On November 20-23, 2024, the international two-round art competition “AUTUMN LEAVES - 2024” was held in Odesa. The organizers of the competition were the National Television and Radio Company of Ukraine, the TV program “Zironka”, the E. Gilels Art School No. 1. More than 400 talents from Poland, Hungary, Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, the USA, Italy, Georgia, Mexico, Argentina, China, Moldova and Ukraine took part in the competition. The gala concert and award ceremony took place on November 23 in the Great Hall of the E. Gilels Art School No. 1. The Grand Prix of the competition in the “Vocal” nomination was received by a student of the Faculty of Music and Choreography Education Zhang Bo (class of lecturer Hanna Shpak), the concertmaster - a 2nd year undergraduate student of specialty 025 Musical Art Inna Glushchenko (class of associate professor Olena Novska). The head of the jury in the “Vocal” nomination, Vira Revenko, awarded Zhang Bo with a prize-invitation to participate in the III International Competition named after Mykola Ogrenych and Ivan Ponomarenko “BEL CANTO”.
In the “Instrumental Music” nomination, the laureates of the II prize were Oleksandra Shpakova and the piano duet consisting of Li Lunze and Wu Xiaotung (class of Associate Professor Marina Demidova).
We sincerely congratulate our laureates and their teachers. We wish them creative inspiration for new bright achievements.