Anastasia Poyarkova from Sterlitamac will take part in the contest of young piano-players by S. Rakhmaninov

The pupil of the children’s musical school N1 in Sterlitamac, piano-player Anastasia Poyarkova will take part in the VII international contest of young piano-players by Sergey Rakhmaninov. The creative competition will take place in Great Novgorod, April 26-30, within the frames of the VIII international music fest by Rakhmaninov, which started already today, the informational portal www.tvkultura.ru reports.

The jury of the international contest is headed by the Doctor, art critic, Professor of the Moscow State Conservatory by Peter Tchaikovsky Vladimir Chinaev. It is expected the grand-granddaughter of Sergey Rakhmaninov, the granddaughter of the composer’s elder daughter Irene, the President of the Costa Rika – North American cultural center, a trustee of the International Rakmaninov’s Society (London, the Great Britain) Natalie Xavier Wanamaker will become a honorable member of the contest’ s jury.