On July 18, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. To nurture a unique star, a talented child and a competent teacher-producer are needed. This opinion was expressed to a BELTA correspondent by Svetlana Statsenko, Honored Figure of Culture of Belarus and artistic director of the V. Mulyavin National Center for Musical Arts. "To nurture a unique star, you actually need a little - you need a competent teacher who would find a talented child and then work closely with them, not just on vocal exercises: help select the right repertoire, produce," said Svetlana Statsenko. In her firm belief, radio and television should come to the aid in the latter, because without them, the young talent will not achieve professional growth. "Understand, here's a good boy, he has a wonderful voice, musical material. But what's next - who should he show it to, if there are no children's music programs on television, radio says it's not format, how to nurture him, move him forward professionally. He will remain just a good boy," the teacher believes. She mentioned that on the children's radio hit in Moscow, compositions by some of her students have held top positions for several months. At the X International Children's Music Competition "Vitebsk-2012", the artistic director of the V. Mulyavin National Center for Musical Arts is presenting her protégé, Liza Muravyova. Assessing the overall level of the contestants, she noted that after the first competition day, it became clear that the competition this year would be quite intense. "There are very professional children, there are average ones. Unfortunately, there are also a couple of performances that, in my opinion, are not as well-prepared as one would like, but overall the level of the competition itself is quite high. It is pleasing that the children have selected interesting musical material for their performances, not just downloaded from the Internet. The vocal abilities of the participants are also quite good," said Svetlana Statsenko. At the same time, the adult competition, in her opinion, turned out to be somewhat weaker than last year.