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Source: Moscow Government – Government of Moscow –
Over the past academic year, students from Moscow art schools won more than 26,000 awards. How these educational institutions reveal talents, he told in his blog Sergei Sobyanin.
“Moscow is deservedly proud of its developed network of city institutions of creative education: 153 educational institutions, each with its own long-standing traditions, but with a single standard of comfort and equipment. Today, they teach more than 40 areas in the field of music, painting, choreography and theater. About 100 thousand children study in Moscow art schools. And among them, there are many who will eventually turn their passion into a life’s work,” the Mayor of Moscow wrote.
He noted that, as in any other business, success in a creative profession is achieved through hard daily work and regular participation in competitions. Competitions with peers provide indispensable experience and incentive to improve one’s art, and victories open up new horizons.
Last academic year, students from the capital’s art schools represented the capital at more than 20 venues around the world.
“Muscovites have won prizes in creative competitions in Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Bulgaria, Spain, China, Cyprus, the Netherlands, the USA, Switzerland and other countries: a total of 10,000 awards and incentive prizes, including more than 280 Grand Prix,” said Sergei Sobyanin.
In addition, students from Moscow art schools have won more than 16 thousand awards at all-Russian and regional competitions and festivals, which sometimes significantly exceed international projects in terms of the number of participants.
Winners of competitions in Beijing, New York and Spain
In March-April, the IX International Festival-Competition “Golden Lotus” was held in Beijing. Elizaveta Menzhinskaya, a student of the B.L. Pasternak Children’s Music School, performed a solo program, as well as in a duet with her teacher Galina Ermakova.
According to the jury’s decision, they were awarded the title of first-degree laureates as performers on large flutes, and third-degree laureates on piccolo flutes. The winners’ repertoire includes the works “Ksenia” and “Tarantella” by Yevgeny Magalif, Lensky’s aria from the opera “Eugene Onegin” by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, and the Karelo-Finnish Polka by Boris Tikhonov.
In March, Alexey Mishchenko, a student of the children’s music school of the Moscow State College of Musical Performance (MGKMI) named after Frederic Chopin, won first prize at the international Golden Classical Music Awards competition in New York for his piano performance of Frederic Chopin’s Ballade No. 1 and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Sonata for piano No. 13 in B-flat major. In addition, he won first place at the international Clavierland Mozart Classical Music Competition and performed in the final concert of the laureates in Vienna, which took place in March at the Mozart House.
Maya Shelikhova, a student of the Moscow City United Children’s School of Arts (MGODSHI) “Kuskovo”, became a first-degree laureate at the international competition of culture and arts Festival
Laureates of competitions in Belarus, the Netherlands and Switzerland
Students of the I.S. Kozlovsky Children’s Art School took almost the entire podium at the Republican Festival-Competition of Children’s Art “Lvenok” in the city of Lida (Belarus).
Among the soloists, Dana Shakova won first place, performing the piece “Twilight” by composer Max Eichorn and “Dance” by Ezra Jenkinson on the violin; second place was taken by Antonina Struchevskaya, Maria Tuaeva, Ivan Fedotov, and Gleb Sakharov.
Antonina Struchevskaya played “Moldavian Dance” by Boris Dubossarsky and “Arioso” by Karl Bohm, Maria Tuaeva played a piece by Manfred Schmitz on the violin. Gleb Sakharov played “March of the Wooden Soldiers” by Pyotr Tchaikovsky on the snare drum, and “Tarantella” by Sergei Prokofiev on the xylophone, Ivan Fedotov played “Hunt for a Butterfly” by Irina Iordan on the snare drum, and “Scherzino” by Viktor Kosenko on the xylophone.
The third-degree laureate was Milana Ponomareva. She presented the play “Merry Journey” by Dmitry Kabalevsky (snare drum) and “Minuet” by Luigi Boccherini (xylophone) to the competition.
The first place among the groups was won by the instrumental trio “Notka Boom”, which performed the works “Walking the Dog” by Peter Martin and “Beauty and the Beast” by Howard Ashman.
In April, the Dutch International Flute Competition was held in Ittervoort (Netherlands). The laureates of the competition were talented flutists from the Gnessin Moscow Secondary Specialized Music School (MSSMSh).
Vasilisa Melnikova received the first prize, Yuna Guryanova received the third prize, and in the under 18 category, Elen Virabyan won the first prize.
The gold medal in the senior category of the Frederic Chopin Youth Competition, which took place in March in Lugano (Switzerland), was awarded to Ivan Chepkin, a student of the Gnessin Moscow Specialized Music School.
The bronze medal in the middle age category was won by pianist Denis Kochanowski, who performed the Polonaise (opus 40, no. 2), Nocturne (opus 15, no. 1), Waltz (opus 18), and Barcarolle (opus 60) by Frederic Chopin.
Ivan Chepkin played two etudes (opus 10, no. 1 and opus 25, no. 6), a nocturne (opus 27, no. 2), a mazurka (opus 33), a polonaise (opus 53) and a ballade (opus 52) by Frederic Chopin on the piano.
Winners perform in Andorra, Bulgaria, Cyprus and Russia
From April to May, Andorra hosted the XI international saxophone competition Andorra Sax Fest, one of the most prestigious, which annually brings together the best saxophonists from all over Europe.
In the senior group, the third-degree laureate was Vladimir Petskus, a graduate and now a teacher at the Frederic Chopin Moscow State Musical Institute for Children. Arseny Budanov, a student at the same school, received the first prize in the junior group.
“Vladimir and Arseniy performed a very complex program, full of modern performance techniques, demonstrating the rapid development of classical saxophone playing techniques. Vladimir presented his own composition SoloS at the competition, which can be played the same way from beginning to end, and vice versa. In the final, Vladimir performed a piece by the outstanding modern saxophonist Vincent David, with the author himself acting as conductor,” noted Sergei Sobyanin.
Arseniy Budanov participated in two age categories at once. In the junior group, he presented Eugene Bozz’s etudes (No. 7, 10), the first part of Fernanda Decruk’s Saxophone Sonata to the jury and won first place. This will allow him to perform a solo concert at the next Andorra Sax Fest competition. In the senior group, the young man also showed himself, reaching the semi-finals.
Students of the Moscow State Children’s Art School “Kuskovo” also became laureates of the saxophone competition: Alexander Ivashkov won first place, Alexander Dolgov – third.
In April, the 1st International Competition of Professional Harpists and Amateurs VivaHarp was held in Sofia, bringing together the best performers from all over the world. The title of second-degree laureate was awarded to Tatyana Smirnova, a student of the Moscow State Children’s Art School “Kuskovo”.
In May in Paphos (Cyprus), Elizaveta Ryapina, a student of the A.N. Alexandrov Children’s Music School, became a second-degree laureate of the Young Orpheus International Competition and Festival.
In December 2024, the XXV International Competition of Young Musicians “The Nutcracker” of the Russia-Culture TV channel ended. Of the nine possible awards, students from Moscow art schools won five.
In the Wind and Percussion Instruments category, all the Nutcrackers were awarded to young Moscow musicians. The Golden Nutcracker went to 14-year-old flutist Ekaterina Ivanova from the Gnessin Moscow Specialized Music School, the Silver Nutcracker was awarded to 14-year-old clarinetist Alisa Cherednikova from the Jazz Academy, and the Bronze Nutcracker went to the youngest participant in the competition, eight-year-old Vasilisa Moiseyeva from the D.D. Shostakovich Children’s Music School.
Second and third places went to Muscovites in the Piano category. The Silver Nutcracker was taken by 13-year-old Andrey Goncharov from the I.O. Dunaevsky Moscow City Children’s Music School, and 12-year-old Mark Grotte from the Gnessin Moscow Specialized Music School won the Bronze Nutcracker.
“Recognition of the skills and talents of Moscow children at Russian and international competitions is a clear indication of the quality of Moscow’s creative education,” Sergei Sobyanin emphasized.
Moscow art schools help in the harmonious development of children and give a start in life to new generations of talents.
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