Alexander Shishlo. Ukrainian Oleksiy Semenenko reached the final of the international contest for young musicians Queen Elizabeth, which this year is held on the specialty " violin ", said Last news in the organizing Committee.

in 2010 Semenenko ranked third among 42 violinists of the 16 States of the world competition at the VI Paganini in the capital of Russia.

citizens of Russia Anna Savkina and Lev Solodovnikov, who participated in a music competition in Brussels, were separated at the first stage, not once in the semifinals. Solodovnikov already represented the Russian Federation at the Brussels competition in 2012, he was included in the amount of 24 semi-finalists.

Just to participate in a music contest, which takes place in Brussels From 4 to 30 may, were selected 62 candidates from 20 countries, mainly from South Korea and China.

international competition of musicians Queen Elizabeth is one of the largest and most prestigious in the world. The first time it was held in 1937 on the initiative of the Belgian Queen Elizabeth, who was herself a virtuoso violinist. Since 1951, the competition is held each year at one of the 4 disciplines: violin, piano, solo singing or song.

Young musicians from Russia many times became winners who receive a cash reward of 25 thousand euros.

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