Brazil will delegate its young performer to the "Vitebsk-2009" pop song contest for the first time

May 20, Vitebsk / Diana Kurilo - BELTA /. Brazil will delegate its representative to the International Pop Song Performers Contest "Vitebsk-2009" for the first time, which will be held at the XVIII International Festival of Arts "Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk", the "Vitebsk" Culture Center informed a BELTA correspondent. Performers from 17 countries will come to Vitebsk for the creative competition. Soloist of the Gomel Regional Philharmonic Andrei Kolosov will represent Belarus. As last year, Russia, Belarus and Ukraine will each have one participant. However, for the International Children's Music Contest "Vitebsk-2009", these states, as before, will be represented by two contestants each. Belarus will be represented by 7-year-old Masha Novik from the National Center for Musical Arts and 11-year-old Lolita Gaydukevich. The XVIII International Festival of Arts "Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk" will be held this year from July 10 to 16. -0-