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Crimea Music Fest (Krym Music Fest) is an annual International Music Festival and International Song Contest, which takes place in Yalta ( Crimea, Ukraine). The total prize fund of the contest is USD 200,000. The festival management is located in Kyiv.

Founders of the festival

Festival Art Director is Alla Pugacheva, a singer. General Producer – Valentina Basovskaya, who has been working over Alla Pugachevas Ukrainian projects (musical "Chasing Two Hares" Pugachevas recitals in Ukraine, "Christmas Meeting" in Kyiv in 2009 and others) for a long time. The organizer of the festival is Krymfest LLC.

The first festival (2011)

Held from September 6 till September 10, 2011.

Representatives from 19 different countries of five continents ( Eurasia, Africa, Australia, South America and North America) participated in competition program of the first festival. Participants age limit was from 18 till 30 years old inclusive. Each contestant presented two songs – the first performance was in the ethnic style representing national peculiarities of the contestants native country. The participants represented the world-famous hits during the second performance. The jury chairperson of the contest is Sophia Rotaru, People's Artist of three countries ( Ukraine, Russia, Moldova). Members of the International Jury: co-chairman Valery Leontiev ( Russia), co-chairman Gloria Gaynor (USA), Alexander Bard ( Sweden), Demis Roussos ( Greece), Erol Yaras ( Turkey), Antero Payvalaynen ( Finland).

Grand Prix of the festival and the first prize of USD100, 000 were awarded to Carolina Soto from Chile. The 2nd place won the participant Nikhil D'Souza ( India), the third place jury awarded to the sisters Umara Sinhawansa and Umaria Sinhawansa( Sri Lanka). The Art Director of the festival Alla Pugacheva awarded "Alla`s star" to Rin'Go band ( Kazakhstan).

The second festival (2012)

Scheduled from August 28 till September 1, 2012. The selection of contestants has been on since December 1, 2011. ^[1]

References

External links

• Official site of the contest "Crimea Music Fest"
• News of the festival is on Alla Pugachevas official website
• Pugacheva did extravagated. "Moskovskiy Komsomolets", Moscow
• Pugachova switches on Crimean "Іntervision." "High Castle", Lviv
• Yalta Crimea Music Fest has been considered to be the most peaceful event in 2011
• Details of the Song Contest
• History of the festival "Crimea Music Fest"»