The start of the XV Republican radio contest “Malady Talents of Belarus” was announced

The Ministry of Culture and Belteleradiocompany announced the start of the XV Republican creative radio contest “Maladyya Talents of Belarus”, the organizers told the correspondent of the Minsk-Novosti agency.

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The new season is dedicated to the Year of the Belarusian Woman, its motto is “Open Your Individuality!”. The creative competition is held in nine nominations, among which are “Academic Vocals. Soloists”, “Pop Vocals. Soloists”, “Heritage”. Soloists, Legacy. Ensembles, Composer Creativity, as well as four directions of instrumental music for soloists: wind and percussion instruments, folk instruments, string and bow instruments and piano.

Young people aged 10 to 18 years can become participants in the project, however, for the nomination “Academic Vocals”, the age threshold is higher – from 15 to 25 years. The radio contest will traditionally be held in three rounds with a combined format of auditions: along with remote viewing of video performances, face-to-face meetings with jury members are planned in the Big Studio of the Radio House. One of the stages will be the performance of the contestants accompanied by the Belteleradiocompany Symphony Orchestra.

To participate, it is necessary from October 1 to October 20 inclusive to send a package of documents and a video recording of the performance of the work to the email address talentbelarus@gmail.com with the mark “Small talents of Belarus – 2026”. On the contest video, the logo of the Culture channel of the Belarusian Radio must be present in the frame - printed or displayed on the screen of a tablet or phone, but not added with the help of editing. This is a confirmation that the video was recorded specifically for the radio contest. Phone for reference: +375 (29) 609-94-51 (from 9:00 to 18:00).

The course of the radio contest will be widely covered by Belteleradiocompany journalists: a series of reports about participants and review programs on the results of each stage will be released on the waves of Radio Culture. The finale of the project will be a special broadcast with musical numbers of winners and winners of memorable prizes.

The award ceremony will take place at the end of December. The winners will receive diplomas and a unique opportunity to hear their voice on FM waves. The project “Small Talents of Belarus” has been held since 2009, and during this time more than 5 thousand performers and groups took part in it. Since 2013, the winners of the radio contest regularly become fellows of the Special Fund of the President of the Republic of Belarus to support talented youth.