Photo credit: Mikhail Yasnev and ART13
The 7th International festival and competition of Russian romance songs "European Romansiada" has taken place in Germany. As in previous years, the festival was warmly welcomed by the audience, Alice Kern writes.
The jury was headed by the Honored Artist of Russia and Honored Art Worker of the Russian Federation Galina Preobrazhenskaya.
The ART13 Association for the Support of Young Talents, the LACA e.V. Association for the Support of Education, the Quelle e.V Association for the Support of Peace, Friendship and Tolerance along with Sergey Vasiliev from Kiel and Svetlana Manizer from Copenhagen organized the festival.
The finalists of the competition performed in the Pyotr Tchaikovsky concert hall. Both aspiring singers and prominent performers took part in the competition. The concert was hosted by the president of the festival, Laura Laevskaya.
Photo credit: Mikhail Yasnev and ART13
Natasha Muggeo from Italy received the grand prix. The 15-year-old singer performed a romance song in Russian "Turn away, do not look." She also sang the famous Neapolitan song ''O sole mio'' in Italian.
The 10-year-old Friedrich Schalhorn was especially noted for the performance of Rachmaninov's romance song "Spring Waters" on the verses of Tyutchev.
Alessia Weimer from Hamburg, Ilaria Morini from Italy, Yulia Yasneva and Anna Khotyakova from Hanover, Philip Palferov from Kiel, Sofia Morini from Norcia also received awards.
Russkiy Mir
