A concert by the Choir of the Voivodship Police Headquarters in Białystok inaugurates tonight this year’s edition of the International Festival “Days of Orthodox Church Music” in Hajnówka.
The Choir is the laureate of last year’s edition. The eighth Days this year feature near on thirty choirs and vocal ensembles from Poland, Belarus, Russia, Serbia, Georgia, Greece, Bulgaria, Latvia and Ukraine.
The competition hearings begin this Tuesday.
A feature of the Hajnówka festival is that a majority of the participants are parish choirs performing sacred music at religious ceremonies.
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