Judges of the ‘CPC for Talented Children’ international contest of children and youth art summarized and published the results of the second round of the contest. The experts reviewed and evaluated 2840 submissions in six nominations.
Pursuant to the contest Provision, every competition entry got expert appraisal and recommendations that were published at the official web page.
Sixty-four entries of the second round were awarded the Grand Prix. Six hundred and seventy-four contestants became first-class laureates; 1,085 contestants were announced second-class laureates and 997 performers were third-class laureates. Twenty contest entries were awarded a first degree diploma.
The Audience Award given out based on online voting was one of the 2026 innovations of the contest. The experts selected 50 contestants to the prize out of the second round participants. The list of contestants was published at the contest official web page. Online voting was in progress on July 15 through 20; its results were published on the web page on July 21, 2026. Winner award ceremony will take place at gala concerts in the participant regions.
Round tables attended by the contest experts were set up further to the second round. The participants discussed matters of interest, exchanged experience and know how valuable both for the young performers and their professors. The education section of the contest official web page was updated with new recommended educational publications.
The winners and laureates are getting ready for the third round of competition that will include in person master classes and gala concerts in the capital cities of the participant regions. The dates of the gala concerts and the names of the experts hosting regional master classes are listed at the official web page of the contest https://ktk-talant.ru/ in the News section.
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