Ukrainian violinists reached the semi-finals of the International Competition for Young Musicians in Brussels
Ukrainian Oleksiy Semenenko and Vladislav Luchenko reached the semi-finals of the International Competition for young musicians named Queen Elizabeth, which this year is held in the specialty "violin". This is reported by RIA « News & raquo ;. Results forparticipation in musical competition, which takes place in Brussels from 4 to 30 May, was selected 69 candidates from 20 countries. Russians Anna and Leo Solodovnikov Savkin, involved in the music competition in Brussels, did not pass to the semifinals. International competition of musicians named after Queen Elizabeth is one of the largest and most prestigious in the world. It was first conly in 1937 on the initiative of the Belgian Queen Elizabeth, which itself was the virtuoso violinist. Since 1951 Contest held annually on one of four specialties: violin, piano, solo singing or composition. In 2010 Semenenko ranked third among the 42 violinists from 16 countries at the VI Paganini Competition in Moscow. In theLuchenko same year won second prize at the International Violin Competition Andrea Postacchini in Italy.Source: http://artlife.rv.ua/