CHAIRMAN OF THE JURY
SERGEY EKIMOV (St. Petersburg, Russia)
Dean of the Faculty of Composition and Conducting and Artistic director of the Choir of the St. Petersburg State Conservatory named after N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov. Professor of the Russian State Pedagogical University named after A.I. Herzen, Professor of the Academic Choir Department of the Faculty of Arts of the St. Petersburg State Institute of Culture. Artistic director of the Concert Choir of the St. Petersburg State Institute of Culture and the Women’s Choir of the St. Petersburg N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov Music College, artistic director of the International Festival of Choral Art “The Singing World” and the International Competition for Young Choir Conductors (St. Petersburg), member of the Union of Composers of Russia and the Interregional Union of Concert Performers. Member of the Council for Culture of the St. Petersburg Diocese. Winner of the St. Petersburg Government Prize and the Prize of the Metropolitan of St. Petersburg and Ladoga in the field of spiritual culture and art. Laureate of international competitions.
JURY
IGOR MATYUKHOV (St. Petersburg, Russia)
Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Choral Conducting at the Institute of Music, Theater and Choreography, Russian State Pedagogical University named after A.I. Herzen, Professor of the Department of Choral Conducting of the St. Petersburg Conservatory named after N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov, Professor of the Academic Choir Department of the St. Petersburg State Institute of Culture, Honored Artist of the Republic of Belarus, Candidate of Art History, laureate of the St. Petersburg Government Prize.
ALEXANDER ZANORIN (Saratov, Russia)
Rector of the Saratov State Conservatory named after L.V. Sobinov (since 2016) and Professor of the Department of Conducting of the Vocal and Conducting Faculty. Since 1995 – artist of the Saratov Provincial Choral Music Theater, from 1997 to 2003. — theater choirmaster. Since 2003 – choir director and artistic director of the Bishops’ Male Choir of the Saratov Metropolitan. Since 2000 – a teacher at the Saratov State Conservatory named after L.V. Sobinov. From 2009 to 2016 – Head of the Concert department of the Saratov Conservatory. Laureate of All-Russian and international competitions. Organizer and artistic director of different All-Russian and international projects.
IVAN STOLNIKOV (Nizhny Novgorod, Russia)
Associate Professor of the Department of Choral Conducting, Nizhny Novgorod State Conservatory named after M.I. Glinka, Professor of the Department of Academic Choir of the St. Petersburg State Institute of Culture, since 2020 Associate Professor of the Department of Choral Conducting of the St. Petersburg Conservatory named after N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov. Artistic Director and Chief Conductor of the Municipal Chamber Choir «Nizhny Novgorod», Artistic Director and Chief Conductor of the Christmas and Easter Choir concerts. Artistic director of the concerts in Nizhny Novgorod dedicated to the Day of Slavic Written Language and Culture, since 2017 – Chairman of the Nizhny Novgorod branch of the All-Russian Choral Society. Laureate of All-Russian and international competitions.