The Apogee Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the development of human excellence in the performing arts, has provided 33 awards and grants to elite young musicians from four nations at its 2006 international music festival in Odessa.
New York, (PRWEB) October 3, 2006 -- The Apogee Foundation has concluded its first international music festival in Odessa by providing 33 awards and grants to elite young musicians and their instructors. The awards include 17 Excellence Awards, which are based on extraordinary ability and promise of future distinction, 15 Performance Awards, which were based on outstanding performances throughout the course of the festival, and one new Regional Award, a type of award which is designed to assist gifted artists from specific geopolitical regions. Coverage of the festival was broadcast on all national Ukrainian television channels as well as by local and national radio and print media. A thirty minute documentary about the festival is now being produced, which also will soon be broadcast on national TV.
For more background on Apogee's Odessa festival, please see the Foundation's earlier press release: http://www.apogeefoundation.org/awareness/2006-2007/odessa_music_festival.php
The 17 Excellence Awards provided by the Apogee festival jury included 14 Apogee Merit Scholarships for students, two Rising Star Awards for young professionals, and one Achievement Award for a leading instructor. Merit Scholarships are provided to students demonstrating extraordinary ability and promise of future distinction in their fields based on a comprehensive evaluation, and laureates receive monthly stipends as well as career support from Apogee Management. The 14 Merit Scholars named at the festival represent six training institutions located in five cities in three countries (Ukraine, Russia and Moldova): Vladislav Agramakov (piano), Akim Anum-Dorhuso (piano), Arseny Chubachin (cello), Bogdan Dekhtyaruk (trumpet), Simyon Gronik (fluer), Vladimir Kochnev (piano), Alexander Lisuk (cello), Artur Naziullan (clarinet), Sergey Nikituk (piano), Roman Sedovolosiy (violin), Alexei Semenyenko (violin), Yana Sharopanovskaya (violin), Olga Zadorozhnuik, and Malika Zhololova (violin). Two of Apogee's most promising Merit Scholars from the Tchaikovsky Conservatory Music College in Moscow, Arseny Chubachin (cello) and Artur Naziullin (clarinet), also were awarded the Foundation's Rising Star Award for young professionals judged to be rising to the top of their professions. This award carries with it an additional financial grant and professional career support from the Foundation. The festival jury also named Pavel Kupin, an internationally renowned cello professor from the Odessa Conservatory and the Stolyarsky State Music School, as a receipient of Apogee's Achievement Award. Achievement Awards are provided to instructors who have consistently realized the potential of world class performing artists over the course of their careers.
For more information on Apogee's Excellence Award programs, please refer to the Foundation's website: http://www.apogeefoundation.org/awards/excellence.php
In addition to these 17 Excellence Awards, the festival jury provided 15 Performance Awards in recognition of the extraordinary talent demonstrated in the course of the four days of events. Performance Awards are provided based on outstanding cycles of performances at events overseen by the Foundation, and include both international recognition and a one-time grant. The Performance Award recipients selected at the festival included 10 of the above 14 Merit Scholars as well as five additional laureates: Maria Kovalyova (piano and composition), Sergey Maiboroda (violin), Evgeny Popov (bassoon), Alina Steblovskaya (piano), and Yulia Zaporozhets (piano and composition).
For more information on Apogee's Performance Award programs, please refer to the Foundation's website: http://www.apogeefoundation.org/awards/performance.php
At the festival's closing ceremonies, the Foundation announced that it would provide an additional Regional Award, the Belarus Award for Excellence in the Performing Arts, to Sergei Vosalevsky (violin). Apogee's Regional Awards are provided to gifted performing artists from designated geopolitical regions in order to promote local arts training and to offer high potential candidates opportunities for international support and recognition. Vosalevsky was among the most promising young artists invited to participate in the festival based on the rigorous audition process as well as his past record of achievements, but he unfortunately was unable to take part due to his inability to obtain an exit visa from the government of Belarus.
For more information on Apogee's Regional Awards programs, please refer to the Foundation's website: http://www.apogeefoundation.org/awards/regional.php
Apogee's award jury consisted of Apogee President Kenneth Schneider, Stolyarsky State Music School Director and Deputy Director Evgeny Lisuk and Tatyana Markova, Kharkov State Music School Director Tamara Sengukova, and Odessa Conservatory Professor and Head of the Department of Tourism and Culture for the Odessa Province of Ukraine, Yuri Kuznetsov. The festival was underwritten by a generous gift from former Apogee board members Dr. Bernard and Mrs. Marjorie Schneider.
For more information on Apogee's charitable giving programs, please refer to the Foundation's website: http://www.apogeefoundation.org/people/benefactors/giving.php
Yuri Kuznetsov, Head of the Department of Tourism and Culture for the Odessa Province of Ukraine, said: "Odessa is proud to have hosted Apogee's phenomenally successful music festival, which formed a fitting tribute to the region's legendary musical traditions and is an indication of their continued vitality. On behalf Odessa and Ukraine, we welcome Apogee as a partner in continuing these great traditions and look forward to our ongoing collaborations."
Apogee President Kenneth Schneider said: "Odessa is a city of musical legends, and it has been our privilege to become a part of these living traditions of producing elite musical talent. We are deeply grateful to the dozens of musicians who have shared their talents with the world at this event, and thank them for the inspiration they have provided to all of us through their artistic and human excellence."
For the full version of this news release, please see: http://www.apogeefoundation.org/awareness/2006-2007/music_festival_awards.php
About The Apogee Foundation ®
Now concluding its tenth year of operations, Apogee is a nonprofit corporation dedicated to the development of human excellence in the performing arts. The Foundation provides administrative, promotional, and financial support to help talented individuals achieve their full potential, and to showcase this potential on the world stage.
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