Applications for the contest must be sent until August 25.
The capital of Tatarstan will host the “Kazan solgese – Kazan towel festival” festival for the fifth time. This year it will be staged in an online format.
Every year, more than 800 people – solo and ensemble performers of folk song, dance and instrumental genres from different regions of Russia, as well as Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan and Armenia, attend the festival. Among them, there are both talented amateur participants, and professional artists, students and graduates of creative educational institutions.
The V International festival-competition of folk song and dance art “Kazan solgese-Kazan towel” will be held from 28 to 30 August and will end with a gala concert. Applications for the contest must be sent by e-mail until August 25, 2020 to: kazanskoe.polotentse@bk.ru. Detailed information is available in the regulation.
The contestants will be evaluated in four age categories in such categories as folk singing (solo), folk singing (ensemble), folk dance (solo, ensemble), folk instrumental music (solo, ensemble) and folk song and dance ensemble.
The results will be summed up on August 30 on social networks of the Saidash cultural center.
The organizers are the Department of culture of the Executive Committee of Kazan and the Saidash cultural center. Since this year, the “Kazan solgese-Kazan towel” festival is held under the auspices of UNESCO, reports the website of the House of friendship between Peoples.