Stars of Albion 2018

Stars of Albion 2018

“Stars of the Albion” international performing arts festival & competition is the annual event which joins young extraordinary talented musicians and dancers from across the world. The project forms a unique bridge connecting different cultures and in particular of Russia and Great Britain. It aims to provide valuable opportunities for young emerging artists to perform, learn, communicate and develop.

The project is organised and promoted by Musica Nova, the International Academy of Music, a unique bilingual establishment in the UK that combines the best of British and Russian principles of teaching. It is held under the Patronage of the World Association of Performing Arts (WAPA) and is supported by the Mission of Rossotrudnichestvo and Embassy of Russian Federation in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

The 5th international performing arts festival & competition “Stars of the Albion. Maslenitsa” will be held on 16 – 18 February 2018 in London. It consists of two Rounds. The first one is based on video recordings (DVD/YouTube). The second Round is opened to the public and is held at the concert hall of Mission of Rossotrudnichestvo in the UK, at the Musica Nova Academy and at the Rudolf Steiner Theatre in Central London. 40 soloists and 15 ensembles/ groups will be selected to come to London to participate in the II round. We expect participants from Great Britain, Russia, Bulgaria, Malta, Latvia, Armenia, Georgia, Ukraine, Portugal, Spain, Greece and Germany to participate in the competition.

Participation in this contest is open to artists from 6 years old with no age limit and is divided between age categories, with two options of participation as amateur or professional performers. All styles and genres can be presented for the competition programme. This year the event will be held during one of the major Russian traditional festival’s called “Maslenitsa”. A valuable prize has been allocated for the best performance of music by a Russian composer and for the best vocal performance in Russian language.

The adjudication panel is comprised of famous musicians, composers, producers and artists, international judges.
& to extraordinary discoveries of the “Stars of the Albion” project!

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