February 16, Arsk Republican center of development of professional culture held a zone review-contest of concertina –players named after the first Tatar, professional concertina-player of TASSR Faizulla Kabirovich Tuishev. The employees of culture section of executive committee of the Arsk municipal region, regional House of culture rendered assistance in its holding.
Their mastership came to show the performers from Agryz, Baltasinsk, Vysokogorsky, Kukmorsky, Sabinsky, Tylyachensky municipal regions.
26 concert items with various music works were presented for jury judgments. Over 100 masters of playing on folk musical instrument took part in the contest.
After analysis of all performances, in addition to the said, a member of the jury R.S. Valeev showed a master-class of playing concertina.
Performances by concertina –players were assessed by the jury. consisting as follows: chairman – Sagit Mullanurovich Khabibullin - dean of the faculty of Tatar musical art of Kazan state conservatory after N. Zhiganov, RT deserved figure of arts, Shamil Saipovich Shamgunov-docent of Kazan state university of culture, RT deserved figure of arts, a laureate of International contests, Rinat Suleimanovich Valeev - composer, Laureate of all-Russian and International contests, one of the first laureates of F.Tuishev contest.
The jury expects to hear concertina-players in 6 zones more (March - t. Laishevo, March 6 - v. Chemshany, March 23 - v. V.Uslon, April 6 - t. Almetievsk, April 12 - c. Kazan, April 20 - t. Mamdysh), and after that it will determine the participants of Gala- concert , which to be held in Arskm on May 17.
Press- service, RT Ministry of culture