The XXVI festival of art song «Vitebsky listopad»

The XXVI festival of art song «Vitebsky listopad»

From the 26th till the 28th of October 2012 will be held in Vitebsk the XXVI festival of art song «Vitebsky listopad» .
This is an annual festival that brings together fans of guitar and song. The festival has a rich history and is a traditional meeting place for Vitebsk audience with singer-songwriters from other cities of Belarus and other countries. Over the years on the festival scene were Veronica Dolina, Yury Lores, Alexander Ivanov, Sergei Kaplan, Elena Kazantseva, Galina and Boris Vayhanskie, Lydia Cheboksarova, Alexander Bal, Vyacheslav Kovalev and others.
During the festival, there will be a competition for young composers and performers and several festival concerts.

Festival Program:

• October 26 (showroom «Dukhovskoi Kruglik»)
  19 00 - Music and poetry meeting «in a circle of friends«: singer-songwriter from Germany Gerd Krambehr
• October 27 (Center of Culture «Vitebsk», Mayakovskogo str., 1)
  18.00 - Concert «The Autumn Cruise»: See the best participants from Belarus, Ukraine and Russia; participant competing studio theater and art song festival friends (Vladimir Cvicky, Andrey Kosolapov and Timofey Chistyakov, Alesia Medvedeva and Yana Sukhomlinova, Elena Tsygankova, Anatoly Protsenko and Ruslan Nikolenko, Alexander Bazylev, Mikhail Rubin, a trio of Denis Kuznechik, Valery Zimnitsky, Dmitry Shashkov and others (Vitebsk), Maria Grushnikova (Minsk), Olga Gonakova (Mogilev), Sasha Vetrov (St. Petersburg)
• October 28 (Center of Culture «Vitebsk», Mayakovskogo str., 1)
  16.00 - Concert «The Indian Summer» by Igor Perelygin, Vladimir Cvicky, Svetlana Pyshnenko and Inna Shabelnaya, Vasiliy Vlasenko, Nina Doroshchenkova, etc. (Vitebsk), Olga and Igor Podchinenkovy (Grodno); Gerd Krambehr (Germany), Gregory Danskoy (Moscow)

In addition, the contest of writers and performers will be held at the festival. The contest consists of two rounds:

The first round will be the 27th of October, at 11.00 in the building of the State Institution «Centre of Culture» Vitebsk». In the first round will participate all those, who submited an application to the organizing committee and paid the festival fee. Applications are submitted to the Organizing Committee from the 25th of October 2012. Fee per participant competitive selection is of 40 000 (forty thousand) rubles (includes manufacture of badges, includes visits to two live events on the 27th and 28th of October).
Nominations:
- Author;
- Performer;
- Duet, ensemble
At the end of the 1st round the participants of the 2nd round of the competition will be determined.

The second round - a competitive concert of the best performers - on October 27 at 18.00 in the State Institution «Centre of Culture» Vitebsk». According to the results of the second round of the competition jury will determine two (2) winners of the festival, as well as the Audience Choice Award winner.