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According to the head of the V-Stella 2023 Organizing Committee Pham Ha My, this is the first piano and vocal competition for Vietnamese in Europe organized by Ha My Academy, in order to find Vietnamese musical talents, preserve and preserve them. keep Vietnamese in the Vietnamese community in the UK and Europe.
At the same time, V-Stella 2023 also aims to spread classical music closer to overseas Vietnamese audiences.
As part of the events to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and the UK, the contest consists of 4 categories: Piano 1 and Vocal 1 for contestants aged 5-12; and piano 2 and vocal 2 are for 13-20 year olds.
To reach the final round live in London, 27 contestants went through two rounds of online competition, in which contestants submitted video clips of their performances for the judges to choose.
The piano jury consists of Dr. Nguyen Anh Tung, Dr. Hsin-I Huang and MSc. Tania Park. The vocal jury consists of singer Jitka Svobodova, MSc Oksana Lepska and MSc Meliza Metzger-Gómez.
In the final round, the contestants will be judged by the jury for their performance on 6 factors: Talent; Prospects; techniques, qualifications; musical performance and artistic personality.
At the end of the contest, the organizers awarded 3 first prizes, 4 second prizes, 5 third prizes and two honors to the contestants of 4 categories.
Head of the Organizing Committee Pham Ha My, founder of Hamy Academy, said that the organizers hope that the contest will create a professional and healthy music playground, honoring and supporting young musical talents, fellow musicians. time preserving traditional culture among generations of young Vietnamese in Europe.
Ms. Ha My said, the contest will continue to be held every two years, creating opportunities for candidates to assess their ability and challenge themselves on the path of professional art pursuits.
Ms. Ha My added that, although it was held for the first time, the quality of contestants in both piano and vocal competitions was very good, especially those in the piano department.
Vocal judge Jitka Svobodova, singer of the National Theater of the Czech Republic, shared that she was really impressed by the talent and performance of the Vietnamese contestants and was very pleased to join the contest jury.
Piano judge Nguyen Anh Tung, Dr. majoring in piano performance, the University of Oregon (USA), also highly appreciated the quality of the candidates, saying that the candidates had prepared well and made great progress in the past 6 months through 3 rounds.
Dr. Tung said that the contest is a playground for young contestants to showcase their talents and train themselves to conquer other challenges in future competitions both in the host country as well as in the European Union. .
The winner of the piano category 2, 14-year-old Hoang Kim Gia Bao, from Hungary, said that she participated in the contest because this is an event that connects the Vietnamese community in Europe and was surprised and honored to win the prize. the highest, especially when the other contestants also played very well.
Pham Minh Nam, Director of Nam&Co., a sponsor of the contest, shared that as a long-time overseas Vietnamese living in the UK, he always wants to see the development and success of the second generation of Vietnamese people. , 3rd in the UK as well as in Europe, while preserving the traditions of the homeland, the country, always remembering the roots.
This is the reason why he sponsors V-Stella 2023, a contest to honor Vietnamese talents while preserving Vietnamese in the overseas Vietnamese community.
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