Nikolai Baskov will select young performers from Russia for the "Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk"

April 16, Moscow / Eduard Pivovar - BELTA/. Honored Artist of Russia and People's Artist of Ukraine Nikolai Baskov will select young Russian performers for the XVIII International Arts Festival "Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk". He will head the jury of the qualifying round for the "Vitebsk-2009" pop song contest for young performers. The auditions for potential contestants will be held on April 20 at the Moscow House of Composers, the Permanent Committee of the Union State informed a BELTA correspondent. Candidates will perform two songs: one in Russian and the second – a popular pop song in one of the Slavic languages. Performers of pop songs with concert experience, who have made a name for themselves with successes in national music contests and festivals, and who have recommendations from state cultural institutions, production centers, music studios, music TV or radio programs, and music festival and contest directorates, are eligible to participate in the auditions. The age of participants is from 18 to 35 years inclusive. And on April 21, auditions for participants of the VII children's music contest at "Slavianski Bazaar" will be held at the Moscow House of Composers. Like the adult contestants, children will present two songs: one in Russian and the second – in one of the Slavic languages. The age of participants is from 7 to 12 years inclusive. The jury of the Russian children's qualifying round will be headed by the famous composer Grigory Gladkov. -0-