The laureates of the IX All-Russian Choral Festival were awarded
12.12.2023
The award ceremony for the festival laureates and the gala concert of the finalists took place at the International RUSSIA EXPO at VDNH in the Our Culture pavilion of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation.
The All-Russian Choral Festival has been held annually since 2014 by the All-Russian Choral Society with the support of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation.
In 2023, the IX All-Russian Choral Festival was held in 81 regions of the Russian Federation among academic choirs and was dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the birth of Sergei Rachmaninov.
More than 28,000 competitors from 1,115 academic children's and adult choirs took part in the qualifying stages throughout the year. 15 children's and 22 adult teams made it to the finals. The finalists of the festival performed in the gala concert program.
The Grand Prix of the All-Russian Choral Festival in the children's category was awarded to the Vesna music choir school named after A.S. Ponomarev (Moscow). Its head is by Averina Nadezhda Vladimirovna, professor, candidate of art history, honorary artist of Moscow. The Nizhny Novgorod Chamber Choir became a laureate in the adult group. It is headed by the artistic director and chief conductor, winner of the Nizhny Novgorod City Prize, Ivan Mikhailovich Stolnikov.
The awards to the festival winners were presented by the director of the All-Russian Choral Society Pavel Pozhigailo and the chairman of the festival jury, People's Artist of the Russian Federation Lev Kontorovich.
Possibly interesting
08.17
Perfect diction, a powerful voice and essential poetry: artist Yelena Olenina on theatrical stereotypes
Yelena Olenina opened the creative programme of the exposition project "Legacy. Theatre. The Greats", dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the Union of Theatre Workers of Russia.
08.17
International Forum of Indigenous Peoples at the National Centre RUSSIA gathers over 17,000 participants
The event, held in Siberia for the first time, brought together over 700 participants from 27 regions of Russia and 14 countries.
08.17
Golden Bridge and AI-powered exhibits: what impressed the young guests from Transnistria at the National Centre RUSSIA in Primorye
The winners of the special category of the II Video Essay Contest "Dreams of the Future" — students from the town of Rybnitsa in Transnistria — have completed their trip to Vladivostok.
