The festival “Young Talents of Russia” is under way in Saratov.

The solemn inauguration of the contest took place yesterday and was attended by the Ministry of Culture of the Saratov Region Svetlana Krasnoshchiokova. Within the frames of the festival there will be held a series of creative workshops for talented children, youth and teachers.  The main sponsors of the workshops were OAO Creative School “Master-class”, OAO Saratovneftegas, OAO NK RussNeft and the Department of Culture and Cinema at the administration of Marx municipal District.
“Simultaneous inauguration of these creative projects is not a coincidence. They are aimed at solution of one of the actual tasks set by the president of Russia: building up of an all-national system of searching for and supporting talented children. The government and the Ministry of Culture  pay special attention to development of education in the sphere of culture and art, finding and supporting talented children and creative youth”, - said the head of the department.
28 pupils from art and culture educational institutions of Saratov, Engels, Volsk, Marx, Krasnoarmeisk , Novouzensk, Ivanteyevka (Saratov region) and Kuznetsk (Penza region)  participate in the festival.  Among the events of the festival there will be creative workshops, master-classes, seminars, psychological trainings, collective music-making with orchestras, participation in concerts. Teachers and artists from Moscow, Saint-Petersburg and Saratov  will take part in the work of the festival.