The pop song contest will bring together young performers from 8 countries in Novopolotsk
This year, the forum received over 200 applications, from which a professional jury selected 46 young performers aged 8 to 16. The geography of the contest participants is impressive: Belarus, Russia, Armenia, Lithuania, Latvia, Georgia, Moldova, Estonia. This year, the jury will be headed by Svetlana Statsenko, Honored Figure of Culture of Belarus and head of the V.G. Muliavin National Center for Musical Art. She has already had the opportunity to evaluate young talents at the contest in Novopolotsk: in 2015, she also served as the chairperson of the judging panel. A novelty of "Khali-Halo" will be an online draw, which will take place on October 21 at 13:00 via Skype.
The contest is held with the aim of discovering and supporting talented young performers, promoting the creative development of children and youth, popularizing children's musical creativity, fostering artistic taste, reviving the best traditions of the pop genre, positioning children's vocal creativity as an integral part of Belarusian culture, and exchanging creative ideas and practical experience.