What happened and was the most recent tour of Smolensk in my life
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Can you give our guests a tour today?
I can... Wait, but today is almost over.
Yeah, they have a concert until nine, then dinner, and three hours before the train.
That’s how the conversation began about one of the most unusual excursions in my life. I used to say that the earliest of them began at 06:00 in the morning, but when I walked to the Russian Court by 22:00, I did not believe that the later in my life would take place (even the Night Poem about Smolensk is just resting).
On that day in the Smolensk Regional Philharmonic there were young musicians, young musical geniuses from 7 to 16 years old. All of them are participants of the second concert tour Junior Music Tour, winners and laureates of International Youth Classical Music Competitions: P.I. Tchaikovsky International Youth Competition, Astana Piano Pasion, Grand Piano Competition, TV competitions Blue Bird and Nutcracker, as well as other international competitions.
The guys performed on the stage of the Philharmonic and decided not to miss the train, but to go on a tour of the glorious Smolensk. Despite the fact that darkness and autumn dampness descended on the city, the young musicians and their accompanying people steadfastly endured the bad weather, were keenly interested in everything around and we took a great walk around the city center, and then went to the eastern section of the fortress wall. There, armed with a lantern, wandered behind the wall, fantasized about how the ghost lived in the Veselukha Tower, and how those who were to storm the fortress felt on distant nights in the XVII century.
In some places, it seemed that ghosts were chasing us, but we returned to the bus in full force.
Despite the night, we had a great walk and everyone seemed happy.
Thank you, Smolensk Regional Philharmonic and thank you, Junior Music Tour for such an unusual experience.
It was only after saying goodbye to the musicians at the station that I realized that if the earliest tour in my life began at 06:00, the later one ended at 01:00.
Only five hours in a day were left unattended.
Stop taking it!
And, of course, go to the Philharmonic for concerts, guys, there are always brought cool performers. One of the main institutions of culture with experience will not advise bad.
The final gala concert of musicians will be held in the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory on June 2.
Photo: Junior Music Tour