On 30 September, 2023 in Novorossiysk a gala concert was held of the International Children's and Youth Art Contest - CPC to Talented Children. Alexander Mokhna, Deputy Head of the Novorossiysk Municipality and Sergey Sheptiy, Deputy Head of Culture Department, were guests of honor at the event. The international Consortium was represented at the event by Igor Storozhenko, General Manager, Public and Authorities Relations, CPC-R.
The winners were announced and awarded at the gala concert, along with the winners of certificates for a trip to Moscow to participate in the International Inclusive Cultural Forum, being the fourth stage of the contest.
In 2023, the experts reviewed 1,141 videos of contestants from Novorossiysk. Seventy culture and education establishments of the city participated in the Festival. More than three thousand children and teenagers competed in an 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 27 - 29. Natalia Chernyavskaya, honored Artist of Russia, Dina Migdal, singer, poet and composer, Nikolay Kozhin, conductor and teacher of the Moscow State Conservatory named after P. I. Tchaikovsky, Anastasia Yarotskaya, choreographer, head of Modern choreography studio of Class-Center dance company, and Irina Dubakina, teacher and ballet master of modern trends in the International Center of Contemporary Dance ‘VORTEX’ shared their professional secrets with contestants.
The winners of the regional stage and Dina Migdal, the contest’s expert, participated in the gala concert in Novorossiysk.
The children's and youth's creativity contest "CPC to Talented Children" has been held 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 Novorossiysk. Having originated as a local festival, the CPC to Talented Children contest has become an inter-ethnic 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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