Maxim Dunaevsky will head the jury of the pop song performers competition at the "Slavianski Bazaar".

April 19, Vitebsk /Corr. BELTA/. The jury of the XXI International Pop Song Performers Contest "Vitebsk-2012" will be headed by composer, People's Artist of Russia Maxim Dunaevsky, the official website of the festival reports, according to a BELTA correspondent. Maxim Dunaevsky wrote songs for Mikhail Boyarsky, Nikolai Karachentsov, Pavel Smeyan, and Tatiana Bulanova. He is the author of music for more than 30 films, including "D'Artagnan and Three Musketeers", "Oh, Vaudeville, Vaudeville...", "Carnival", "The Trust That Burst", "The Green Van", "Mary Poppins, Goodbye!". He hosted a program on the Russian channel "Kultura" about operetta, and was a jury member of the music TV contest "People's Artist". Maxim Dunaevsky is actively involved in public activities and charity. He is the president of the Charitable Cultural Foundation named after his father Isaac Dunaevsky, deputy chairman of the Guild of Professional Composers, academician of the Russian National Film Academy, and a member of the expert council of the First Television Channel for the selection for the Eurovision contest and the annual music program "New Songs About the Main Thing". The composer has repeatedly participated in concerts at the "Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk" arts festival. Currently, the selection of contestants for the International Pop Song Performers Contest "Vitebsk", which is the main intrigue of the "Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk" festival, is being completed. The International Arts Festival will be held in Vitebsk from July 12 to 18. -0-