Picture top – competition winners.

The XIX International Competition & Festival “Vivat, Bayan!” was held in Samara from September 21st to 25th, 2021.

The event incorporated the 2nd Interregional Selection of the XVIII International Competition Sergey Voitenko (picture above left), Deputy of the Samara Provincial Duma and Artistic Director of the competition.

The jury included Friedrich Lips (Chairman of Jury), Evgeniy Afanasyev, Boris Aron, A. Bolshakov, Aleksandr Gataullin, Vladimir Grachev, Sergey Kotkov, Aleksey Maslov, Mark Mayer, Kats Alla Mikhailovna, Vladimir Orlov, Ivan Ovchinnikov, Khmeleva Mariya Petrovna, Yuri Solaev, Andrey Statsenko, Pyotr Tkachenko, Alexander Selivanov, Pavel Ukhanov, Lyudmila Varavina, Sergey Voitenko and Alexander Yurov.

Results:

Junior Variety 1: 1st – Artur Sarvartdinov
Junior Variety 2: 1st – Ivan Kapranov
Senior Classic: 1st – Dmitry Pakhomov
Senior Variety: 1st – Stefan Spasich
Harmony Junior: 1st – Daniil Yudin
Harmony Senior: 1st – Anton Trufanov
Ensembles Variety Junior group: 1st – Bayan duet “Yoldyzchyklar” (Popova Anastasia Olegovna, Khabirova Elina Farusovna)
Ensembles Classics Senior group: 1st – Duet “Fusion” (Savina Ilona Alexandrovna, Ukrainian Nikita Igorevich)
Bayan Mix Junior group: 1st – Duet “Kalinka” Mikhail Khlebnov and Alina Khlebnova
Bayan Mix Senior group: 1st – Shalimov Sergey Yurievich Saratov region, Saratov

Download full result list here: 2021VivatResults.pdf