Autumn Talents and Talent Suitcase LIVE 2026
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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.
In March 2024, she participated in the
"Grand Virtuozo Music" Awards ceremony in Amsterdam.
In July 2024, she participated in the
"Mozart Grand Virtuozo Music"
Awards ceremony in Salzburg, Austria.
In March 2025 she sang at Carnegie Hall in New York at the "Classical Music Awards Concert".
In June 2025 she was invited to sing leading role of the princess in the opera "Suor Angelica"
by composer Puccini in Prague.
In August 2025 she sang at Tokyo Opera Theatre at the "Classical Music Awards Concert".
Shelly Ben Haim
Graduate of the
Wingate Institute(Netanya) – instructor
in dance fitness,aerobics,
studio classes,
andother disciplines.
European vice-champion
incompetitive ballroom dancing.
Igor Yakovlev is a composer,
singer-songwriter,
six-time international competition winner,
and Grand Prix recipient in the
"Singer-Songwriter" category.
He serves as the artistic director
and conductor of the "Wings"
Choir at the "Wings"
Creative Center and is
a co-organizer of the "Suitcase of Talents"
International Festival.
Gita-Yenta Broidi is a graduate of the
Riga Pedagogical College(Latvia;
early childhood education,
specializing in working
with visually impaired children),
the studio at the
Riga Operetta Theatre(Latvia;
vocal studies),the Šiauliai Art
Academy(Lithuania; sculpture),
and Bar-Ilan University(Israel;
military-medical translation).
A fifteen-time prize-winner at
internationalvocal competitions
(performing songs in Yiddish).
Founder of the ("Wings")
Creative Centerand the
"Suitcase of Talents"
International Festival.
ANATOLY BELY
(ANATOLY VAISMAN)
Honored Artist of Russia (2006).
Actor at the Stanislavsky Theatre since 1998.
Member of the Art Theatre company from 2003 to 2022.
Works at the Gesher Theatre in Tel Aviv (Israel).
* Winner of the "Chaika" Theatre Award
in the "Some Like It Hot" category
(shared with Yevgeny Pisarev) in
2002 for his role in the production
*Explicit Polaroids*.
* Winner of the "Chaika" Theatre Award
in the "Some Like It Hot" category for the role
in the play *Explicit Polaroids*
(shared with Yevgeny Pisarev) in 2002.
* Winner of the "Chaika" Theatre Award
in the "Mask of Zorro" category (Best Actor) and the
"Synchronized Swimming"
category (shared with fellow cast members)
for the play *Captive Spirits* in 2003.
* Winner of the "Chaika" Theatre Award in the
"Mask of Zorro" category (Best Dramatic Role)
and the "Synchronized Swimming" category
(shared with fellow cast members) for the play
*The Pillowman* in 2007.
Recipient of the Oleg Tabakov
Charitable Foundation Award,
alongside the other creators of the production
*The Pillowman* (A.P. Chekhov Moscow Art Theatre;
director Kirill Serebrennikov,
set designer Nikolai Simonov,
and the acting ensemble comprising
Anatoly Bely, Alexey Kravchenko,
Sergey Sosnovsky, and Yuri Chursin),
"for the ability to reveal new possibilities
of the actor's art in exploring the bizarre
twists and turns of the human psyche."
Olga Suima
In 1997, she graduated from the East Siberian State Academy
of Culture and Arts (VSGAKI) and received a
diploma with honors in two specialties:
"Director of Theatrical Performances and Mass Events" and
"Teacher of Specialized Subjects."
Until 2006, she worked as deputy
director and director at the Rassvet Palace of Culture in Ulan-Ude.
She then moved to the position of head of the directing team at the
Department of Culture of the Ulan-Ude City Administration
and concurrently headed the Leisure Center at the
Department of Culture as director.
The Leisure Center under the Department of Culture,
which organized and hosted
all major city events, festivals,
and competitions, and represented the city at the
republican, national, and international levels.
Its track record includes organizing Days of Economy and Culture
in the cities of Ulaanbaatar, Darkhan, and Erdenet,
Hohhot International Festival (Northern China)
Since 2011: Senior Lecturer at VSGAKI, teaching subjects such as Directing,
Screenwriting, Arts Management, Advertising and PR Technologies, etc.
Concurrently: Coordinator of student affairs for the
Institute of Cultural Economics, Management, and Producing,
as well as Chief Administrator
and Deputy Director of the "Phoenix" Concert and Theater Center.
Since 2012: Senior Lecturer at the Tuain branch of VSGAKI;
creator and organizer of professional development courses
for cultural sector specialists, commissioned by the Ministry of Culture.
.of the Republic of Tuva and the Republic of Tuva Tourism Center.
She repatriated to Israel in April 2019, and since 2021—
after moving from Nof HaGalil to Kiryat Yam—she has dedicated herself
to the Theater of Miniatures (Kiryat Yam). She is currently
a leading actress at the theater
and conducts classes in stage movement and choreography.
She creates poetry programs
and hosts literary readings.
Interests: theater, poetry, music, esoterica,
style, color, sound, and the harmony of body and soul.