The Fifth Alexander Kastalsky International Competition of Choral Writing

The Winners of the Fifth Alexander Kastalsky International Competition of Choral Writing

Group ‘A’:
Students of Specialized Institutions of Music Education

Category One: Secular Piece for Choir a cappella

Grand Prix: Maxim Solovyov (Russia)
First Position: Mikhail Gutorov (Russia)
Second Position: Yelisei Chashchin (Russia)
Third Position: Dmitry Bazhenov (Russia)

Category Two: Folksong Adaptation for Choir

First Position: Maria Ladygina (Russia)
Second Positions: Nejip-Baras Kudjba (Abkhazia), Eugene Shafranov (Ukraine)
Third Positions: Xenia Lebedeva (Russia), Sofia Goryacheva (Russia)

Category Three: Arrangement for Mixed Choir

First Position: Olga Maslennikova (Russia)
Second Position: Tatiana Chashchina (Russia)
Third Positions: Alexander Mironov (Russia), Anastasia Mirolyubova (Russia)

Category Four: Sacred Piece for Choir

First Position: Vladislav Shevchenko (Russia)
Second Positions: Dmitry Vasin (Russia), Ilya Shapkin (Russia)
Third Position: Konstantin Lavrenov (Russia)

Group ‘B’: Professional Musicians

Category One: Secular Piece for Choir a cappella

First Position: Danil Lukin (Russia)
Second Positions: Polina Ivanova (Russia), Sergey Markov (Russia)
Third Position: Maria Kislitsina (Russia)

Category Two: Folksong Adaptation for Choir

First Position: Viktoria Agababova (Russia)
Second Position: Margarita Neklyudova (Russia)
Third Position: Eugenia Smirnova (Russia)

Category Three: Arrangement for Mixed Choir

First Position: Valentina Makarova (Russia)
Second Position: Ruben Martirosyan (Russia)
Third Position: Violetta Cherdantseva (Russia)

Category Four: Sacred Piece for Choir

First Position: Artyom Semyonov (Russia)
Second Position: Artyom Nazarov (Russia)
Third Position: Pavel Pimurzin (Russia)

Congratulations to the winners!

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List of Abbreviations and Contractions Used in These Regulations

1. “5^th CCW,” or “the 5^th Competition of Choral Writing”: the Fifth Alexander Kastalsky International Competition of Choral Writing in 2023.
2. “ACA”: Russia’s Viktor Popov Academy of Choral Art.
3. “ADC”: Artistic Director and Conductor.
4. “ADPC”: Artistic Director and Principal Conductor.
5. “CCAP”: TMSC’s Center for Coordinating Artistic Projects.
6. “CCD”: Choral Conducting Department.
7. “CCW of TMSC”: Alexander Kastalsky International Competition of Choral Writing founded by Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory.
8. “CMC”: the Chime Men’s Cappella (Nizhny Novgorod).
9. “Co-Founders”: the four co-founders of the 5^th CCW, mentioned both jointly and severally (depending
   on the context).
10. “COGPTC”: TMSC’s Center for Organizing Its Graduates’ Practical Training and Careers.
11. “Consolidated Choir”: a combined group of singers to be gathered from the Founder’s and two Co-Founders’ educational institutions, participating in the Final Concert.
12. “DFCSE”: Department of Festivals, Competitions and Special Events of TMSC’s CCAP.
13. “DIA”: TMSC’s Department of International Affairs.
14. “Final Concert”: the concert on 22 September 2023 at 14:00 in TMSC’s Great Hall with participation
    of the Consolidated Choir and the Grand-prix Winner and/or Laureates of the 5^th CCW.
15. “Founder” or “TMSC”: Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory.
16. “FSOCC”: TMSC’s Faculty of Symphony Orchestra and Choral Conducting.
17. “Grand Prix”: one and the only grand prize to be awarded at the 5^th CCW.
18. “Grand-prix Winner”: one and the only grand-prize winner of the 5^th CCW.
19. “HAW”: Honored Art Worker.
20. “HCWR”: Honored Culture Worker of Russia.
21. “HWHPER”: Honored Worker of the Higher Professional Education of Russia.
22. “Jury Team”: members of the Jury of the 5^th CCW.
23. “Laureate”: a winner of any of the 24 prizes at the 5^th CCW, except for the Grand Prix.
24. “MAR”: Merited Artist of Russia.
25. “MSIM”: Alfred Schnittke Moscow State Institute of Music.
26. “MTD”: Music Theory Department.
27. “NNSC”: Mikhail Glinka Nizhny Novgorod State Conservatory.
28. “Organizing Committee”: the Organizing Committee of the 5^th CCW.
29. “PAR”: People’s Artist of Russia.
30. “Pieces”: any composed and/or adapted/arranged pieces submitted by the applicants to the Working Group, including the audio recording, the score and the parts of each.
31. “RAM”: Russia’s Gnessins Academy of Music.
32. “RCS”: Russia’s Choral Society.
33. “RUC”: Russia’s Union of Composers.
34. “SPbSC”: Rimsky-Korsakov St. Petersburg State Conservatory.
35. “SPbSIC”: St. Petersburg State Institute of Culture.
36. “SUCTCI”: State University of Chemistry and Technology of the City of Ivanovo.
37. “TMSC” or “the Founder”: Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory.
38. “VRTGA”: Vice-Rector for Teaching and Guiding Activities.
39. “Working Group”: the group of TMSC’s FSOCC employees responsible for the organizing and holding
    of the 5^th CCW in 2023.

1. General Provisions

1.1. The full official name of the competition is The Fifth Alexander Kastalsky International Competition
of Choral Writing (hereinafter to be referred to as “the 5^th Competition of Choral Writing,” briefly “the 5^th CCW”).

1.2. The Founder of the Alexander Kastalsky International Competition of Choral Writing (briefly “the CCW
of TMSC”) is Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory (briefly either “the Founder” or “TMSC”).
The Co-Founders of the 5^th CCW are:

• 1.2.1. Viktor Popov Academy of Choral Art (briefly “the ACA”);
• 1.2.2. Alfred Schnittke Moscow State Institute of Music (briefly “the MSIM”);
• 1.2.3. Mikhail Glinka Nizhny Novgorod State Conservatory (briefly “the NNSC”);
• 1.2.4. Rimsky-Korsakov Saint Petersburg State Conservatory (briefly “the SPbSC”).

1.3. The DFCSE of TMSC’s CCAP (see clause 8.1) undertakes general control over the holding of the 5^th CCW and the coordinating of all matters with regard to the event.

1.4. The Working Group on the organizing and holding of the 5th CCW (see clause 8.2) consists of the employees
of TMSC’s FSOCC who are appointed by the Organizing Committee (see Article 2) specifically for this purpose. The Working Group is headed by the Executive Director of the 5^th CCW (see clause 3.8.4).

1.5. The 5^th CCW is held from 1 June to 22 September 2023 inclusive. The working languages of the 5^th CCW are Russian and English only.

1.6. Nouns and/or pronouns used in clauses 4.5, 5.6, 6.4 and 7.4 of these Regulations may and are to be understood in both the singular and the plural, as appropriate to the context.

2. The Organizing Committee of the 5^th Competition of Choral Writing:

• (1) Prof. Alexander Sokolov, D.A.: Acting Rector of TMSC, Chairman of TMSC’s Board of Trustees and Academic Board, lecturer at TMSC’s MTD, HAW of Russia, — Chairman of the Organizing Committee;
• (2) Prof. Konstantin Zenkin, D.A.: Vice-Rector for the Research and Morale Building Activities of TMSC, Chairman of the Council for Editorial and Publishing Activities of TMSC, Chairman of the Thesis Board of TMSC, member of the Council for Teaching and Guiding Activities of TMSC, Chief Editor of the Journal of Moscow Conservatory, lecturer at the Foreign Music History Department of TMSC;
• (3) Assc. Prof. Margarita Karatygina, PhD in Art Studies: Head of TMSC’s DIA, Head of TMSC’s Scholarly and Art Center World Music Cultures, lecturer at the MTD of TMSC;
• (4) Mr. Vitaly Katkov: Vice-Rector for the Concert Activities of TMSC, HCWR;
• (5) Mrs. Natalia Kobets: Head of TMSC’s Finance Department, TMSC’s Chief Accountant;
• (6) Dr. Oleg Liang, PhD in Engineering: Vice-Rector for the Estates and Buildings of TMSC, Honored and Merited Builder of Russia, Honored Worker of the City of Moscow;
• (7) Prof. Nikolai Tarasevich, D.A.: VRTGA of TMSC, lecturer at the MTD of TMSC, HCWR;
• (8) Mrs. Xenia Bonduryanskaya: Head of TMSC’s CCAP;
• (9) Ms. Irina Gor'kova: Head of TMSC’s Department of Information Policy and Advertising;
• (10) Ms. Tatiana Zadorozhnaya: Head of the Multifunctional Work-study Center for Sound Recording and Sound Engineering of TMSC;
• (11) Mr. Grigory Korolev: Manager of the DFCSE of TMSC’s CCAP, ADPC of the Korolëv Chamber Orchestra;
• (12) Mr. Dmitry Gorbatov: translator of TMSC’s DIA, editor of the English part of TMSC’s website, bachelor’s degree in choral conducting, master’s degree in composition (USA), member of RUC;
• (13) Prof. Alexander Solovyev: Acting Rector of the ACA, Dean of the Office for Foreign Students’ Affairs of TMSC, ADC of TMSC’s Chamber Choir, lecturer at the CCD of TMSC, member of RUC, — Deputy Chairman
  of the Organizing Committee;
• (14) Prof. Eduard Fertelmeister: President of the NNSC, Deputy Chairman of the Nizhny Novgorod Composers’ Regional Organization, PAR;
• (15) Prof. Yuri Gurevich: Rector of the NNSC, — Deputy Chairman of the Organizing Committee;
• (16) Prof. Alexei Vassiliev: Rector of the SPbSC, MAR, — Deputy Chairman of the Organizing Committee;
• (17) Prof. Lev Pankratov: lecturer at the NNSC’s CCD, MAR, member of RUC, — Executive Director
  of the 5^th CCW;
• (18) Prof. Bettina Gray: lecturer at the University of California, Berkeley (USA).

3. The Jury Team of the 5^th Competition of Choral Writing

3.1. Members of the Jury Team of the 5^th CCW (briefly “the Jury Team”) are appointed by the Organizing Committee.

3.2. All members of the Jury Team, including the chairman and his deputies, perform their duties on a pro bono basis exclusively.

3.3. Members of the Jury Team evaluate the competitors’ scores and audio recordings remotely by way of forwarding the evaluation sheets to the Working Group’s official e-mail address in due time (see clause 8.2).

3.4. None of the members of the Organizing Committee and/or the Jury Team, including both chairmen and all their deputies, may undertake any direct or indirect actions aiming to disclose an authorship of the Pieces (see clauses 6.2 and 6.4).

3.5. All decisions of the Jury Team are final and irrevocable.

3.6. No member of the Organizing Committee and/or the Jury Team, including both chairmen and all their deputies, may vote for any competitors who officially have been/were his/her students during the three years immediately preceding the 5^th CCW. Should such a case take place, the respective member of both/either the Organizing Committee and/or the Jury Team must notify the Working Group thereon in writing prior to the beginning
of the auditions.

3.7. The Jury Team may, at their own discretion, for any category in any group of the competitors (see clause 4.1), award:

• 3.7.1. not all prize-winning positions among the announced 25 ones;
• 3.7.2. one prize-winning position to several competitors;
• 3.7.3. one and the only Grand Prix to the best competitor;
• 3.7.4. any other special prizes (see clause 4.6).

3.8. Members of the Jury Team:

• (1) Prof. Lev Kontorovich: Acting Head of TMSC’s CCD, ADPC of the Academic Large Choir Virtuosi of Choral Singing as part of Russia’s State Music Radio and TV Center, PAR, — Chairman of the Jury Team;
• (2) Prof. Sergei Ekimov: Dean of the SPbSC’s Faculty of Composition and Conducting; ADC of the SPbSC’s Choir, of the SPbSIC’s Concert Choir, and of the Women’s Choir of Rimsky-Korsakov St. Petersburg Music College; member of RUC and of the St. Petersburg Concert Workers’ Union, — Deputy Chairman of the Jury Team;
• (3) Prof. Nikolai Pokrovsky: Head of the NNSC’s CCD, — Deputy Chairman of the Jury Team;
• (4) Prof. Lev Pankratov: lecturer at the NNSC’s CCD, ADC of the CMC, MAR, member of RUC, — Executive Director of the 5^th CCW;
• (5) Mr. Evgeny Bobrov: Honorary Professor of the SUCTCI, ADPC of the Chamber Choir of the Sheremetev Center as part of the SUCTCI, Chairman of the Interregional Center for Russia’s Choral Art, Chairman
  of the Board of Auditors of RCS, HWHPER, HCWR;
• (6) Prof. Natalia Buyanova, Doctor of Education: VRTGA of the MSIM, Head of the MSIM’s CCD;
• (7) Assc. Prof. Alexei Gavdush: lecturer at the ACA’s CCD, Chairman of the Commission for the Cycle
  of Academic Courses on the Choral Conducting Specialty of Alexander Sveshnikov Choral Music College
  as part of the ACA;
• (8) Prof. Bettina Gray: lecturer on music theory, counterpoint, orchestration, choral and instrumental composition at the University of California, Berkeley (USA); member of the International Association of Female Musicians, of the USA New Music Association, and of the American Composers’ Forum; permanent guest composer for the Slavyanka Russian Choir (San Francisco);
• (9) Prof. Vadim Durandin: lecturer at the NNSC’s CCD, Choirmaster of the CMC, Director of the Symphony Orchestra of Mily Balakirev Nizhny Novgorod Music College;
• (10) Senior Deacon Alexander Kedrov: Arch-Chanter of the Saint Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Paris;
• (11) Prof. Valery Kiktá: lecturer at the Composition Department of TMSC, Secretary of RUC, HAW of Russia;
• (12) Prof. Boris Markus: Dean of the NNSC, ADC of the NNSC’s Choir;
• (13) Prof. Igor Matyukhov: Head of the ССD of the Institute of Music, Theater and Choreography as part
  of Russia’s Alexander Herzen State University of Pedagogy; lecturer at the SPbSC’s CCD; HAW of the Republic
  of Belarus;
• (14) Assc. Prof. Sergei Movchan: lecturer on choral arrangement at the CCD of TMSC, Senior Researcher
  of the Moscow Conservatory Publishing Center;
• (15) Prof. Dmitry Onegin: lecturer at RAM’s and the MSIM’s CCDs, ADC of the MSIM’s Choir, HWHPER;
• (16) Prof. Sergei Pleshak: lecturer at the SPbSC’s CCD, member of RUC;
• (17) Prof. Alexei Rudnevsky: Acting Dean of TMSC’s FSOCC, lecturer at the CCD of TMSC, ADC of the TMSC Students’ Choir and of the Kastalsky Men’s Choir (Moscow);
• (18) Prof. Sergei Smirnov: lecturer at the NNSC’s CCD, ADC of the Rebirth Youth Choir (Nizhny Novgorod), HCWR;
• (19) Prof. Alexander Solovyev: Acting Rector of the ACA, Dean of the Office for Foreign Students’ Affairs
  of TMSC, ADC of TMSC’s Chamber Choir, lecturer at the CCD of TMSC, member of RUC;
• (20) Prof. Ivan Stol'nikov: lecturer at the NNSC, SPbSC, and SPbSIC; ADC of the Nizhny Novgorod Municipal Chamber Choir; Chairman of the Nizhny Novgorod Branch of RCS;
• (21) Mr. Sergei Terent'yev: lecturer at the CCD of TMSC, Curriculum Coordinator of TMSC’s FSOCC, ADC
  of TMSC’s TerminuS vocal ensemble;
• (22) Assc. Prof. Yulia Tikhonova, PhD in Art Studies: lecturer at the CCD of TMSC, ADC of the Children’s Choir of TMSC’s COGPTC, member of RUC;
• (23) Assc. Prof. Nadezhda Filatova, PhD in Art Studies: lecturer at the CCD of RAM, member
  of the Contemporary Tradition Music Association as part of the Moscow Composers’ Union;
• (24) Prof. Denis Khramov, PhD in Art Studies: Head of the ACA’s CCD, Honored Culture Worker of the City
  of Moscow;
• (25) Ms. Sara Cincarević: ADC of the Branko Church Singing Society, AD of the International Sacred Music Festival in the City of Niš (Serbia);
• (26) Mr. Andrei Chernetsov: lecturer at the MSIM, ADC of the Shrine Academic Choir and of the Eaglets Boys’ Choral Cappella in Zelenograd (Moscow), HCWR, Merited Worker of Moscow’s Music Society;
• (27) Prof. Dorina Iușcă, PhD in Art Psychology: lecturer at Romania’s George Enescu National University
  of Arts (City of Iași), ADC of the Aletheia Choir.

4. The Prize-winning Positions To Be Awarded at the 5^th Competition of Choral Writing

4.1. The Jury Team of the 5^th CCW awards twenty-five prize-winning positions without monetary remuneration: three ones in each category for both groups (see clauses 5.3.1 and 5.3.2), as well as one and the only Grand Prix.

• 4.1.1. The competitor who deserves the Grand Prix gets the title of the Grand-prix Winner of the 5^th CCW.
• 4.1.2. The competitors who deserve any other prize-winning positions other than the Grand Prix get the titles of the Laureates of the 5^th CCW, provided that:
• 4.1.3. the first prize-winning positions get the titles of the winners of the 5^th CCW;
• 4.1.4. both second and third prize-winning positions get the titles of the awardees of the 5^th CCW.

4.2. The Pieces composed/adapted/arranged by both/either the Grand-prix Winner and/or the Laureates will be performed by both/either the Consolidated Choir of the 5^th CCW (see clauses 1.2 and 4.3) and/or the Children’s Choir of TMSC’s COGPTC at the Final Concert on 22 September 2023 at 14:00 in TMSC’s Great Hall. Both/either the Grand-prix Winner and/or the Laureates will conduct their Pieces at the Final Concert.

4.3.1. The Consolidated Choir will be formed from the choral groups of the Founder and the Co-Founders as follows: (1) 22 singers from TMSC; (2) 20 singers from the ACA; (3) 24 singers from the MSIM.
4.3.2. The Working Group assumes that the distribution of the singers in their quantities over the choral parts will be as proportionate as possible: in other words, the permitted disproportion is to be limited to no fewer than five singers for any of the four parts from each of the three institutions (see clause 4.3.1).

4.4. The program of the Final Concert and the order of performing the Pieces by both/either the Grand-prix Winner and/or the Laureates will be compiled with consideration of the Jury Team’s collective opinion.

4.5. In the event both/either the Grand-prix Winner and/or any Laureate cannot, or refuses to, participate
in the Final Concert, his/her Piece is to be excluded from its program. Should such a case take place, members
of the Jury Team proceed with their additional anonymous vote in order to make a decision that such a Piece be substituted with a Piece composed/adapted/arranged by another Laureate.

4.6. Upon the Working Group’s consent, public organizations, foundations, mass media and/or individuals may establish any additional prizes, awards and/or gifts for the competitors. Decisions to award any special prizes and/or gifts will be made by the Jury Team.

5. Procedure for Holding the 5^th Competition of Choral Writing

5.1. Both students of specialized institutions of music education and professional musicians who are not younger than 16 but younger than 31 years as of 1 June 2023 may participate in the 5^th CCW.

5.2. Neither the Laureates nor the Grand-prix Winner of the 4^th CCW in 2021 may participate in the 5^th CCW
in 2023, regardless of both the category and the group.

5.3. The 5^th CCW is held in four categories for two groups of the competitors.

• 5.3.1. The groups are as follows:
  • A. Students of Specialized Institutions of Music Education
  • B. Professional Musicians
• 5.3.2. The categories are as follows:
  • No. 1. Secular Piece for Choir a cappella
  • No. 2. Folksong Adaptation for Choir;
  • No. 3. Arrangement for Mixed Choir;
  • No. 4. Sacred Piece for Choir.

5.4.1. The scores of the Pieces for Categories Nos. 2, 3 and 4 may include any string and/or wind instruments
of a contemporary symphony orchestra with/without a piano, provided that the total number of musicians
in the instrumental ensemble does not exceed four performers.
5.4.2. The Pieces composed for Categories Nos. 1 and 4 or adapted for Category No. 2 may use either homogeneous or mixed choir of any kind, as well as children’s choir (upon the applicant’s choice).
5.4.3. An object of adaptation for Category No. 2 may be any folklore music material, with no other restrictions.
5.4.4. An object of arrangement for Category No. 3 may be any material of academic and/or popular music (including jazz), except for folklore music, with no other restrictions.
5.4.5. The text of a sacred Piece for Category No. 4 may be both canonic and non-canonic.

5.5. Every applicant may submit no more than four Pieces for the 5^th CCW, one per each category. The length
of each Piece has to be no less than one minute but no more than seven minutes.

5.6. Only Pieces that have not been performed publicly, published earlier, and awarded with any prize at any other competitions, including all the previous TMSC’s CCWs of the previous years, may participate in the 5^th CCW. Should any fact be revealed that the Piece has ever been performed publicly and/or published earlier and/or awarded
with any prize at any other competition:

• 5.6.1. the applicant who has submitted such a Piece to the Working Group is to lose the right to participate
  in the 5^th CCW;
• 5.6.2. the competitor who has received the title of the Grand-prix Winner or Laureate of the 5^th CCW
  for such a Piece is to be deprived of the respective title by a decision of the DFCSE of TMSC’s CCAP,
  regardless of when this fact is revealed.

5.7. Upon agreement with the DFCSE of TMSC’s CCAP, the Working Group is to provide each conductor, prior to
the Final Concert, with one acoustic rehearsal with the Consolidated Choir in TMSC’s Great Hall for no longer than
15 minutes.

5.8. The names of both/either the Grand-prix Winner and/or the Laureates of the 5^th CCW will be published
on TMSC’s official website during a period of 1–11 September 2023 inclusive.

6. Submission of the Documents, the Score, and the Audio Recording

6.1. In order to participate in the 5^th CCW, the following documents have to be scanned and forwarded
to the Working Group’s official e-mail address (see clause 8.2):

• 6.1.1. the filled-out application with the applicant’s personal signature; download *.DOC
• 6.1.2. the consent for the processing of applicant’s personal data with his/her personal signature;
  download *.DOC
• 6.1.3. the front page of the applicant’s passport or other identifying document (with his/her photo and
  the holder’s signature);
• 6.1.4. one artistic photo of the applicant taken against a neutral background with a minimum resolution
  of 300 dpi;
• 6.1.5. the applicant’s certificate of music education or certificate from his/her educational institution
  (if a student), either in Russian or in English.

6.2. In addition, every applicant must also submit both the score and the audio-recording of each Piece
of his/hers, with no author’s name on them (see clauses 3.4 and 6.4). The necessary requirements are
as follows:

• • for the score: (1) the file format is PDF; (2) the filename (prior to the dot) is to include: the letter (A/B) and the digit (1/2/3/4) indicating the group and the category respectively (see clauses 5.3.1 and 5.3.2), then a space and the title of the Piece with no punctuation marks (40 characters maximum, including all spaces);
• • for the audio recording: (1) the file format is MP3; (2) the filename (prior to the dot) is to include:
  the letter (A/B) and the digit (1/2/3/4) indicating the group and the category respectively (see clauses 5.3.1 and 5.3.2), then a space and the title of the Piece with no punctuation marks (40 characters maximum, including all spaces).

6.3. The deadline for submitting the documents, the scores and the audio recordings of the Pieces participating
in the 5^th CCW is 31 May 2023.

6.4. No music material containing any personal information about the applicant, nor any audio file whose name does not contain the title of the Piece, may be allowed to participate in the 5^th CCW (see clauses 3.4 and 6.2).

6.5. The fact of forwarding the documents, the score and the audio recording to the Working Group’s e-mail address means the applicant’s unconditional consent with all the terms of these Regulations.

7. Special Provisions of the 5^th Competition of Choral Writing

7.1. All the Co-Founders unconditionally transfer to the Founder the exclusive copyright for audio- and/or video-recording, as well as for any TV and/or online broadcasts, of the public performances of the Pieces at the Final Concert.

7.2. Neither the Laureates nor the Grand-prix Winner receive any copyright for any usage by the Founder of audio- and/or video-recording, as well as of any TV and/or online broadcasts, of any public performances of their Pieces.

7.3. All transportation, travel and other expenses related to the Grand-prix Winner’s and/or Laureates’ and/or Jury members’ arrival to the Final Concert are to be reimbursed either by the comers themselves or by their sponsoring organizations.

7.4.1. Should any conductor who participates in the Final Concert need a visa to enter Russia, he/she must forward a respective request to the Working Group’s official e-mail address not later than on 31 July 2023.
7.4.2. The Founder will render visa support only to the conductors who participate in the Final Concert.

7.5. These Regulations are published both in Russian and in English and are the only true Regulations on the Fifth Alexander Kastalsky International Competition of Choral Writing. Should any dispute or disagreement arise
in the interpretation of any of the terms of these Regulations, the Russian version published on TMSC’s official website shall prevail.

8. Contact Information

8.1. The DFCSE of TMSC’s CCAP: +7 (495) 055 5519.

8.2. The Working Group:

• E-mail: hormeister@mosconsv.ru
• Office phone number: +7 (495) 629 9736
• Emergency phone number: +7 (929) 561 5771