A regional gala concert was held in Astrakhan on 18 September 2023, the guests of honor being Inessa Gorina, Deputy Chairperson of Astrakhan Oblast Government, and Elena Sekotova, Head of the Professional Art Section. 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, and the winners of 13 certificates for a trip to Moscow to participate in the International Unifying Cultural Forum became known. It is from Astrakhan Oblast that the III live stage of the International Children's and Youth Creativity Contest "CPC to Talented Children" started, during which gala events are held in the cities of the Russian regions covered by the festival.
In 2023, the experts reviewed 1,401 video of contestants from Astrakhan Oblast. Seventy three culture and education establishments from 25 settlements participated in the Festival. More than two 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 15 - 17. Alexander Koltsov, actor of theater and cinema, honored cultural worker of Moscow, Diana Degtyareva, Honorary Worker of Russian vocational education and training institutions, Ulyana Kostina, choreographer, artistic director of "BRAVO" theater, Vadim Yevteev, singer, member of the Federation of Vocal Art Teachers of Russia, Valeria Kuznetsova, concert pianist, teacher of "Iris" school of arts, shared their professional secrets with young talents.
The gala concert in Astrakhan was attended by the winners of the regional stage and Vadim Yevteev, the contest’s expert, singer-participant of the Voice Show, member of the Federation of Vocal Art Teachers of Russia.
The children's and youth's creativity contest "CPC to Talented Children" has been held already for 25 years. The celebration of the anniversary of a large-scale initiative to develop the creative potential of the younger generation began as part of the regional gala concert in Astrakhan. Having started its way from the local festival in Krasnodar Krai, 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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