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Moscow hosts int'l contest devoted to Azeri singer Magomayev

23 October 2012 11:13 (UTC+04:00)
Moscow hosts int'l contest devoted to Azeri singer Magomayev

The second International Muslim Magomayev Vocalist Contest dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the great Azerbaijani singer's birth has been held in Moscow, Azerbaijani state news agency AzerTac reported.
On the first day of the contest, People's Actress Tamara Sinyavskaya noted that the contest dedicated to the anniversary of Magomayev was the continuation of his life as "he had not gone anywhere and would always be with us".
Representatives of the US, Russia, Germany, Mongolia, South Korea, Ukraine and Belarus took part in the contest performing the songs of Magomayev.
The winner of the contest was Jenisbek Piyazov. He was honoured with the grand prix award.
The first premium was won by Russian Sergey Plyusin, second by Belarus Anatoly livko, third by Russian Irina Kostina and German Bladimir Boldt.
The contest brought together more than 200 singers.
At the end of the concert well known Azerbaijani singer and composer Emin Agalarov performed his song "My way".

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