Performances by young musicians to be performed at the Presidential Library

On March 30, 2022, at 16:00 Moscow time, the Presidential Library (Senate Square, 3) will host the awarding and gala concert of the laureates of the IV Open All-Russian Vocal and Instrumental Arts Contest for the Award of the Elena Obraztsova Cultural Center.

The event is held within the framework of the IV International Music Festival "Offering to Elena Obraztsova". More than 280 novice musicians aged 7 to 22 from Russia, Belarus, Bulgaria, Australia and China take part in the contest. It takes place in full-time and remote formats.

The winners of the contest will be awarded prizes and special awards. The winner of the main award of the contest - "The Award of the Elena Obraztsova Cultural Center" - will receive a cash prize and a laureate diploma. In each age group, the titles of laureate and diploma winner of the contest will be awarded. The partners of the contest also established their own special prizes. The best of the young musicians are waiting for performances on the stages of the Volgograd, Lipetsk, Karelian and Tver Philharmonics.

The Open All-Russian contest of vocal and instrumental art for the award of the Elena Obraztsova Cultural Center was established in 2019. The main purpose of its holding is to support children with abilities in the field of vocal and instrumental performance.

Cooperation between the Presidential Library and the Elena Obraztsova Cultural Center has been going on for more than one year. In the building at Senate Square 3, the winners of international contests for young opera singers and young vocalists of Elena Obraztsova have already performed more than once and in Petersburg there was held a lifetime anniversary concert in honor of the 75th anniversary of one of the greatest opera stars in the world and a gala evening dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the founding of the Elena Obraztsova Cultural Center.

The gala concert of the laureates of the IV Open All-Russian contest of vocal and instrumental art for the Award of the Elena Obraztsova Cultural Center will be broadcast live on the Presidential Library’s portal in the Live broadcasts section, on RuTube and YouTube channels of the institution, on the social network "VKontakte", as well as on the Kultura.rf portal.

Information about the activities of the Presidential Library is regularly published in the telegram channel of the institution https://t.me/prlib.  

Questions and more information are available by phone:

+7 (812) 575-50-38, 575-72-94.

Official website of the Elena Obraztsova Cultural Center www.obraztsova.com

Press Service of the Elena Obraztsova Cultural Center: +7 911 842-56-56, Dinara Bulatova dinara.bulatova@mail.ru

Accreditation of media representatives is until 12:00 March 29, 2022.

Please forward applications for accreditation following the attached form marked “Media Accreditation” to the following e-mail addresses: media@prlib.ru, pechnikova@prlib.ru Tatyana Pechnikova, tel.: (812) 305-16-21, ext. 534; mob. +7 921 998-06-78.

The letter should contain the full name, date and place of birth, passport data (series, number, place of registration), a list of carry-on equipment, contact phone numbers, the name of the media.

We draw the attention of the media representatives that it is necessary to forward applications for accreditation and arrive at the event in advance.

Entrance to the Presidential Library is carried out only by prior registration and upon showing a passport: for media representatives - through entrance № 2, participants and guests of the event - through entrance № 1.

In order to reduce the risks of the spread of a new coronavirus infection (COVID-19) the use of personal protective equipment during the event is mandatory for all attendees.