RUSSIA EXPO hosted the final of the vocal contest "Studvesna.Voice"

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The Main Street Stage of the Exposition hosted ten young and talented contestants who had passed the qualifying auditions and semi-finals of the "Studvesna.Voice" (lit. "Student Spring.Voice") contest.

"Studvesna.Voice" is an opportunity for young creative Muscovites to make themselves known, demonstrate their talent and start the path to the career of a real artist. About 150 schoolchildren and students of the city who can't imagine their life without music took part in the contest. In the finals, the future stars of Russian charts performed excerpts from the best compositions of their repertoire in the format of a vocal ring.

The most creative students of Moscow were evaluated by the singer, blogger K. KRASH, lead singer of the bands GUN CAN RUN and "Natasha Rostova's First Ball" Andrei Fedotov, singer, musician, creator of the project "Hélène et les Garçons" Elena Lipaeva, CEO of the production centre "Debut", expert of the festival "Russian Student Spring" Sergei Kharin, host and producer of Russian radio stations and TV channel "MuzTV" Artem Adamov, as well as artist, songwriter, expert of the All-Russian youth festival of author's song "Execute" Sasha Nguyen.

"You know — when we watched this concert, I really wanted some of our stars to come here. Because when I ask "Alice" to play the latest hits for me in the morning, I end up turning off the speaker after just 10 minutes, realizing that many of our stars can't sing as beautifully as these girls who are standing here in the finals. Admit it, it's true. They should come and learn how to perform on stage. So, girls, may everything go well in your lives," said Sergei Kharin.

Elena Lipaeva, singer, musician, creator of the project "Hélène et les Garçons", admitted that it was difficult to evaluate the participants.

"It was a real concert, and it was very difficult to choose— and I think that the guys will support me. Because you are all wonderful, completely different, each of you is an individual. And I would like to ask you not to pay attention to the evaluations. Because we are in a competition, so someone had to be chosen, but that doesn't mean that all the others are worse. I'm sure you all have a great vocal future. I wish everything to work out on the way, well done," added Elena Lipaeva.

According to the results of the experts' voting, five participants made it to the super final, but only one of them became the absolute winner of the contest. The loudest and longest applause, as well as the opportunity to create and record their own hit song together with the "Moscow Student Spring" went to Anastasia Zinkovich, a graduate of Lomonosov Moscow State University, who graduated from music school with honors. In addition to her studies, the girl has been practicing ballroom dancing for 15 years and has a CMS title in this sport. Anastasia presented her own musical compositions to the jury.

"I want to say thank you very much, I didn't expect it at all! I took three author's songs to "Studvesna.Voice", but I didn't know if they would work or not, if they would be liked or not. And I'm extremely happy that they did. Thank you very much to the jury members, I am in shock," Anastasia couldn't hold back her emotions.

The vocal contest "Studvesna.Voice" is a special project of "Moscow Student Spring", a city festival, which annually opens an opportunity for five thousand young performers to declare their creativity on the capital's stages and is a regional stage of the only in the country program of support and development of non-professional youth creativity "Russian Student Spring". In the capital of Russia, both Student Spring and the vocal contest "Studvesna.Voice" are realized by the Moscow Youth Project and the Russian Union of Youth with the support of the Moscow Committee for Public Relations and Youth Policy.

The International RUSSIA EXPO showcases the most important achievements of the country in one place. Throughout the Exposition, cultural events, a rich business and educational program await the guests. The expositions of 89 Russian regions, leading federal agencies, corporations and public organizations are presented to the visitors. More than 16 million people have already visited the Exposition. The International RUSSIA EXPO takes place on the territory of VDNH in Moscow from November 4 to July 8.