Alena Lanskaya will represent Belarus at the pop song performers' competition "Vitebsk-2011"

April 30, Minsk / Tatyana Pastushenko - BELTA /. Alyona Lanskaya will represent Belarus at the international pop song performers contest "Vitebsk-2011", which will be held during the XX International Festival of Arts "Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk". This was reported to a BELTA correspondent by the PR manager of the young performer, Yulia Poltavskaya. According to her, Alyona applied for the contest for the sixth time. At the audition, the artist performed songs by Vladimir Kondrusevich to the lyrics by Olga Boldyreva "White Swallow", as well as "Confession of Love" by Ukrainian authors Sashko Nevzha and Nikolay Orsheko. An expert group and a professional jury, formed from leading specialists in the field of musical pop art, renowned cultural and art figures, evaluated the vocal abilities of potential participants of "Vitebsk-2011" twice. At the first audition, besides Alyona, Ivan Buslay, Yulia Bykova, Sasha Soloveychik, Denis Lis, Nikolay Volegov, Konstantin Goroshko, Gleb Zhabko, Evgeny Slutsky, Olga Shilukhina participated. The judging panel decided to give preference to Alyona Lanskaya and Evgeny Slutsky. After a repeat audition, jury members, including Irina Dorofeeva, Vasily Rainchik, Alexander Tikhanovich, Eduard Zaritsky, Sergey Sukhomlin, Oleg Eliseenkov, as well as representatives of the Ministry of Culture of Belarus, made the final choice in favor of Alyona Lanskaya. Alyona Lanskaya is one of the most titled singers on the Belarusian stage. She is the winner of the international contest of young performers of popular music "Atlantic Breeze-2010" (USA); the holder of first prizes of the European Music Contest "Sarandev-2008" (Bulgaria), the international contest "Cup of Europe-2009" (Russia), the international festival of arts "Spivohrai-2010" (Ukraine). Alyona is also a laureate of the contest of young musicians "Maladyya Talenty Belarusi" (organized by the First National Channel of Belarusian Radio), a first-degree laureate of the contest of young performers of youth songs of the V International Festival "Youth for the Union State" (Russia). In 2010, Alyona Lanskaya's first solo album "Labyrinths of Fate" was released, which includes songs in Russian, Belarusian, and English. -0-