Participants of the children's and adult competitions of "Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk" have been determined

May 7, Minsk / Tatyana Pastushenko - BELTA /. Participants of the International Pop Song Performers Contest "Vitebsk" and the International Children's Music Contest "Vitebsk", which will be held during the XXI International Festival of Arts "Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk", have been determined. This was reported to a BELTA correspondent by the Ministry of Culture of Belarus. In the younger age group, two young vocalists will perform from Belarus: 10-year-old Elizaveta Muravyova (a student of the V. Mulyavin National Center for Musical Arts; studies at Gymnasium No. 22 in Minsk) and 10-year-old Evgenia Klepitskaya (studies at Gymnasium No. 61 in Minsk). In the older age group, 22-year-old student of the Belarusian State University of Culture and Arts Evgeny Dolich was selected by a competent jury. According to the terms of the national selection, participants must have concert performance experience and have made a name for themselves with successes at republican and international competitions and festivals. The selection of performers took place in two stages. The results of the first stage were summarized by an expert group, and the second stage by a professional jury. The composition of the expert group and the professional jury was formed from leading specialists in the field of musical pop art, famous cultural and art figures, and was approved by order of the Ministry of Culture. The jury of the pop song performers contest will be headed by composer, People's Artist of Russia Maxim Dunaevsky, and the children's music contest by Georgian composer and singer Jemal Sepiashvili. 21 applications from 18 countries were received for the pop song performers contest, and 21 applications from 21 countries for the children's contest. The International Festival of Arts will be held in Vitebsk from July 12 to 18.