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The Grand Prix of the
2021 Vitebsk song contest went to Rukhiya, a representative of Kazakhstan. The
coveted Lira statuette was presented to the signer during the closing ceremony
of the International Festival of Arts Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk on 19 July,
BelTA has learned.
The
competition for the main prize of the song contest was tense. The vocalists
performed the Slavic hit song to the accompaniment of the Presidential
Orchestra of Belarus under the baton of chief conductor Vitaly Kulbakov. For
some artists, this turned out to be quite a challenge. Guests from far-away
countries, like Ecuadorian Vanna, had to learn the Russian language. By the
way, the representative of the South American country coped with the task well
and sang "Dorogoi Dlinnouyu (Those Were the Days)" almost without an
accent. Cuba's Ulises Karl appeared on stage as a Russian peasant and sang
"Along Piterskaya". However, not everything was smooth in the first
round and the second round, as the jury members predicted, got things straight.
Kazakhstan's
Rukhiya was named winner. The Grand Prix was presented by the chairman of the
jury Anatoly Yarmolenko.
Irina Arsenijevic of
Serbia won the first-degree diploma. The diploma of the second degree of the
song contest went to Belarusian Daniil Myshkovets and Ukrainian Renata Shtifel.
The third-degree diploma was shared by Ivanna from Slovakia and Tofig Hajiyev
from Azerbaijan. The president's special prize "Slavic Hope" was
awarded to Irina Arsenijevic from Serbia. The prize was presented by Belarusian
Deputy Prime Minister, Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the Slavianski
Bazaar festival Igor Petrishenko.
While the
star-studded jury was deliberating, the audience was treated to a concert
featuring artists from Belarus, Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, Kazakhstan.
The
festive concert wrapped up with the festival's song "Salute,
festival!" and colorful fireworks.
Written by: belta.by