Wednesday, February 07, 2007
Krasnoyarsk hosts "Live by Music!" contest to struggle against AIDS
An elimination contest of "Live by Music!" will take place in Krasnoyarsk to draw attention of people to the struggle against HIV/AIDS. Young singers take part in the project led by "Ruki Vverkh" (Hands Up) pop group soloist Sergey Zhukov.
Young people aged between 16 and 25 are admitted for participation in the contest of songs written by themselves. Sergey Zhukov marked "the search of a singer to personify a representative of healthy youth by his or her singing" as the main objective of the contest. According to him, "All the participants will have trainings on HIV/AIDS problems to get an insight into the contest atmosphere".
Krasnoyarsk Territory AIDS Center head Lyudmila Ruzaeva said, "Towns that are participating in "The Globe" international contest" were chosen for the contest. There is Saint-Petersburg, Ulan-Ude, and Krasnoyarsk among the ones receiving medicines for HIV treatment. Lyudmila Ruzaeva noted such contests are of great importance for AIDS prevention and decreasing the epidemic growth.
The festival organizers told "Live by Music" covers ten Russian towns: Saint-Petersburg, Nizhniy Novgorod, Kazan, Krasnoyarsk, Tver, Vologda, Tomsk, Pskov, Ulan-Ude, and Orenburg. The winners will compete at the semifinal in Tomsk, where they will sign along with famous Russian pop stars.
"Live by Music" winner will sing his or her song at Saint-Petersburg gala concert on March 8, 2007. The prize is a chance to record the song in Moscow professional studio and to make a music video.
Young people aged between 16 and 25 are admitted for participation in the contest of songs written by themselves. Sergey Zhukov marked "the search of a singer to personify a representative of healthy youth by his or her singing" as the main objective of the contest. According to him, "All the participants will have trainings on HIV/AIDS problems to get an insight into the contest atmosphere".
Krasnoyarsk Territory AIDS Center head Lyudmila Ruzaeva said, "Towns that are participating in "The Globe" international contest" were chosen for the contest. There is Saint-Petersburg, Ulan-Ude, and Krasnoyarsk among the ones receiving medicines for HIV treatment. Lyudmila Ruzaeva noted such contests are of great importance for AIDS prevention and decreasing the epidemic growth.
The festival organizers told "Live by Music" covers ten Russian towns: Saint-Petersburg, Nizhniy Novgorod, Kazan, Krasnoyarsk, Tver, Vologda, Tomsk, Pskov, Ulan-Ude, and Orenburg. The winners will compete at the semifinal in Tomsk, where they will sign along with famous Russian pop stars."Live by Music" winner will sing his or her song at Saint-Petersburg gala concert on March 8, 2007. The prize is a chance to record the song in Moscow professional studio and to make a music video.
