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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.
Dmitry Mrikotenko was born in Tbilisi on April 19, 1970.
The first work on the professional stage was the role of Bachana the boy,
played at the age of 10, in the play "The Law of Eternity",
based on the novel by N. Dumbadze, at the Tbilisi Russian Drama Theater. A.S. Griboyedov.
After graduating from the Tbilisi Theater Institute. S. Rustaveli, served in the drama theater.
From 1995 to 2006 he created revue performances "Odessa Courtyards", "Wandering Stars",
"Jester with You", "Both Laughter and Sin", touring the cities of Russia, USA, Germany,
Czech Republic, Israel. At the same time, he taught acting at theater schools in Tel Aviv, Chicago, Prague.
Since 2006, he regularly took part in the television programs "Laughing is Permitted",
"Laughter with Home Delivery", "Humor Club", "Good Evening, Moscow" on the channels
"Russia" and "TVC", in 2007-2011 he was the artistic director and the host of the festival
"Chanson Zone" in Jurmala, concert and anniversary programs in the concert hall "Russia",
"Luzhniki", the hall. Tchaikovsky, Moscow Variety Theater.
In 2006, at the invitation of Mosconcert, he headed the concert and festival department
of this renowned concert organization. Programs and shows created by D. Mrikotenko
(director - Honored Artist of Russia V. Pasynkov) with the participation of Russian pop stars
I. Kobzon, L. Zykina L. Dolina, G. Leps, I. Alegrova,
T. Gverdtsiteli and others. the visiting card of "Mosconcert".
Viktoria Katt (Estonia)
Sculptor, artist, performer of copyright songs, composer,
art director of the creative team "VJUNEL STUUDIO".
Finalist of the "HIT PARADE" project on the radio
"Voices of the Planet" and the winner of the "TOP HIT"
project on the radio "Unknown Genius",
organizer of the international festivals "TALLINNA GOLD CHANSON"
& "TALLINNA GOLD MIX", a member of the Union of Authors of Estonia
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.
Baykenova-Chukanbaeva Gulsina Garifzhanovna
Frunze Choreographic School
Specialty - "Ballet dancer"
South Kazakhstan Humanitarian University named afterAuezova
Specialty - cultural and leisure work and the organization of artistic creativity
Qualification - Manager-leader of the dance group"
State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater. K. Moldybaya.
Chelyabinsk Academic Opera and Ballet Theater Glinka State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater.
Abay State Classical Dance Ensemble led by People's Artist of the Republic of Kazakhstan Bulat Ayukhanov. Student SKSU them. M.Auezova Atyrau regional youth ensemble "Atyrau"Position - choreographer-director.
She opened the first ballet studio in Atyrau, where she is the director.
Regional Philharmonic named after N. Zhantorin (Atyrau)Position - chief choreographer of the choreographic ensemble.Regional Drama Theater.
MakhambetPosition - chief choreographer Small Academy of Arts named after N. Tlendieva for gifted children.Position - teacher-choreographer of classical dance.
Laureate of international festivals and competitions of choreographic art (Czech Republic, Hungary, Bulgaria, Turkey, Poland, Germany, China, Russia, UAE)2004-2020 - is the head of the ethnocultural
association of Tatars and Bashkirs "Tatulyk" of the Atyrau region. Member of the Assembly of the People of Kazakhstan.
She was awarded the medal "Guest of Honor of Russia" (Moscow), the Gold Medal of the Assembly of the People of Kazakhstan "Birlik" - "Unity", as well as the State Medal of the Republic of Kazakhstan "20 Years of Independence", the Jubilee Medal of the Regional Philharmonic Society. N. Zhantorina, jubilee medal "25 years of maslikhats of the Republic of Kazakhstan".
In 2012 she was awarded a medal and an honorary badge of the international encyclopedia "The Best People" (Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Kazakhstan).
In 2013 she was awarded the Patron of the Year medal.
She was marked with letters of thanks and letters of gratitude from the akim of the Atyrau region, the city, the political party "Nur Otan", the Assembly of the People of Kazakhstan, as well as a letter of thanks from the World Congress of Tatars (Kazan).
Conducts charity concerts, performances for orphans, nursing homes and homes for the disabled.He is the chief director-choreographer of city,
regional, republican mass events in the Atyrau region.
He actively cooperates with people with disabilities.
He is the first founder of a dance theater for people with disabilities in Atyrau.