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Source: Peter the Great St Petersburg Polytechnic University – Peter the Great St Petersburg Polytechnic University –
The youth choir “Polyhymnia” of SPbPU received the Grand Prix of the All-Russian open choral festival-competition “Raduga” named after I.V. Roganova.
Every choir strives to get into this prestigious choral competition every year, since the performances take place at the best acoustic concert venues in St. Petersburg, and the jury consists of leading specialists in choral art.
The youth choir “Polyhymnia” of SPbPU successfully passed the auditions in its category and was nominated by the jury for the Grand Prix of the entire competition. In the Concert Hall of the Mariinsky Theatre, the Polytechnicians performed the Latvian folk song “Father Thunder” so well that they were unconditionally awarded the highest prize of the competition, in which more than 50 children’s, youth and adult choirs competed, including groups from music schools in Russia and neighboring countries.
And the second main award went to the Polytechnicians – the artistic director of “Polyhymnia” Anna Podgornova received the title of “Best Conductor”. Anna herself began singing in “Polyhymnia”, graduated from the IPMET SPbPU, then the N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov Music College in the specialty “Choral Conducting”, and is now studying at the St. Petersburg State University of Culture.
“I am delighted that our students and graduates who chose a profession not related to music are able to devote themselves to it so much and show high results,” shared Anna Podgornova. “The guys put so much work, time, and emotion into this victory that for me they would have been winners even without the Grand Prix. I am incredibly happy that our future will be built by these goal-oriented, strong, talented, and caring people!”
These victories are very significant for the university. It is no coincidence that SPbPU is gathering its student community for the ninth time for the choir competition “Blagovest”. Choirs and ensembles from 15 Russian universities will gather at the Polytechnic University on April 4-6 to demonstrate the unifying power of music.
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