Spasskaya Tower Military Music Festival and Tattoo
spasskaya tower international military music festival annual military music event military tattoo held moscow red square participating festival russian foreign military band folk group honor guard unit foreign country country taken part festival since named worldfamous spasskaya tower moscow kremlin tv partner tv centre festival motto revive tradition preserve history directorate festival became fullfledged member asian marching band confederation ambc following timeline festival history took place poklonnaya hill celebrated moscow city day event seen people event referred international military music festival kremlin zorya foreign commonwealth office banned british army bagpiper travelling event protest russogeorgian war move criticized brigadier melville jameson edinburgh military tattoo vitaly mironov kremlin zorya foundation accusing foreign secretary david miliband playing politics cultural event military musician honor guard country took part festival theme festival marked first world war centenary festival celebrated th anniversary end second world war attended musician participating team included austria greece european union italy mongolia singapore slovenia kazakhstan japan israel belarus scotland tattoo began minute silence victim august central italy earthquake tattoo celebrated th anniversary founding festival also honoured lieutenant general valery khalilov musical director festival died along entire alexandrov ensemble russian defence ministry tupolev tu crash thousand musician young band central federal district took part festival part larger childrens combined band distinguished guest honor included belarusian defence minister andrey ravkov spouse chief conductor abkhazian defence ministry david terzyan director band egyptian armed force major general helmi ahmed suliman khatab tattoo attended hrh princess stephanie monaco festival marked th time french singer mireille mathieu also festival mascot appeared festival also marked first time military band commonwealth independent state ci participate festival individual georgian born people artist singer tamara gverdtsiteli well others hibla gerzmava anita tsoi among vocal performer festival theme festival year end war honor diamond jubilee defeat nazi germany expected festival year one tell history military music russia band antihitler coalition also invited festival due covid foreign band able participate festival later announced festival cancelled altogether marking first time since establishment public event red square cancelled instead normal program announced online festival would take place september cathedral square main cathedral russian armed force musical unit armed force organization performing including first time participant virtual greeting given royal thai navy band french air force southwest band zürich city police band pla band edition saw till lindemann german band rammstein serve headliner canceled due attack western russia russian invasion ukraine band park program sponsored directorate spasskaya tower international military music festival carried may august support ministry defense russia government moscow first performance took place vdnkh greeted standing ovation muscovite guest capital anniversary year year later program performance expanded number concert city venue involved project increased normally festival included maximum country apart russia lowlevel participant included republican specialized academic lyceum music uzbekistan national guard national presidential band ukraine svetlana medvedeva rd first lady russia army general valery gerasimov chief general staff general vladimir kolokoltsev minister internal affair belarusian defence minister andrei ravkov wife natalia princess stéphanie monaco lieutenant colonel abdul wahab khan pakistan army school music hamad bin isa alkhalifa king bahrain lieutenant general christos vaitsis chief hellenic air force general staff president russia hisher position supreme commanderinchief russian armed force usually delivers message congratulation organizer participant festival greeting also given russian defence minister mayor moscow day festival opening ceremony director participating band lay wreath tomb unknown soldier alexander garden festival usually coincides moscow city day mean participating band take part procession along tverskaya street musical director festival senior director music military band service armed force russia lieutenant general valery khalilov – major general timofey mayakin –present roman markholia served producerdirector festival public council organizing committee festival official website russian official website english official youtube channel th spasskaya tower military music festival th spasskaya tower military music festival th spasskaya tower military music festival th spasskaya tower military music festival th spasskaya tower military music festival russia spasskaya tower military music festival rehearsal take place red square военные оркестры в парках парк фили russia final rehearsal th spasskaya tower military music festival get underway band azerbaijan higher military school