The White Nights Festival of St. Petersburg is an international festival of popular music held in St. Petersburg since 1992 (before that, the city had held the White Nights festival of classical art since 1973). One of the largest pop music festivals in Russia and Eastern Europe.
| White nights of St. Petersburg | |
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| Place (s) | St. Petersburg , Russia |
| Of the year | from 1992 to the present |
| Site | Official site |
History
Since 1973, the city hosted the White Nights international festival of classical art. In 1992, under a similar name, a festival of popular music suddenly began to be held in the city. Since the new festival immediately received the support of the city authorities, the older festival was forced to change its name, which had already become famous in the art world, to a new one - since 1993 it has been called the Stars of the White Nights .
The founder and producer of the festival of pop music is Vladimir Kiselev . In 1992, the international federation of festival organizations FIDOF registered the international music festival "White Nights of St. Petersburg", in the summer of the same year the first festival was held in St. Petersburg. Until 1996, the mayor of the city, Anatoly Sobchak , was the chairman of his organizing committee.
The festival was held in 1993, 1994 and 1995, and the festival management also held two gala concerts in 2003 as part of the celebration of the 300th anniversary of St. Petersburg and in 2006 as part of the G8 summit. Since 2011, not only young contestants have participated in the festival program, but also held performers, show business stars.
Representatives of the royal houses of Holland, Monaco, England, the Minister of Culture of France, the mayors of the twin cities of St. Petersburg, the ministers of culture of Russia, representatives of the world media “Billboard”, “HollywoodReporter” were the honored guests of the International Music Festival “White Nights of St. Petersburg” "," Music & Media "," MTV ". The jury was headed by stars of show business, famous music managers - Mark Zakharov , Joseph Kobzon , Rolan Bykov , Paula Abdul , Yuri Aksyuta , Sarah Connor and others.
Over the years, the festival was visited by world - famous stars: Joe Cocker , A-Ha , Boney M , Ricky Martin , Julio Iglesias , Scorpions , Mika , Eros Ramazzotti , Natalie Imbruglia , Paula Abdul , Anastacia and other no less famous performers. There were also invited stars: Kevin Costner , Thomas Anders , Woody Allen , The Doors , Akon , In-Grid , George Clinton , Village People , Leonid Agutin , Elena Vaenga , Grigory Leps , A'Studio , Earthlings .
Timeline
| Year | Dates | Members | Stars | Jury |
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| 1992 | July August | SNAP, Falco | ||
| 1993 | DDT | |||
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| 2011 | July 7-9 | Francisca Urio (Tanzania) , Wendy Moten (Bahamas) , Mara Kim (Germany), Massimo Bertacci (Italy) , musical group "Vadel" (France), duet Anders Wrethov & Sylvia Johanna Sofie Elkesdotter (Sweden), Tallana Gabriel (Israel) , Rene Ranev (Bulgaria), Igor Mitrovic (Macedonia), Andrea Farfan (Colombia), Boycott group (Russia), duet S&M (Maiya Sykes & Shemika Secrest, USA) | Kevin Costner , Woody Allen , “The Doors” , Liz Mitchell , Thomas Anders , Drupi , Joe Thompson , “Thin Lizzy” , Macy Gray , “Negative” , “Down Low” | Richard Niles , Marco Quirini, Dragan Nikitovich, “Down Low,” Dmitry Law, Thomas Anders , Liz Mitchell , Joe Thompson |
| 2012 | July 6-8 | Vanity Marsh (Bahamas), Alicastro (Colombia), Gianni Fiorellino (Italy) , Ana Malhoa (Portugal) , Valerio Miglietta (San Marino), NEO (Sweden), Omar Alexander (India), Rick Guard (England) , Constance Amiot (France) , Rona Nishliu (Albania) , Zane (Venezuela), Hatty Keane (Ireland) , Tyler Conti (USA), Mano De Dios (Spain), Felicity Kaya (Turkey), Amen (Peru), Russian group (Russia) | Earthlings , Michael Bolton , Anastacia , Emma Shapplin , Simple Minds , Mika , Eros Ramazzotti , Natalie Imbruglia , David Hasselhoff , Spandau Ballet (Tony Hadley) | Paula Abdul , Marty Tudor, Dmitry Law, Turbo B |
| 2013 | June 13-15 | Ryan Melody (the Netherlands), Sam Leigh-Brown (Great Britain) , Chiara Canzian (Italy) , Miro (Bulgaria) , Wil Dix (USA), Contracorriente (Peru), Cosmosoul (Portugal / Spain), Daria Pavlishin (Germany) , Boycott group (Russia), Kevens (Jamaica), Elisa Salvaj (Argentina) | Lou Bega , Nelly , Lou Bega , Bob Geldof , Earth, Wind & Fire , Mario , Mario , Susan Boyle , The Jacksons , Earthlings , Yurkiss, Sarah Connor , Zucchero , Engelbert Humperdinck , Loredana Berté , Paula Abdul | Engelbert Humperdinck , Loredana Berté , Paula Abdul , Sarah Connor , Yuri Aksyuta |
| 2014 | July 10-12 | Alvaro Jose Crespo (Ecuador), Maria Suzuki (Japan), Magic Bus (Bus), Leo the Lion (UK) , Nargiz Zakirova (Russia) , Wrethov & Kase (Sweden), The Soil (South Africa), Hila Ben David ( Israel), Terrel Carter (USA), Cedrina Shari (Jamaica), NewUs (Korea) | Mother's Finest , Akon , In-Grid , William D. McCafferty , Duran Duran , Goerge Clinton , Village People , Elena Vaenga , Leonid Agutin , “Serebro” , Grigory Leps , “ A'Studio ”, group “Earthlings” | Natalia Romanova (general director Cirque du Soleil Rus) , Yuri Aksyuta , Alexander Kasparov ( Warner Music Russia ), Arina Dmitrieva ( Sony Music Entertainment ), Dmitry Konnov ( Universal Music Group ) |
| 2017 | July 8-10 | A-Ha , Paula Abdul , Anastacia , Mika , Eros Ramazzotti , Whitesnake , Glenn Hughes , Mr. Big , Jose Carreras , Chris Rea , Status Quo , Bryan May (ex. Queen), Julio Iglesias , Ringo Starr & All Starr Band , Deep Purple , Kevin Costner , Woody Allen , The Jacksons , Nelly , Zucchero , Earth , Sarah Connor , Wind and fire |