. But the importance of the common cause for which we came together, the case that Dmitry started during his lifetime, the great responsibility for the fate of children motivates us to continue this mission. Our goal is to form a civil responsibility of the society to the most vulnerable, helpless members - our children, who are especially difficult. We will ask our friends for help for them and will share what we have - communication with talent, creativity of our friends. With the help of creative events and communication with prominent figures of culture and art, to form such a civil, friendly environment in which the suffering of children will be less. We are proud to announce the first concert in memory of Dmitry Hvorostovsky in his homeland, in Krasnoyarsk. It will be held on August 26, in Peace Square. We are waiting for you, friends, and we invite you to participate in the preparation of this event, ”said Florence Hvorostovskaya.