MHER MESROPIAN TAKES 5TH PLACE IN YURMALA INTERNATIONAL SONG CONTEST: GEORGIAN DUET "GEORGIA" BECOMES WINNER OF CONTEST
NOYAN TAPAN
JULY 29
In the seventh international contest of young performers of popular
music New Wave – 2008, which was being held in Latvian resort city of
Yurmala, Mher (Mher Mesropian) took the fifth place. The Georgian duet
"Georgia" became the winner of the contest.
Rati Durglishvili and Maka Zambakhidze gained 352 points as a result
of the three contest days and took the first place, surpassing the
other 16 participants from different countries.
The international contest of toung performers New Wave was being held
in Yurmala from July 23. Round 5 thousand claimants took part in the
selective stages, out of which the jury selected 17 performers from
14 countries of the world: from Italy, Canada, Macedonia, Russia (3
participants), Armenia, Belarus, Germany, Israel, Latvia, Georgia,
Finland, the Ukraine (2 participants), Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan.
Russia’s representative Iris took the second place, Italian Alessandro
Ristori took the third place. Latvia’s representative Dons took the
fourth place.
On Monday July 28 the awarding ceremony and the final gala-concert
took place. This year the organizers of the New Wave have enlarged the
prize fund of the contest: now it is 0 thousand. Besides the first,
second, and third prizes, there are also the audience’s sympathy
prize and Alla Pugachova’s prize of thousand.
The international contest of young performers of popular music has
been held in Yurmala since 2002. It’s a completely new international
project which continues the traditions of the contest-festival Yurmala
which has a history of many years and is greatly loved by everyone.
The idea of organizing a new contest not resembling any other held
before in the territory of Russia and CIS countries belongs to
composers Igor Krutoy and Raymond Pauls. The winners of the New Wave
are awarded Crystal Wave prize which represents three uprising waves
of white crystal crowning keys of black crystal.