The winners of the VII Republican Creative Radio Competition "Young Talents of Belarus" have been announced, as reported to BELTA by the press service of Belteleradiocompany.

The winners of the VII Republican Creative Radio Competition "Young Talents of Belarus" have been announced, as reported to BELTA by the press service of Belteleradiocompany.

The award ceremony for the winners of the radio competition "Young Talents of Belarus", organised by the First National Channel of Belarusian Radio, will take place on May 4 at 14:30 at the Belteleradiocompany stand at the "Mass Media in Belarus" exhibition.

This year, 332 contestants wished to participate in the project, including 178 in the "Pop Vocal" nomination, 101 in "Instrumental Music (Soloists)", 18 in "Instrumental Music (Duet, Trio, Quartet)", and 35 in the "Heritage" nomination.

The contestants' work was evaluated by a professional jury headed by the chairman, People's Artist of Belarus, Deputy Chairman of the Belarusian Union of Composers, Eduard Zaritsky.

The results of the live performance auditions in the Grand Studio of the House of Radio are as follows: in the "Pop Vocal" nomination, the Grand Prix was awarded to Kruglik Irina (17 years old, Mogilev); in the "Instrumental Music, Soloists" nomination – to Blinkova Ekaterina (15 years old, Minsk); in the "Instrumental Music, Ensembles" nomination – to the flute quartet of Bogacheva Natalia, Vilchik Elizaveta, Titov Yuri, Shadrina Zoya (Minsk); in the "Heritage" nomination – to Burlo Polina (16 years old, Minsk). First, second, and third places were also awarded in these nominations.

Special diplomas "For Artistry" were awarded to the vocal group of the exemplary folk music ensemble "Tanok", the duet "Usmishka" (Zavertniev Nazar, accordion, Gerasimenko Kristina, domra, Bobruisk), Obiedova Anna; "For Virtuosity of Performance" – to Kurlovich Nikita; "For Expressive Performance of a Belarusian Author's Song" – to Lomako Angelina; "For Performance Expressiveness" – to Ribenkova Victoria; "For Depth of Performance" – to Bulatovskaya Anastasia.

The special prize "For Creative Search" was decided to be awarded to Terzi Maria; "For Creative Individuality" – to Abdekaldyr Mariam, Kebikova Natalia, Krneta Melanya, Selitskaya Ksenia, Titova Elena; "For Creative Charisma and Performance Mastery" – to Mazal Nikon; "For Creative Charisma" – to Titovich Anna; "For Sense of Style" – to Sidorova Yulia; "For a Vivid Stage Image" – to the folk-media group "Soneyka", Alhafes Maria, Marmysh Yana, Filippovich Vlada, Furgal Nicole.