Mikhail Kazinik (Sweden)

The full time chairman of the jury of the competition, the violinist and the pianist, the outstanding public figure, the educator, the art critic, professor of Drama institute of Stockholm and the Higher school of business of Scandinavia, honorary professor of RISEBA, the researcher in the field of music therapy, the director and the actor of the Stockholm theater Teatrstudio Lederman, the author of articles and studies on musical perception issues. Member of International association of writers and publicists, expert of the Nobel concert. He is among hundred persons who, in the context of 30th parallel project, make the greatest contribution to creation or description of the universe, concern of peace and life as such, and mankind in general by their daily activities.
Info: www.kazinik.ru

Boris Avramets (Latvia)

Boris Avramets (Latvia) – ethnomusicologist and music historian, professor of the Riga Highest academy of pedagogics and education management; main directions of research and teaching activity: European ancient music; modern music; musical traditions of the people of Asia and Africa.

Info: http://www.music.lv/Muzikologi/Boriss_Avramecs/default.htm

Юлия Васильева (Латвия)

Солистка Латвийской национальной оперы, сопрано. Выпускница Латвийской Музыкальной академии классов Аниты Гаранчи и Лилии Грейдане. Участница оперных фестивалей в Парме и Сигулдле. Среди ролей: Донна Анна, Джильда, Сюзанна, Маргарита, Волетта, Маргарита. Свое вокальное мастерство дополняет занятиями у прославленного педагога Маргариты Груздевой. Юлия является постоянным членом жюри многих юношеских вокальных конкурсах, а также вокальным педагогом и музыкальным продюсером студии Антекс (Рига). Среди учеников студенты Латвийской Муз. Академии, Гитис'а, ИСИ в Москве

Артем Сафронов

Артем Сафронов родился в Латвии. В 2004 году он был удостоен Гран-при как лучший вокалист конкурса "Русская культура". В 2009 году с отличием окончил Российскую музыкальную академию имени Гнесиных в классе К. Лисовского. Пел роль Ленского в опере «Евгений Онегин» в Академии оперной студии. В 2009 году стал лауреатом молодежного вокального фестиваля камерной музыки имени Надежды Юрьевны. В 2012 году окончила Московскую государственную консерваторию по специальности «Зураб Соткилава». С 2011 года - солист-стажер в Московском академическом музыкальном театре им. Станиславского и Немировича-Данченко, а с 2013 года - солист в том же театре. В репертуаре певца «Рудольф в опере Богемиан», «Ферандо Опера Коси», «Фанатка дона Отавио», «Дон Отан», «Неморино», «Любовный напиток оперы», сын царя Гвидона, «Опера», «Повесть о царе Салтане», Вальтер фон дер Фоггелиде в «Танхайзере» », Лизандер в опере« Сон в летнюю ночь », Райнер в опере Марии Рилк« Метаморфозы любви »и другие. Артем Сафронов участвует в концертах и различных проектах. Он исполнила вечеринку тенора на мировой премьере сочинения Алексея Курбатова «Кадиш» для тенора, хора и оркестра (2014) и любимую роль в опере Яна Сибелиуса «Богородица в башне» по завершении IV Международного вокального музыкального фестиваля Opera Apriori (2017). Артем Сафронов сотрудничает с Московским камерным оркестром Musica Viva, вокальным ансамблем Intrada и Национальным академическим русским хором имени А. Свешникова.

Lisa Racolta

Boston native, rising Mezzo-Soprano, Elisabeta Racolta, started her performing journey early, appearing before and during her student years in two productions as Cherubino in ‘Le Nozze Di Figaro’, and as the title role and Mercedes in Bizet’s ‘Carmen’ with Mediterranean Opera Studio and Festival under the baton of Leonardo Catalanotto and Emanuele Andrizzi in Italy. She also appeared as Dritte Dame, Dritter Knabe in Die Zauberflote with FAVA William Lewis Mozart Academy in Salzburg, Austria, as Venere in Francesco Cavalli’s ‘L’Egisto’, Mercedes in Bizet’s ‘Carmen’ and Rosalia in Leonard Bernstein’s ‘West Side Story’ concert versions in NEC summer opera festival in Boston. In the beginning of her performing journey in 2014-2016, she performed in Carnegie Hall several times winning early acclaim at International Music, Vocal and Concerto competitions.

An avid recitalist, Elisabeta sung as a guest artist with Music in the Alps Festival in Austria, the Concert Festival Winner’s tours in Portugal, France and Russia, and in Lincoln Center in New York. She is a winner of many voice competitions and award, including the Grand Prix of Rising Stars European competition in Latvia, The Friedrich and Virginia Schorr Memorial Award for Women in Opera and a merit scholarship from the FAVA William Lewis Mozart Academy. In 2021, she won the prestigious National Society of Arts and Letters Shirley Rabb Winston Scholarship in Classical Voice Competition and was a finalist of the National Teachers Association competition as an Emerging Professional.

Elisabeta completed her Bachelor’s Degree in Voice Performance with Opera Emphasis Cum Laude at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee, 2021, and continues her opera training with the Master’s Opera Performance Program at the Butler School of Music in Austin, a student of William Lewis. Her broad repertoire spanning the 16th to 21st centuries includes opera arias, cantatas, oratorio, folk, Zarzuela and art songs in eight languages

Ivars Bezprozvanovs

Was born in 1969 in Liepaja to the musicians' family.
Cello started learning at age 5. The first teacher was a legendary personality - Karl Bunka, the first conductor, cellist, arranger of Liepaja Symphony Orchestra.
By studying in Liepaja, I.Bezporozvanovs has participated in many concerts in the cities of Kurzeme. There are plenty of prizes at Republic-wide competitions. In Liepaja started cooperation with violinist Yuri Savkin, with whoom continues to perform regularly in trio at the Latvian National Opera Beletage Hall and other places in Latvia.
In 1989, he entered the Latvian Academy of Music in Jāzeps Vītols, where he studied prof. Elionor Testeleca class. During the studies participated in the Jāzeps Vītols State Competition - 2nd place, in the International Competition in Chisinau, Moldavia - 2nd place. During the Independence of Latvia in 1992 - at the International Cello Competition in Minsk, Belarus - 2nd place.
Already during the studies, active collaboration with the composer, pianist Pēteris Plakids, who gave an in-depth understanding of the language of music. With P. Plakidis in 1992, Talivaldis Kenin's piece for cello and piano "Talks with the Homeland" on Imanta Zemzara's theme was premiered in Latvia.
In 1991, together with American clarinettist Erik Paul Mandat, a Transatlantic trio was founded, with the O. Mesiāna Quartet "Time to End" in the same year in Latvia with the guest violinist Inese Milzarāja. Followed many concerts in Latvia, USA, Canada, England, etc.
From 1991 to 1994, worked at State Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Toviy Lifšic.
Since 1997, Concertmaster at the Latvian National Opera Orchestra. Since 2003, teacher at Emile Darzins Music School.
Many Latvian and foreign compositions have been recorded in Latvian Radio for a variety of chamber music compositions.
He has had lasting cooperation with the "Birds" vocal group under the guidance of Antra Drege. Many vocal instrumental pieces by Latvian composers have been premiered (Juris Ābols, Indra Riše, Kristaps Pētersons, Mārtiņš Viļums, Valts Pūce and many others).
Significant and especially creative was the collaboration with Canadian Latvian pianist Arturu Ozolins: 2004, 2006 Solo concert in Wagner Hall, Liepaja Piano Stars Festival; 2010 - Concert at the Glenn Gould Hall in Toronto.
Regular stage performers have been pianists Pēteris Plakidis (RIP), Herta Hansen, Aldis Liepiņš, Dzintra Ērliha, Valdis Jancis (RIP), Agnese Egliņa.
Since 2014, often performed in concert with the famous Latvian pianist Liene Circene: six two-part concerts have been played in Liepaja, Kuldiga and Riga.
Mention musicians - think members Uldis Lipskis, Jānis Bulavs, Ilona Meija, with whom together concert programs have been made. The successful collaboration with the concert master Alexei Lundin, violinist, chamber orchestra "Moscow virtuosos", and working in the workshops of the Salacgriva classical music festival. 2012 was in the project of International Center of Talents Demon by Lermontov, director Rustem Galich.

Дайнис Медяник

Дайнис Медяник скрипач, родом из Огре, Латвия. Его первые занятия на скрипке начались с 7 лет. Учился в Юрмальской Музыкальной Школе и далее в муз.школе Эмила Дарзиня . В 2009 получил «Grand При» на международном конкурсе “Восходящие Звёзды” и был награжден участием в фестивале “Copenhagen Summer Festival 2009” (Danmark) В 2011 году поступил в Ганноверскую Музыкальную Консерваторию к всемирно известного профессора Krzysztof Wegrzyn - основателю и генеральному директору конкурса "Internationaler Joseph Joachim Violinwettbewerb Hannover" В 2013 году получил премию как лучший студент мастер-классов в Испании, Авила Награждался регулярно стипендиями как то: “Förderkreis der Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover” и “Musik braucht Freunde”. “The most prominent student of violin in Masterclass Spaincellence 2013 Avila”. “Jugendpreis der Lions Club Cloppenburg”, “Musikpreis der Lions Club Cloppenburg” “Förderkreis der Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover” и “Musik braucht Freunde С 2017 году выступает как солист и концертмейстер, участвует в туре по Китаю с "Philharmonisches Filmorchester Berlin Babelsberg". В 2015 году был награждён стипендией “Live Music Now by Yehudi Menuhin”, что позволяет концертировать по всей Германии. В этом же году стал лауреатом 54. международного конкурса скрипачей “Premio Paganini” в Генуе (Италия), вошел в 6-ку лучших скрипачей мира. В 2016 стипендиат “Gundlach Musikpreis” Дайнис концертировал в Индонезии, Китае, Испании, Англии, Дании, Латвии, Литве, Эстонии, Италии, Франции, Нидерландах, Венеции, Австрии, Швейцарии, а также в разных городах Германии. Как солист выступал с “Kammerorchester des Niedersächsischen Staatstheater Hannover”. “Orchestra della Fondazione Teatro Carlo Felice de Genova”. Брал мастер-классы у всемирно известных профессоров: Петру Мунтяну, Владимир Клочко, Феликс Аендреевский, Марина Кессельман, Маурицио Фукс, Захар Брон. Дайнис играет на скрипке Sebastian Klotz (1782) которую ему присудил Фонд "Stiftung Niedersachsen" Член жюри конкурса "Восходящие Звезды" и постоянный участник проектов, организуемых Международным центром талантов

Alexander Boldachev

Alexander Boldachev is a virtuoso-harpist, composer, exclusive artist of Italian harp house Salvi Harps, initiator of the World Harp Day, founder of the Zurich Harp Festival, co-founder of community “LYUDẎ”. Laureate of more than a dozen prestigious international competitions, including composing competitions; awarded by the “Britain's Brilliant Prodigies”, “Aoyama Music Award” in Kyoto, “Pro Europa” in Austria, presented by Heinz Fischer for high achievements in the field of culture; Fellow of the international foundations Vontobel in Switzerland and Banque Populaire in France, as well as the Russian foundations for the development of young musicians Spivakov, Temirkanov, the Rotary Club and Houses of Music that gave a start to his career. Laureate of the Prix Walo television award in Switzerland.

Plays the harp, piano and writes music from the age of five. Travels with solo concerts around the world, leads master classes at such educational institutions as the Royal Conservatory in Toronto, Juilliard School in New York, Royal Academy in London, Ferenc Liszt Academy in Budapest. In 2018, wrote and performed an electronic harp solo at the FIFA World Cup Opening Ceremony, sharing the stage with Robbie Williams and Aida Garifullina. Performs in such world halls as Carnegie Hall in New York, the Hall of Gaveau in Paris, the Musikverein in Vienna, the Great Hall of the Philharmonic in St. Petersburg, and others, both with solo concerts and in collaboration with many European and Russian orchestras.

Alexander Boldachev is a participant of the festivals Burning Man, Musical Olympus, New Names, Mozart+, Davos and Gstaad in Switzerland, Big Russian Ball in Rome, Bravo Award, SKIF Sergey Kuroyokhin, Burberry and D&G shows, projects of The Moscow and St. Petersburg Houses of Music.

Grigory Kovalevsky

Legendary double bass player.

He received an excellent education at the Moscow State Conservatory, where he studied double bass with Professor Astakhov. Grigory studied cello with Valentin Berlinsky, the founder of the world-famous Borodin Quartet. While studying at the conservatory, he already worked with such famous musicians as Mark Bernes, Muslim Magomayev. After graduating from the conservatory, Grigory passed the competitive selection to the Moscow State Philharmonic Orchestra under the guidance of the outstanding conductor Kirill Kondrashin. Then for 40 years he was a soloist of the Moscow Virtuosos orchestra. In addition, for 20 years he worked as the manager of this team.

The performer has paid particular attention to chamber music, thanks to which he performed with world-famous musicians. So his partners were Richter, Rostropovich, Kissin, Pletnev, Bashmet, Spivakov, Rakhlin, Zukerman, Matsuev, the Borodin Quartet. Grigory Kovalevsky was the first performer of a number of works by Schnittke, Gubaidulina, Shostakovich. Recordings with his participation were released by BMG, Sony classical records, Capriccio.

Currently, he continues an active creative life: he gives concerts and conducts master classes in different countries all around the world.

Mikhail Svetlov (USA)

The distinguished bass Mikhail Svetlov is known for the unique range and beauty of his voice as well as for his outstanding acting ability claimed The New York Times “The evening, indeed, was rich and deep voice..first rate” and La Presse (Monteral): “Mikhail Svetlov was a sensation!”
Mr.Svetlov’s international career began with a successful debut at the Wexford Festival. He is a winner of Viotti International Competition and was nominated for a Grammy award and was also honored with two Telerama Awards on Le Chant du Monde for the world premiere of works by Rakhmaninov . A principal soloist of the legendary Bolshoi Theatre of Moscow and Metropolitan Opera of New York he also has been an acclaimed guest the many of the world’s opera companies, festivals and orchestras having also performed at leading venues such as: Carnegie Hall, Arena di Verona, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Hamburg Staatsoper, Teatro Colón, the Salzburg, Edinburgh, Bregenz, Santa Fe and Britten festivals, Genoa’s Teatro Carlo Felice, New York City Opera, San Diego, Florida Grand operas, Opera de Bellas Artes.
Recent and future engagements include Police Inspector Lady Macbeth for Covent Garden Royal Opera House, Archibaldo L’amore dei tre Re and Il Cieco Iris, Dikoy Katya Kabanova for Opera Holland Park, London, Boris Boris Godunov and Don Basilio Il barbiere di Siviglia Chaliapin Opera Festival in Russia, Stravinsky’s Les Noces with the Orchestra of Santa Cecilia, Rome, Fiesco Simon Boccanegra with Kentucky Opera, Mephistopheles in Faust, Palm Beach Opera.
www.mikhailsvetlov.com