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Source: Novosibirsk State University – Novosibirsk State University –
Raden Ankling Kesumo, or as he is called at Novosibirsk State University, Ray, is a second-year student Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, NSUAt the Univervision contest, he performed Sergey Lazarev’s song “Give Up”, as well as a composition by the Italian group Maneskin Coralline. With his talent, he was able to win the hearts of the jury.
Before reaching the final stage of the competition, each university selected its talents to send them to participate in the regional competition “Univervision”. Ray was the only one who got into the competition from NSU with 18 more soloists and 13 groups from other universities. On December 5, the semi-final of the competition took place, where Mitya Fomin was present as a star guest and judge. According to the terms of the competition, the participants had to perform a song in Russian. Ray chose the composition “Sdaivaysya” by Sergey Lazarev. With it, our student reached the final of “Univervision”.
— According to the rules, in the final we had to sing a song from a film or any foreign song that had to be translated into Russian. I was so happy and nervous at the same time, as it was my first time in my life performing as a solo vocalist in a regional competition. I realized my ability to feel a song, so I chose one that had a deep meaning, emotions, elements of splitting the voice and the ability to take high notes. Therefore, the song of the group Måneskin Coraline was the best option, we decided to translate it. Alena Matveeva, my girlfriend, helped me with the translation of the lyrics, Stepan Morozov, my best friend, helped with editing the lyrics, and Karina Kuznetsova was very supportive and helped me with the use of vocal techniques. I do not forget about other friends, my family from the NSU Music Club, as well as the support of the staff of the NSU Department of Youth Policy and Educational Work, who always gave me the opportunity to demonstrate my skills and supported me morally, — said Ray.
The final of the competition was held in the Mayakovsky Concert Hall on Student’s Day, January 25. The “Univervision – 2025” competition was the fifth and anniversary one in the Novosibirsk Region. The jury in the final included a star guest – Oleg Vlady, composer, author of songs for popular artists, member of the jury of the vocal television show “Nu-ka, Vse Vmeste!”
— When I first went on stage, I realized that I just wanted to convey the feelings of the song to the listener with my voice. When the music started, the anxiety went away. It was quite challenging, as I had to sing a difficult song in Russian. I knew that the other soloists had magical voices, spoke Russian really well, and some of them graduated from music college or were trained by a vocal coach, while I was learning to sing on my own. When it was time to announce the preliminary results, I was shocked to find out that I was in 4th place. Then the jury was given time to give an additional maximum score (12 points) to the participants they liked the most. In the end, several jury members voted for me and awarded me 3rd place! I was so happy, but a little upset that the Univervision jury did not determine the winners separately among solo vocalists and vocal groups. The 1st and 2nd winners were full-fledged musical groups. In any case, I feel happy, that’s what matters! It was one of the best impressions I’ve had, – Ray shared his impressions.
In the final of the competition, Ray was the only foreign participant from far abroad. He received the highest score from one of the experts and one of the educational organizations, so Raden confidently took the honorable 3rd place in the competition.
— My plans for the future include focusing primarily on my studies, because we know that studying at the medical faculty is very difficult, especially at NSU. But I will still continue to perform with my group “Tikhiy Ogonyok” at NSU events, the Music Club and other organizations. Next year, I will definitely not give up and will make every effort to win other vocal competitions!
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