On November 19-23, 2025, the international two-tour festival-competition of arts “Autumn Leaves – 2025” was held in Odesa. Concert performances of participants in the nominations “Academic Vocal” and “Instrumental Genre” took place live in the premises of the Evangelical Reformed Presbyterian Church. Our students competed in the same category with students of Odesa National Academy of Music named after A.V. Nezhdanova and received an unprecedented number of awards! It was a real struggle, but our talents proved their mastery:
Congratulations to the winners and their teachers:
GRAND PRIX:
Ensemble “PianoDrums” consisting of: Yu Qijia, Hu Yi (piano), Ivan Petrov, Olha Kochneva, Deng Siyu (percussion instruments) – directors Hanna Ralo, Oksana Horozhankina.
1st place:
Mixed student choir – director Natalia Getmanets, concertmaster Natalia Zaporozhets.
2nd place:
Xi Huakun (piano) – teacher Olena Rebrova;
Hu Yi (piano) – teacher Oksana Horozhankina;
Liang Weihong (academic vocals) – teacher Nataliya Tolstova.
3rd place:
Yu Qijia (piano) – teacher Oksana Horozhankina;
Xiao Yufen (piano) – teacher Marina Demidova;
Stamataki Elizaveta (piano) – teacher Olena Novska;
Semenisova Arina (academic vocals) – teacher Nataliya Tolstova;
Trufkina Tetyana (academic vocals) – teacher Hanna Shpak;
He Mingzhao (academic vocals) – teacher Hanna Shpak.
A special distinction was the success of He Mingzhao, who received an invitation from the head of the jury in the nomination "Academic Vocal", People's Artist of Ukraine Vera Revenko, to participate in the International Competition "Bel canto" for free!
We sincerely congratulate our talented students! We thank concertmasters Tatyana Zubrilina, Elizaveta Stamataki, Natalia Zaporozhets and all the teachers whose professionalism and selfless work contributed to the success. We wish you further creative growth, fruitful work and new bright victories!
