Spring Rhapsody Online 2024
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.
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".
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.
STRATOS TSICHLAS
Stratos Tsichlas was born and studied Humanities in Thessaloniki.
Since 1985he has been involved with the choral art as a choir president.
In 1994 he founded KORAIS choir, in which he is president until today.
He served as Vice-president in the Federation of Choirs of Greece for 12 years.
Hewas the speaker at the Choir Art Conferences in the cities of Kifisia-Athens,
Corfu, Chios, Xanthi and Tripoli in Greece.
He was the President of the Organizing Committee
of the 6thPanHellenic Conference of Choir Representatives,
held in Thessaloniki in 1997,in collaboration with the Organization
of the European Capital of Culture.He presided in
most of the choir conferences held in Greece.
He has been honored by the XI’ International Conference
of the Humanitarian Medicine held by the Universities
of Milan and Genoa in Italy (1993), by the Social Association
of the residents of the region of Charilaou-Thessaloniki (1998)
and with the medal of the city of Sandanski Bulgaria by the Mayor of the city.
He was responsible for the production and presentation
of cultural programs on the Municipal Radio of Thessaloniki for 13 years.
He is the Founder and the President of the Organizing Committee
of the World Choir Festival on Musicaland he continues being
the President of the Organizing Committee of the
11Festivals that have taken place so far.
Olga Tsipina.
Born on 05/19/1961 in Moscow, Russia.
Field of activity - easel and monumental painting, mosaics, frescoes, stained-glass windows, icons.
Studied 1968-1978 - high school.
1975-1978 - painting and drawing at an art school.
In 1978 she entered the Moscow Polygraphic Institute, the department of graphics and design.
In 1980 she began to work in the genres of easel and monumental painting.
Since 1995 she worked in the icon-painting workshop of St. Alipia, participated in the monumental painting of temples.
In 2007 studied and worked in A. Kornaukhov's mosaic workshop.
She also made stained glass windows. She took part in exhibitions in Russia and abroad.
Since 2009 I have been living in IsraelHer works are in private collections and public buildings in Europe, Russia and Israel and other countries.
Member of the Russian Union of Artists since 2000 (icon painting) and a member of the Union of Russian Artists in Paris (painting) since 2005.
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".
Algirdas Grinkevičius Lithuania
Professional vocal coach Long-term leader of choirs, ensembles and soloists.
Organizer of the international competition for young vocalists "Baltic Voice" .
From 1987 to 1990 he studied at the choreographic school. Kostroma.
From 1990 to 1994, the Empire of Dance School of Contemporary Ballet. A.V. Kolmakova.
From 1995 to 2000 he worked as a dancer-vocalist
in the professional dance company "Dance Empire International" (Ukraine, Austria).
Since 2000 he has been a director-choreographer of ten of his own creative projects.
Since 2013 Member of the International Jury. Teacher of contemporary techniques, jazz,
classical dance, folk dance.International Festival of Creativity "KALEIDOSCOPE OF TALENTS".
Zywiec, Shchytno, Polyanytsya Zdroj. (Poland)
2013-2018 Conducting master + classes and staging dance compositions,
work in the panel of judges in Lithuania May 2018,Dance Theater "Allegro", Collective "Style",
Children's Theater "Golden Key, School" Dancer "holding master classes.
in Dnepropetrovsk,2016 "Aquapark", Tiantzin, Choreographer-director.
"Aquapark", Guyan, (China). Choreographer-director.2015 »“ Odysseo ”Music-Hall
choreographer“ jazz-tap-duo ”(step, juggle) Dijon. France,
2013-2014 “Le Paradis des Sources” Music-Hall,
choreographer “jazz-tap-duo” (step, juggle) Soultzmatt. France,
2012-2013. Dance Impier Internetional, choreographer (Austria-Turkey).2012
Fashion project (show), vocalist in the Cuban band. Delhi, India .
2011 College of Culture, teacher of modern jazz technology.,
Dnepropetrovsk, 2007-2008. Television project "Beautifull Lady 2006",
choreographer, Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine 2006.
"Magic Mountain" Kathmandu, Nepal. Choreographer-programs,
2005 “Paradise Resort Mamura” Alexandria, Egypt.
Choreographer-programs,2004 Events & Entertainment,
Pvt. Ltd. 4-4 Influence House, Zamrudpur Community Center Kailash Colony Extn. Delhi, India.
Choreographer of the program, dancer, vocalist.2001-2003 Millennium 2000 ”Dalian, China.
Choreographer-programs ,
2001 Dance Impire Internetional Artur Kolmakova company dancer, 1995-2001.
"Mini-Mis Universe" its Contestant, won and won the Grand Prix (Tatiana Shapoval). ,
(South Africa) 2002 Championship of Ukraine UFST (in the world IDO system),
his dance group took second place in the modern nomination.
2010 Championship of Ukraine (in the world IDO system) - step. (Solo). First place, Ternopil, Ukraine. 2010
Participation in the World Championship, Riesa, Germany 2010. International festival with my production "Sailors"
Contemporary dance collective "Style-S" won the Grand Prix, Paris, France 2015.
Alexander Mikhailov is a director, theater teacher, professor,
Honored Artist of Russia, laureate of the Fiddler on the Roof Prize
in the Theater nomination of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia in 2014.
He graduated from the Physics and Mathematics Faculty of the Peoples'
Friendship University in Moscow, then the directing faculty of the Kharkiv
State Institute of Arts named after I.P. Kotlyarevsky, passed a director's
internship at the Moscow Academic Theater named after V. Mayakovsky
with the People's Artist of the USSR A.A. Goncharov.
For three decades he worked as the artistic director of the
Oryol State Theater for Children and Youth "Free Space" in Orel,
Russia; as well as the head of acting courses at the Oryol State Institute
of Culture and Art.Stage director of performances in theaters in Russia, Ukraine, USA.
Participant, laureate of international theater festivals in Russia, Ukraine, USA, Spain,
Germany, France, Israel, Turkey, Lithuania, Belarus, Moldova, Cyprus,
Poland, Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia.
In 2017 he immigrated to Israel.
He staged performances in the theater studios of Israel "Nisan Nativ"
and "Beit Zvi", in the Russian-language theaters "Three lines",
Jerusalem, "Tarantas", Jerusalem, "Ladder" Ashdod, "Another Opera" Jerusalem.
Currently he runs the Free Theater Workshop in Jerusalem.
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".
Julia Vega is an artist and teacher.
Works in the areas of monumental and easel painting.
In 1987 she graduated from the painting and pedagogical
department of the Kharkov State Art School.
Upon graduation, she taught at an art school and began
to study the language of monumental painting.
She created several monumental works with an area
of more than 90 sq. m. She repatriated to Israel in
1999 and created an art studio "VEGA",
which she leads today. Lives in Jerusalem
and teaches drawing at the Mofet School.
Member of the Union of Professional Artists of Israel since 2002.
Organized and designed all-Israel exhibitions of children's drawings,
annually from 2001 to 2004 and 2010. Regularly participates in exhibitions in Israel.
In 2004, Julia met with the wonderful artist Khaim Kapchits and began to study and
practice the theory of contemporary art. The creative method is based on meditation,
the information received gives an impulse to create compositions.
The artist attaches special importance to plastic forms,
harmony of colors, rhythms of depths and tone balance.
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.
Evgenia is a pianist, singer, producer, tutor.
As a concert artist she performed extensively,
recorded 2 highly acclaimed CD albums,
was broadcast on major radio and TV channels.
She is a winner of several international piano
and singing competitions and prestigious awards,
such as Gold Franz Kafka Medal for her outstanding
contribution to the world culture and a “Queen’s Award”
from the British Council. She adjudicates at several
international competitions in Great Britain and Europe.
Her students successfully enter exams,
further their education at the
Royal College & Academy of Music,
Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London.
She has created her own methods of teaching piano,
rhythm, sight-reading & singing yoga.
Evgenia works both in classical and contemporary music
genres and is consulting for prestigious labels and producers,
such as Ron Tom (Founder and CEO of Inteligenesis)
- Sugababes, Sinead O’Connor.
Evgenia is a founder and CEO of “Musica Nova”
International Academy of Music and
“Stars of the Albion” international performing arts
competition in London.
Pilishvili George
Honored Worker of Georgian Choreography.
Cavalier of "Order of Excellence" of Georgian Choreography.
"Honorary figure of Georgian culture".
Artistic Director and Chief Ballet-master of
Georgian Youth Folkloric Ballet "Egrisi"
President of the Georgian National Section
(IOV GEORGIA) of the international
organization of folk art IOV.
1985-86 State Folklore Ensemble
"Tbilisi" ballet dancer.
1991-2003 - dancer, tutor, member of the art.
Council of the State Folk Dance Ensemble "Mamuli"
- Ministry of Defense of Georgia.
1995 to date - Georgian Youth Folkloric Ballet "Egrisi"
Since 2001 - Member of the Tbilisi
City Council of the Union of Choreographers of Georgia.
Since 2010 - President of IOV Georgia.
Laureate of many festivals and competitions,
multiple winner of the Grand Prix,
other prizes and state awards.
STRATOS TSICHLAS
Stratos Tsichlas was born and studied Humanities in Thessaloniki.
Since 1985he has been involved with the choral art as a choir president.
In 1994 he founded KORAIS choir, in which he is president until today.
He served as Vice-president in the Federation of Choirs of Greece for 12 years.
Hewas the speaker at the Choir Art Conferences in the cities of Kifisia-Athens,
Corfu, Chios, Xanthi and Tripoli in Greece.
He was the President of the Organizing Committee
of the 6thPanHellenic Conference of Choir Representatives,
held in Thessaloniki in 1997,in collaboration with the Organization
of the European Capital of Culture.He presided in
most of the choir conferences held in Greece.
He has been honored by the XI’ International Conference
of the Humanitarian Medicine held by the Universities
of Milan and Genoa in Italy (1993), by the Social Association
of the residents of the region of Charilaou-Thessaloniki (1998)
and with the medal of the city of Sandanski Bulgaria by the Mayor of the city.
He was responsible for the production and presentation
of cultural programs on the Municipal Radio of Thessaloniki for 13 years.
He is the Founder and the President of the Organizing Committee
of the World Choir Festival on Musicaland he continues being
the President of the Organizing Committee of the
11Festivals that have taken place so far.
Giliomee Jacobs was born in South Africa on the 2nd of June 1976.
He started with Vocal Training at the age of 4 and did my first Corporate
function together with a few other older artists that same year.
Since then he have taken part in various talent competitions and
performed at various shows and functions.
At the age of 13 he helped my mother to organise shows at old age
homes where he usually sang and played the piano and keyboard.
The shows grew bigger and I had to start helping the other younger
performers to get their vocals and choreography in top shape for the shows.
He shared all the knowledge I picked up over the years with them
to make sure that they can give their best.
During all this time I was still getting
vocal coaching myself up to the age of 17.
In his final school year He decided to open my own business
called "The Gemini Music Academy".
He 've been a vocal trainer since.
"The Gemini Music Academy" turned 28 years in 2022.
He've worked with a lot of local South African artists
over the past years and also had lots of my students receive
Medals and Trophies in Talent Competitions.
Meritxell Rodés
Musician, singer, painter, artist
Born in Barcelona, of catalan origin.
She studied Theatrical Arts in England (Colchester)
and music with two distinguished professors Ala Voronkova
(violin) and Tamara Alexeeva (vocal) in Barcelona.
Soloist and flute player of the first Irish band in Barcelona
"Ger the Rigger", singing in English and Gaelic,
touring several cities in Spain and Great Britain.
She started studying russian in 1993 and felt in
love with the language, culture and music of Russia.
She has been awarded in many festivals in Russia and abroad.
Winner of the National Festival in the Kremlin Palace (Moscow)
"Chanson of the Year" "For the popularization of Russian songs in Europe".
"Big Romansiada" Award (Moscow)
"Ambassador of Russian romance".
Her repertoire includes traditional, folklore, shanson,
romances, city romances, Vladimir Vissotsky's songs,
songs of the war years and the URSS.
She sings mainly in russian, spanish, catalan and french,
having translated russian songs into catalan.
She gives many concerts in Europe and Russia,
in where she has been very often congratulated by the
Department of culture in Moscow and various other
administrative, cultural and public organizations of Russia.
Her contribution into friendship and cultural cooperation
between countries is very significant.