Ensemble GRAMNITSY

ional manner of the Belarusian national singing, dancing and instrumental music.

“GRAMNITSY” was founded in 1993 by the Faculty of Folk Arts at the Belarusian State University of Culture and Arts. GRAMNITSY performed in Belgium, Holland, France, Germany, Poland, Ukraine and Russia, Great Britain. Ensemble took part at the International festivals: Andong Masks Dance Festival and Ceramic World Exposition 2001, “Jeonjeu Sori Festival 2002”, “Rites of Passage Festival” 2003 in Korea, “Dranouter Festival” 2003 in Belgium, “Bydgoszcz Musical Impression” 2005 in Poland, “Skansen Bazaar” 2005 in Sweden, “Christmas Festival” 2006 in Switzerland, “INZADAFEST” 2007 in Belgium, “Festival del Tirreno” 2009 in Italy, Vserossiiskaya Maslenitsa Festival 2011 in Rusland, Kupala Festival 2011 in Latvia, YURTKUR 50 th Year International Folkdance Festival 2011 in Turkey, Peretocze Festival 2011 in Poland, Poznan Tradition Arts Festival 2012 in Poland. The group’s repertoire includes Belarusian traditional songs, dances, instrumental folk music and Belarusian hymns. The repertoire of Ensemble GRAMNITSY includes Belarusian traditional songs, dances and folk music. Distinctive feature of GRAMNITSY's style is the wide artistic range of authentic forms of the traditional music and traditional manner of the Belarusian national singing and dancing. He was born in the Gomel region (Belarus) in 1955. He studied choral conducting, folk music and aesthetics at the Belarusian State University of Culture and Arts and at the Institute of Philosophy and Law of the Belarusian National Academy of Sciences in Minsk. He is Artistic Director of Ensemble “GRAMNITSY” at the Belarusian State University of Culture and Arts and teaches Belarusian traditional culture, musical arrangement and choral conducting.