Итоги Форте Форум 2025 Results of the Forte Forum 2025

So, dear friends, I am ready to sum up the results of the correspondence round of the Forte Forum 2025. A little bit of statistics: 82 applications in 5 nominations from different regions of Russia: Moscow, St. Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Kazan, Sterlitamak, Muravlenko, Krasnodar, Ramenskoye, Biysk, Verkhnyaya Pyshma, Mozhaisk, Yekaterinburg, Vsevolozhsk, Eremino, Tomsk, Tyumen, Kolomna, and also from Donetsk. I am very glad that the competition has once again a participant from Moldova, that continue to take part, send amazing applications musicians from Armenia, Belarus, USA. I would especially like to highlight the work of teachers from Armenia. Almost half of the applications for pianists are applications from Armenia, which is smaller in territory than Leningrad and Moscow regions. Oh and musical people! Hot, temperamental, fast! Amazing work of teachers! A deep bow, heartfelt thanks for such attention to the Forte Forum competition, thank you from the bottom of my heart! I would like to draw your attention to the fact that winning the first place does not guarantee a spot in the final. All participants in the online round receive a spot, but only those who score the highest points will be selected for the final. These musicians will travel to St. Petersburg in December to participate in the in-person round. According to the competition rules, we will provide accommodation for the participant for all days of the final competition program. What the competition program includes: On December 13, the competition auditions will take place, where the finalists will compete against each other for the title of laureate. Their performances will be evaluated by the in-person jury. On December 14, a gala concert will be held, where all the finalists will participate and the results of the competition auditions will be announced, cash prizes, special prizes and gifts will be awarded. What else the competition program includes – master classes, visits to museums, a friendly buffet for the participants. Before I announce the names of those who have made it to the final, I want to say that the jury's decision is final and cannot be revised. I ask you to accept it in any case, even if you disagree with it internally. And don't get upset! This is just a statement of fact for today, compared to others, and the composition in almost every category is very strong. If anyone needs comments from the jury, please feel free to contact me, and I will provide them. Forte Forum, in my opinion, is the only competition that allows each participant to participate not for their own sake, but for the sake of others, and to experience a different meaning. This meaning is that the strong help the weak, and the weak, our special talents, give us the opportunity to experience Love and Compassion. How to judge this nomination? The level of performance is different for everyone, of course. But this is primarily due to the diagnoses that each participant is burdened with to a greater or lesser extent. That is why I recommend that everyone who listens to them and compares them to each other read their stories, which are available under each video. By the decision of the jury, all participants in the Special Talents nomination receive first place, and each participant will receive a cash prize of 1500 rubles from the donations made by the other participants. Behind every special participant is a special teacher. Not everyone would dare to work with such children, let alone have an entire class. Therefore, I would like to especially highlight Daria Igorevna Shabanova, who submitted 10 applications for the competition this year, who lives and works in Donetsk under difficult conditions, and who created the inclusive orchestra "We Are." We are sending Daria Igorevna a monetary prize of 5000 rubles and we bow deeply. And that's why we decided to invite a teacher, rather than a participant, to the Special Talents final this season. Margarita Konstantinovna Neverova from Biysk, a teacher who works with children with severe diagnoses, is a creative and talented individual who submitted 12 applications this season. We are eager to see you in the final. So, I am ready to announce the names of the finalists: Special Talents - Teacher Margarita Neverova Instrumental Performance Mane Grigoryan Yerevan, Republic of Armenia Elizaveta Muzyka Yekaterinburg Serafim Tsikulaev St. Petersburg Milena Kirichenko Moscow Nadezhda Kharkhevych Baranovichi, Belarus Anna Yakovleva Moscow Ivan Fedotov St. Petersburg Vocal Performance Nicole Troitskaya Kolomna Vasilisa Ershova Kolomna Contemporary Composer Maria Vasilyeva Muravlenko The results of the other participants of the correspondence round of the International Music Competition Forte Forum are under the video, and you can download and view them using the direct link.