2017

XI Composers competition
named after Andrey Petrov

Results
Nominations « Pop song and romance »

In 2017, a record number of songs and romances were sent to the contest - 545! Applications came from Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Krasnoyarsk, Kazan, Simferopol, Krasnodar, Tyumen, Kemerovo, Ufa, Orenburg, Voronezh, Sochi and many other cities and regions of Russia. And also from Armenia, Ukraine, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Germany, USA, Canada, Israel.

The final round of the competition took place on October 9 at the Theater named after Arkady Raikin. Twelve works that passed a rigorous selection of the first and second rounds were performed by famous Petersburg soloists, accompanied by a pop - symphonic ensemble.

The final concert was attended by: the finalist of the Main Stage project Anna MALYSHEVA, twice winner of National theater award «The Golden Mask» Manana GOGITIDZE, Mikhail LUKONIN, musical artists: Honored Artist of the Republic of North Ossetia - Alania Elena GAZAEVA, Vera SVESHNIKOVA, Nikolai GORDEEV Igor KROL, as well as: Julia OSORGINA and Taisiya KALINCHENKO.

The winners of the XI Composers competition
named after Andrey Petrov:

1st Prize
in 2017 by a general vote of the jury it was decided not to award a first prize

2nd Prize is divided between:
Sergey LITOVSKIH (Ekaterinburg), «Long Autumn» (words of the author)
Juliana DONSKAYA (Moscow), «City Lights» (words by E. Muravyov)

3rd Prize
Sergey GRINBERG (St. Petersburg), «Italian Bridge in St. Petersburg» (words by T. Kalinina)

Audience Award
Dmitry ZUBATENKO (St. Petersburg), «Cornflower Waltz» (words of the author)

Graduates:
Vyacheslav OSMININ (Moscow)
Igor VOLKOV (Moscow)
Dmitry KOVZEL (St. Petersburg)

Jury members:

Maxim LEONIDOV - chairman of the jury, actor
Vadim BIBERGAN - People's Artist of the Russian Federation, composer
Sergey SKRIPKA - People's Artist of Russia, conductor
Sergey BANEVICH - Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, composer
Marina LANDA - TV presenter, composer
Stanislav VAZHOV - Laureate of the Russian National Theater Award «Golden Mask», composer
Manana GOGITIDZE - twice laureate of the Russian national theater award «Golden Mask», singer and actress
Konstantin UCHITEL - musical critic, producer

Organizer:
Andrey Petrov Foundation

Supported by:
St. Petersburg Committee for Culture

Sergey LITOVSKY.
«Long Autumn», word by author, soloist Kirill GORDEEV

Juliana DONSKAYA.
«The Lights of the Big City», word by E. Muravyova, soloist Igor KROL

Sergey GRINBERG.
«Italian bridge in St. Petersburg», word by T. Kalinina, soloist Taisiya KALINCHENKO

Dmitry ZUBATENKO.
«Cornflower Waltz», words by author, soloist Anna Malysheva

Vyacheslav OSMININ.
«My city», words by D. Razumovskoy, soloist Anna Malysheva

Igor VOLKOV.
«A Girl with a Cartoon Face», words by author, soloist Vera SVESHNIKOVA

Dmitry KOVZEL.
«I live as I can», words by R. Rozhdestvensky, soloist Mikhail LUKONIN