The Prize "Resonance" opened the season

Until December 31, 2014, applications were opened for the Resonance Award - a special project designed to support young musical critics and media writing about academic music and music theater.

Authors no over 35 years are invited to participate. The competition involves texts published in licensed media, as well as on the sites of universities, schools, conservatory, in amateur and student publications no earlier than September 1, 2013.

The situation and competitive application can be downloaded on the official page of the Prize "Resonance" . Nominations and amounts of premium payments:

Best critical text:

• Prize of the 1st degree - 150,000 rubles;
• II Award - 75,000 rubles;

• Award III degree - 50,000 rubles.

• An honorary award for a contribution to the development of theatrical and musical criticism-100,000 rubles.

The names of the winners will be announced at the Diaghilev festival - 2015 . The best media will receive an invitation to the festival for two editorial members with reimbursement of road expenses and accommodation. The contestants in the short list of the prize will also be able to become guests of the festival.

The Resonance Prize is a joint project of the Perm Academic Opera and Ballet Theater. P.I. Tchaikovsky and Fund for Support for Art “Camera of Obskura”. The award is awarded for the art of listening to music, to comprehend it and convey its musical impressions to readers.

Jury Chairman 2014-2015 - Ekaterina Biryukova , music critic, editor of the Academic Music section COLTA.RU. The project curators are Anastasia Zubareva and Anna Infantyeva.