A qualifying round of the competition in the framework of the the XI International Festival of Tatar Songs named after Rashit Vagapov has started

March 20, at 11:00 am, the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Tatarstan hosts  a press conference dedicated to the contest of young performers of the XI International Festival of Tatar song named   after Rashit Vagapov in 2015.

 The press conference to be attended by:

- Rifat Fattakhov - Project Manager;

- Venera Ganieva - member of the jury, People's Artist of Russia and Tatarstan, professor;

- Khalisa  Ismagilova - member of the jury, director;

- Rustem Asaev, Richat Tukhvatullin, Ilyus Khuzin, Gulsiren Abdullina - winners of the contest.

Reference

Rashit Vagapov (1908-1962) - the great Tatar singer, People's Artist of the Republic of Tatarstan, one of the founders of professional Tatar music.

The festival was founded in 2004 to further the development of Tatar culture, high-performing arts, to perpetuate the memory Rashit Vagapov, preservation and enhancement of the common cultural heritage and spiritual needs of compatriots discovery and support of young talents, development of inter-cultural relations and inter-ethnic harmony.

The founders of the festival are the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Tatarstan and the Public Fund of the Republic of Tatarstan Tatar culture named after  Rashit Vagapov.

Director and author of the festival - Honored Worker of Culture of Russia and Tatarstan, the winner of the Republican Prize named after M. Dzhalil   Rifat Fattakhov.

Within the festival  the contest for  young performers of Tatar songs  aimed at searching , identifying  and support for  new talents in the field of folk songs, classical music, pop singing  is held.

Presently,  a qualifying round of the competition in the framework of the XI International Festival of Tatar Songs after  Rashit Vagapov  is under way.

Winners in each category will be awarded  diplomas, cash prizes and gifts. Competition winners a  preferential right  is granted  to enter into Producer’s  Agreement with the Fund   after   R. Vagapov.

The award ceremony  to  take place on May 18 in a big hall of S. Saidash State Grand Concert Hall   in  Kazan during a gala concert of the festival.

Contact Information: (843) 231-18-28, 8-9600-485-994

Aydar Salim.