In preparation for XXVIII International Festival of Arts “SLAVIANSKI BAZAAR IN VITEBSK” will take place national open call auditions for participation in XXVIII International Pop Song Performers Contest “VITEBSK-2019” and XVII International Children Music Contest “VITEBSK-2019”.
This year national open call auditions will be held in 14 countries around the world. A distinctive feature of the national open call auditions in 2019 is a new form of selection for the Baltic countries and a number of European countries. 7 countries will take part in the open call audition held in Riga: Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Finland, Switzerland, Sweden and Estonia. This year for the first time the United Kingdom personally initiated a national open call audition, which will be held in London.
Here is the list of places, dates and contact persons.
December 15, 2018 – Havana – Cuba, Mexico, Colombia, Argentina. Production center, contact person – Alberto Loreydis Pérez ZAMORA (concursocanto@nauta.cu.com).
February 8-9, 2019 – Sofia – Bulgaria. Head of the delegation of Bulgaria, contact person – Nikolay TEKELIEV (niktek@abv.bg).
February 10, 2019 – Chisinau – Moldova, Romania. Production center of Constantin MOSCOVICI, contact person – Constantin MOSCOVICI (moskovichi@yahoo.com).
February 16, 2019 – Yerevan – Armenia. Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Armenia, Yerevan State College of Culture, contact person – Vrezh KIRAKOSYAN (nvas@bk.ru).
February 16, 2019 – Almaty – Kazakhstan. Ministry of Culture of Kazakhstan, contact person – Karlygash ABDIKARIMOVA (karla120750@gmail.com).
March 2-3, 2019 – London – The United Kingdom. British music production company “ALEXA MUSIC PRODUCTION”, contact person – Alexa POL (alexa.karasik@gmail.com).
March 2-3, 2019 – Batumi – Georgia. Head of the delegation of Georgia, contact person – Manana SEPIASHVILI (manana53@gmail.com).
March 16, 2019 – Riga – Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Germany, Finland, Sweden. Riga City Council, contact person – Head of the board of “European Centre of Children’s Music” – Jelena Loreina SHVILPE (jelena.svilpe@gmail.com).
The first decade of March, 2019 – Bat Yam – Israel. International center of cultural relations “ISRAEL-BELARUS”, contact person – Arkady KRUMER (krumer_a@bezeqint.net).
The first decade of March, 2019 – Kiev – Ukraine. Public organization “CULTURAL CENTER OF UKRAINE”, contact person – Irina SLEPUSHOVA (slepushova@gmail.com).
The first decade of March, 2019 – Valletta – Malta. European Centre for Culture & Arts, contact person – Evelina BATEY (evelina.batey@hotmail.com).
March 12, 2019 – Warsaw – Poland. CAPITOL Theater, contact person – Chairperson of cultural society “SLAVIC SOUL”, contact person – Ulyana OLODZEYCHAK (uliasha@uliasha.pl).
Last decade of March, 2019 – Moscow – Russia. Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, International Cultural Center, contact person – Olga SPIRIDONOVA (icf.moscow@gmail.com).
Final before March 25, 2019 – Orsha – Belarus. Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Belarus, contact person – Inna ADAMOVICH, Head of the Department of Concert and Festival Projects of Arts Boards (vodinna7@yandex.by).