A regional gala concert was held on 26 September 2023 in Stavropol, the guests of honor being Andrey Khlopyanov, First Deputy Chairman of the Stavropol Krai Government, First Deputy Chairman of the Stavropol Krai Duma and Galina Pavlova, First Deputy Minister of Culture. Mikhail Grishankov, CPC-R Deputy General Director, RF Government Relations, represented the International Consortium at the event.
The winners were announced and awarded at the gala gala concert, and the winners of certificates to participate in the International Unifying Cultural Forum - Moscow Meets Friends - became known.
In 2023, the experts reviewed 2089 videos of contestants from Stavropol Krai. One hundred forty-three culture and education establishments from 87 settlements participated in the Festival. More than five thousand children and teenagers competed in uncompromising creative struggle, revealing new facets of talents in seven contest nominations ("choreography", "instrumental performance", "vocal", "choir", "theater", "social video" and "pedagogical workshop").
On the eve of the gala concert, the contest’s experts gave creative master classes on September 23 - 25. Alexander Koltsov, actor of theater and cinema, honored cultural worker of Moscow, Dina Migdal, singer, poet and composer, Valeria Polyakova, vocal teacher of "New Names" school, Irina Ovechkina, honored worker of culture and art of Novosibirsk Oblast, Asya Selyutina, associate professor of the Chair of symphonic conducting and string instruments of Kosygin Russian State University, shared their professional secrets with young talents.
The winners of the regional stage and Dina Migdal and Valeria Polyakova, contest’s experts, participated in the gala concert in Stavropol.
The children's and youth's creativity contest "CPC to Talented Children" has been held already for 25 years. The anniversary of a large-scale initiative to develop the creative potential of the younger generation was celebrated as part of the regional gala concert in Stavropol. Having started its way from the local festival, the CPC to Talented Children contest has become an interethnic and international creative festivity uniting regions and countries, developing folk traditions and motivating the young generation to develop and realize their creative abilities.
In 2022, over 18 thousand young talents participated in the project, 50 of them received the Grand Prix. The 2023 Festival gathered over 19 thousand participants. More detailed information in available on the official website of the contest at https://ktk-talant.ru/, in communities on VKontakte http://vk.com/ktk_talant and Telegram https://t.me/ktk_talant.
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