Over 160 participants will gather in Vitebsk for the regional tour of the "A Star Rose Over Belarus" competition

March 1, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. The regional tour of the republican competition of young talents "Zorka uzyashla nad Belarus" (A Star Rose Over Belarus) will be held in Vitebsk on March 2, Ivan Lobatsky, director of the Vitebsk Regional Scientific and Methodological Center for Folk Art, told a BELTA correspondent. The competition will be held in one stage and will take place at three institutions. Thus, the I.I. Sollertinsky Music College will host contenders for victory in the nominations "Folk Singing," "Author's Song," and "Spoken Genre"; P.M. Masherov Vitebsk State University will host "Painting and Graphics," "Sculpture," "Design," "Decorative and Applied Arts," and "Photography"; and the Regional Philharmonic Hall will host "Pop Singing" and "Modern Dance." Participants in the "Social Advertising" and "Directing of Mass Festivals, Theatrical Performances, and Show Programs" nominations, given the small number of applications submitted, will try their hand directly in the republican tour. In total, over 900 residents of the Vitebsk region took part in the regional stages of the creative competition. For the regional tour, the jury selected 163 participants. The most popular and numerous nominations for the competition were "Pop Singing" (35 people), "Decorative and Applied Arts" (34), and "Painting and Graphics" (31). The republican competition of young talents "Zorka uzyashla nad Belarus" is held on the initiative of the Ministry of Culture. The goal of the competition is to provide talented youth with an opportunity to realize their creative potential in various types and genres of art. In addition, it is designed to foster the aesthetic taste of the younger generation and create favorable conditions for the self-realization of young talents. Among the important tasks are the promotion of Belarusian culture and the creation of a personnel reserve from the best representatives of talented youth for subsequent work in the field of culture. The organizers of the competition are the Ministry of Culture, the Minsk City Executive Committee, and the Minsk Regional Executive Committee, in conjunction with the Ministry of Information, Belteleradiocompany, CJSC "Second National Television Channel," and CJSC "Stolichnoye TV," with the participation of the Special Fund of the President of Belarus for the Support of Talented Youth.-0-