Talented young people from Kazakhstan won prizes at the 13th International Contest-Festival in Riga

On December 6-9, 2024, the 13th International Competition-Festival of Young Vocalists ‘Riga Symphony - 2024’ took place in Riga, the capital of the Republic of Latvia. The Festival was attended by about 200 young vocalists aged 5 to 25 from 25 countries of the world.

Young and talented performers from the Republic of Kazakhstan have repeatedly become winners and prize-winners of this prestigious song festival. This year our country was represented at the Festival by five young talents aged from 7 to 18 years old. Besides, in jury of competition Kazakhstan was represented by Director of Aktobe regional philharmonic named after G.Zhubanova Dina Niyazova and honoured worker of the Republic of Kazakhstan Marat Aitimov.

The worthy performance of the Kazakhstanis showed the results of the competition, according to which our children received two grand prizes in the nomination ‘Festival Winner’ and ‘Folk Music’, as well as three first places in various nominations and 5 gold medals of the laureate.

At the end of the competition, Kazakhstan's Ambassador to Latvia Dauren Karipov congratulated our winners and expressed his gratitude for their contribution to the popularization of Kazakh culture.