In Nizhnekamsk the XII National Open Vocal Competition named Salih Saidashev held

From    December 1 to 4, in Nizhnekamsk, a significant musical event took place. With a big success the XII Public National Vocal Competition named Salih Saidashev took place. This is one of the most important vocal contests in Tatarstan.

The contest  is named after the founder of professional musical art,   the Tatar composer Salih Saidashev. His vocal pieces - arias from dramas and songs  have been  included in a compulsory competition program. The main goals of the contest are  to  identify and support talented young people, to promote the development of national music and traditions of national vocal art.

The founders of the competition are the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Tatarstan and the administration of Nizhnekamsk municipal district of Tatarstan.

The Vocal Competition has been  established in 1990 in honor of the 90th anniversary of the birth of  S. Saidashev traditionally is held once every 2 years.

The choice of venue of the competition was not accidental - Nizhnekamsk College of Music  is  named after the famous Tatar composer.

For more than two decades of competition already  enjoys its  history.

The  of jury XII Open  National Vocal Contest named  after  Salih Saidashev  since 1998  has been  traditionally headed by Professor of  Kazan state conservatory  named after N. Zhiganov, People's Artist of Russia and Tatarstan Z.D. Sungatullina (Kazan), the jury also included Honored Artist of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Tatarstan, Professor of  MGIM  after  A.G. Shnitke A.S. Belousova (Moscow), People's Artist of the Republic of Tatarstan,  Associate Professor M.S.  Sharipov (Ufa), Honored Worker of Culture of Tatarstan, Nizhnekamsk Professor of College of Music after  S. Saydashev Z.V.Sharafutdinova.

This year the competition  has  received about 50 applications from different Russian cities: Nizhnekamsk, Kazan, Ufa, Volgograd, Orenburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Moscow, Oktyabrskoye, Naberezhnye Chelny, Almetyevsk.

Contestants presented to the jury a bulk program. All  the participants of the contest works  performed by heart  in the original language.  A mandatory program of the   I round   included a song by  S. Saidashev, the work of the Baroque and folk song of any nationality. In the II round will be three different works   by  composers of XVIII-XXI centuries. The program of the final round consisted of arias of  foreign or Russian composers and aria or song    by S. Saydashev.

The competition was held at a high professional level.