Lovely Summer
Jury
Veronika Khvalevsky Grace - mezzo-soprano opera singer, laureate of international competitions,
conductor, teacher with 25 years of experience, member of the jury of many vocal competitions
and head of the "Harmony" Vocal School - the leading creative group in the city of Jerusalem.
She is organaizer and director of Holy Land Company(International Festivals and Contests of Art and Creativity)
Veronika has participated in many festivals, including the festival dedicated to the visit of Pope John Paul II to Astana,
Kazakhstan. 2001 and the 2003 Young Talents Festival in Seoul, South Korea.
She was seen on the opera stage in such roles as Marcellina in Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro,
Giovanna in Verdi's Rigoletto, Larina in Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin,
Kate in Madame Butterfly by Puccini; and Carmen in Bizet's masterpiece.
Since arriving in Israel in 2005, Ms Grace has performed both locally and abroad.
She has recently appeared in the Tel Aviv opera Sadna and the opera Aeterna in Jerusalem.
She was mentored by famous vocal teachers in Germany and the USA, namely:
John Norris from the New York Metropolitan Opera, Joan Donermann,
Mignon Dunn, Olga Makarina,Emma Sarkisian.
In 2008 she performed with Ranaana Orchestra,
and presented programm of Russian romances of russian famous composers.
In 2009 she gave concerts in Italy, in the theaters "Pergolesi" and "Gentile",
participated in the "Master class at the Teatro Rossini" in Pesaro,
Master class with Placido Domingo in Verona, participated in the festival of sacred music in Rome,
participated at the Opera Festival in Bergamo Italy 2012 at the opera Serenade in the Wind by Finzi as Countess,
and in numerous other vocal competitions and festivals, where she was awarded high prizes and awards.
In 2019 she was invited to the International Opera Project where she performed
at the Bolshoi Theater, on the Pokrovsky stage, in Puccini's opera Suor Angelica as Badesa, Moscow.
In 2021 performed in Concert of winners of "Classical Music Awards Contest" in Carnegie Hall in New York USA.
IRINA LEBEDINSKAYA (Poland - Russia) - Journalist, linguist,
founder of the Cultural Foundation "Benefis", organizer of international festivals,
contests, seminars, workshops and educational programs,
author of the International Culture Caravan Festival&Contest.
She has many certificates and awards in the sphere culture and education.
Permanent member of the artistic board of the theater festival
"Międzyzdrojskie Herody" and "Senior Art Meeting" in Międzyzdroje.
Jury member of many international contests.
Chernoknizhnaya Tatyana , teacher of modern jazz dance, contact improvisation, tap dance and hatha yoga coach, city Dnepropetrovsk.
In 1989 she graduated from the Institute of Physical Culture and Sports, specialization - rhythmic gymnastics, pedagogical faculty.
1987-1991 ballet dancer in the modern ballet studio of Honored Artist of Ukraine O.V. Nikolaev.
1991-2000 ballet dancer, teacher of modern jazz at the school of modern ballet and in the company"Dance Empire International" A.V. Kolmakov (Ukraine, Austria).
Since 2000, joint work with the director-choreographer Papish V.I. over their own dance creative projects in ten countries of the World.
Since 2013, a permanent member of the International Festival "Kaleidoscope of Talents", Poland.
Since 2014, she has been a teacher of jazz-continental dance technique and dance gymnastics at the Teatro-School of Contemporary Dance "Streams" by Elena Budnitskaya, Dnipro, Ukraine.
Participation as a jury member in many international festivals, conducting master classes and creative laboratories.
Dorota Kret Poland-over 30 years of music teacher,vocal coach,jury of many competitions.
Founder of Studio "Piosenki Septyma",initiator and organaizer for 19 years of the
National English Song Contest,Malopolska Competition of Christmas Carols,
Pastorales,Malopolska Festival of Patriotic Greativity.
Her students are laureats of many international and national music festivals.
Decorated with the Silver Cross of Merit in the fieid of culture.
Rossi Yordanova is a Bulgarian musician, piano and vocal teacher,
composer, conductor. She is a member, and also the recommended chairman,
of a number of international juries of prestigious music competitions in Italy, Spain,
Portugal, Armenia, Moldova, Russia, Romania, Serbia, Great Britain, Malta, Slovenia,
Ukraine, Turkey and others. Rossi Yordanova is the director of the Abanico
International Music Competitions, the Sofia Grand Prix and the
Ulpia Serdica Choir festivals. She is the chairman for Bulgaria at the Alliance
of International Festivals (ALFA), and the Alliance's educational activities.
He is also a Certified President of WAPA - Bulgaria /
World Association for the Performing Arts /.
Rossi Yordanova is director in Artschool Studio Music Sofia ,
one of the best studios for piano,guitar,pop,rock,jazz,
soul and gospel music,and for singing in Bulgaria.
More of students participated and won awards at the international festivals,
they have many concerts in the capital Sofia,
participations in TV programms and radio – Eurovision ,
The Voice of Bulgaria,Staracademy,X factor,Music Idol, and ext.
Habilitated teacher of Practice of the music pedagogy at the
National Music Academy "PanchoVladigerov”Sofia Bulgaria
Daniel Pukshansky - theater and film actor,
director, student of Lev Dodin,
worked at MDT - Theater of Europe,
at the "People and Dolls" theater,
Leonid Khait in "Gabim"in
"Teatron Ha-Tzaphon",produced 5 one-man
performances andseveral poetry programs.