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The Red Army Choir, in collaboration with the non-profit AMFIONIA Foundation – ATHENS SYMPHONIC & JAZZ BANDS FESTIVAL, performs the iconic “Of Justice Sun Conceived” by Mikis Theodorakis – Odysseus in Greek 200 years since the Revolution of 1821. According to a statement from the non-profit organization, the Red Army Choir once again directs a gesture of hope and pride to Greece and the Greek people, who this year celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Revolution of 1821.
The artistic director-director was Gennady Satsenyuk and the soloist was Mikhail Eutyukhov. Τ
“True to its majestic course, the Russian military band is still present and writes history in the service of the values of peace, freedom, equality and humanity. It sings a historical song of world music that is associated with universal values of freedom, friendship and peace.
In fact, for the first time in its history, the choir performs to the public and with women in its ranks, ”the statement said. Forces. It is named after its first conductor, Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov, and consists of a men’s choir, a music orchestra, and a dance company. It began in 1928 as a musical group made up of 12 soldiers with the main mission of entertaining Soviet troops anywhere in the world. By the mid-1930s it had employed 300 artists and its fame had already crossed the borders of the country. During World War II, the Choir gave more than 1,500 concerts, many of them on the front lines, thus playing a key role in raising the morale of the Red Army. The great success of the choir is based on the fact that it manages to combine the discipline and purity of academic singing with the colorful and deep emotion and artistic quality of traditional folk music.
The last time the Alexandrov Ensemble was in Greece was in December 2017, where they gave two concerts in Athens and Thessaloniki. The concerts were organized by the non-profit Foundation AMFIONIA – ATHENS SYMPHONIC & JAZZ BANDS FESTIVAL, whose objective is to promote the message of peaceful coexistence of peoples through culture and music.
The video of the Red Army Choir performing the song can be seen below.
