The city palace of culture of Khabarovsk for one evening became the territory of good deeds - there was a charity gala concert of the musical project "White Steamer". The purpose of the event is to help gifted children from low-income families and disabled children who would like to realize themselves in music.
Young artists, whose work is supervised by the project, have already performed in Moscow, Komsomolsk-on-Amur, and now they have arrived in Khabarovsk to demonstrate their skills local residents... An instrumental orchestra led by composer and pianist Alexander Pokidchenkov performed with the children at the concert.
- We work with guys from different Russian regions, but this time the children came on the stage mainly with Of the Far East... I would like to note that many gifted young people want to participate in the project - the partners of the White Steamer from the Happy Childhood Foundation are accepting applications from those who wish, ”said Nikolai Alekseevich Didenko, an opera singer and one of the project's founders.
He also added that the participants of the "White Steamer" undergo a fairly tough selection, the organizers of the concert are conducting long auditions. Considerable help is provided by the project's board of trustees, which includes such famous people in Russia as Dmitry Guberniev, Ekaterina Guseva, Valery Meladze and many others.
It is no coincidence that the project got its name. The "White Steamer" was based on an old venture with recreational river voyages for children of front-line soldiers. After the end of the Great Patriotic War, many ships were launched across the Amur. But in the 1990s, many flights came to naught, leaving the only liner, Vasily Poyarkov, on the river.
In 1995, his team, in collaboration with the ARIDI Foundation, launched the idea of \u200b\u200ba health and rehabilitation camp on the water. And then, in 2005, under the leadership of Nikolai Didenko and the head of the foundation Irina Anatolyevna Yurievskaya, they decided to organize the White Steamer charity festival, which would help children from difficult families and disabled children to open up.
Unfortunately, the project faces difficulties with financing from year to year. Since the festival is no longer held on the deck of a ship, as it was originally, it has become more difficult to apply for a government grand. Therefore, charitable foundations and companies help the project in every possible way.
- We already had an idea for a summer festival, which would have been held as before - on a ship. But the sponsor refused to give us money to rent a motor ship, because recreation on the water is too dangerous for children. Fortunately, we have such assistants as the SUEK-REGIONS Foundation, which may not be able to allocate such a large amount as 12.5 million rubles, but it repeatedly assists us in holding the festival in concert halls, - shared the main speaker of the project Natalia Konstantinovna Tsirulnik.
This year the White Steamer has other sponsors, including the Happy Childhood Foundation and the Academy of Choral Art.
The concert also included an exhibition of the young visually impaired artist Diana Slipetskaya. She presented to the audience a lot of works made with colored pencils. In his paintings, the author pays special attention to Slavic culture, the culture of the peoples of the Far East and our closest neighbors. Thanks to the special author's technique, the paintings seem to come to life in front of the audience. Diana also did not stay away from good deeds, donating part of her own funds to a charitable foundation.
And the White Steamer festival goes on. Children and the team are already expected in Vladivostok, where Dmitry Guberniev will join the speakers.
On September 19, 2013, a gala concert will take place in the main hall of the Khabarovsk Regional Philharmonic (Khabarovsk, Shevchenko St., 7) music festival - travel “White steamer. Singing Rivers of Russia ”, organized by the CF“ Spread Your Wings! ”, The Academy of Choral Art named after V.S. Popov and the HKBF“ ARIDI ”.
On this day, at the concert, magic songs, which have already become classical, will be performed for you by children-soloists, about which it is mistakenly said - “with disabilities».
The concert will be attended by:
· Children's choir and soloists of the 9th Charity Music Festival - Travel “White Steamer. Singing Rivers of Russia ", artistic director - Nikolay Didenko.
· Instrumental ensemble consisting of: Alexander Pokidchenko (keyboards), Anatoly Machulenko (guitar), Alexander Shumakov () bass guitar), Zagit Alykov (drums).
Vocal group of students of the Academy of Choral Art named after V.S. Popov
Festival “White Steamer. Singing Rivers of Russia ”is one of the largest social projects supporting music-gifted children with a difficult fate. The geography of the festival today stretches from the Far East to Moscow, and its participants come from various parts of our country. The main task of the Festival is to identify, support and rehabilitate musically gifted children with difficult fates by means of art.
When the idea of \u200b\u200bholding the Festival in 2013 was conceived, no one had any idea at what difficult time for the region it would be held. Until the last day, the organizers analyzed information about the situation on the Amur, receiving it from the captain of the motor ship "Poyarkov" - the traditional venue of the Festival on the waters of the Amur. The element did not pass by the city of Khabarovsk, where the Gala concert of the Festival “White Steamer. Singing rivers of Russia " ... The organizers have prepared humanitarian aid for the victims of the disaster and, together with partners, are ready at any time to respond to the call for help and help in the fight against floods.
The festival ship followed the planned route with stops in designated cities, where the festival participants presented a previously prepared concert program. The route along the Amur River passed through the cities: Khabarovsk - Komsomolsk-on-Amur - Susanino - Tyr - Nikolaevsk - on - Amur - Bogorodskoe - Annenskie mineral water - Komsomolsk - on - Amur - Khabarovsk. In a warm and friendly atmosphere, the guys spent their time on the ship - they studied music and vocals, the result of which will be an amazing Gala concert.
The project already has its own stars, which delight with their musical successes and surprise with their fortitude. Some of them are children with disabilities, others are families in difficult life situations. But each of them is really in love with music. Being on stage, children transform, shine with smiles and give us wonderful songs. Entering the stage, the guys by their example demonstrate that there is nothing in the world that is inaccessible to them. For many of them, the real discovery was that, even with a difficult diagnosis, you can go to the best music scenes in the world. They managed to believe that children with disabilities have a future.
On August 30, 2017, the final concert of the children's charity festival "White Steamship - 2017" will be held at the Moscow International House of Music. The Ruselectronics holding of the Rostec State Corporation has acted as the general partner of the White Steamer. Singing Rivers of Russia ", which takes place on August 10-31 in Sergiev Posad on the basis of the Boarding School named after Saint Sergius. The artistic director of the festival is the opera singer Nikolai Didenko.
Within the framework of the festival, organized by the Khabarovsk Regional Charitable Foundation "Happy Childhood" and the Moscow Foundation "KPD STO", various master classes and lectures by leading teachers of Moscow, creative meetings with cultural and art workers, excursions around the capital and river walks... In addition, the festival participants will visit a number of concerts, research centers and industrial enterprises in Moscow. The festival will end on August 31 with a gala concert at the Moscow International House of Music.
“Traditionally, the festival brings together children from disadvantaged families, with physical capabilities and orphans for the purpose of personal development, social rehabilitation and vocational guidance of each child. We all need creative realization, in production, in science, or in the artistic sphere, and for these children sometimes the very possibility of creativity is not available. The organizers of the "White Steamer" remove barriers for them, help them believe in themselves - it's great! " general director - State Secretary of JSC "Ruselectronics", head of the FP "Work in Russia!" Arseny Brykincommenting on the participation of the holding in the event.
“The desire of the organizers of the festival to show socially vulnerable children big world, to demonstrate to them the possibilities for a full life in the future are very close in spirit to the youth initiatives of Ruselectronics. Our career guidance campaigns "Week without turnstiles", projects of the federal program "Work in Russia!" Are ultimately aimed at the same goal - to demonstrate to students that Russia needs their energy and talent, that their future is not a foregone conclusion, but is directly related to through their efforts here and now, and that this future can really be interesting, socially successful, happy, ”he said.
Festival “White Steamer. The Singing Rivers of Russia ”has been held since 2005 and annually brings together about 100 musically gifted children. Many participants of the festival in different years later received their education at the Choral School. Sveshnikov, Academy of Choral Art named after V. Popov, Russian Academy of Music. Gnesins. In previous years, the "White Steamer" carried out several voyages along the Amur and Volga, since 2014 it has become a "land" project. However, the organizers are considering the possibility of resuming the cruise format of the festival.
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The White Steamer festival has been funded by charitable funds for over 12 years. Over the years, more than 1000 children have taken part in it, more than 50 project graduates have entered the leading music educational institutions in Russia and abroad.
At various times, the Festival was supported by such iconic figures for the Russian stage as Alexandra Pakhmutova and Nikolai Dobronravov, Anna Netrebko, Valery Gergiev, Alexander Pokidchenko, Sergey Yursky and other stars.
In 2011, 2012 and 2016, concerts of the children of the White Steamer took place on the capital's stages: the Moscow International House of Music, the Yauza Palace and the Novaya Opera Theater with the participation of the Young Russia Symphony Orchestra and Alexandra Pakhmutova.
In March 2017, another concert was held at the Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theater with the support of Valery Gergiev.
This year the owner of a rare basso cantante - lyrical "melodious" bass, opera singer Nikolai Didenko and the vocal group "QUATRO" - four voices, like four seasons, will rise on the stage of the White Steamer along with young talents.
Also within the framework of the festival "White Steamer - 2017" from 15 to 27 August in the Central House of Artists there will be an exhibition of paintings by the young artist, winner of the "Philanthropist" Diana Slipetskaya. Diana is visually impaired and looks at the world with only one visually impaired eye. But this does not prevent the girl from creating pictures that can make her believe in miracles. Diana's talent was appreciated by such recognized masters as Zurab Tsereteli and Nikas Safronov.
The gala concert starts at 19.00.
Additional information about the White Steamer festival, its photo / video materials can be found on the site
Press events:
- Press conference of the organizers, participants and partners of the White Steamer festival
will take place on August 30 at 18.30 at the address: Moscow International House of Music, Kosmodamianskaya nab., 52, bldg. 8,
foyer in front of the theater hall.
Registration of mass media from 17.30;
- Opening of the exhibition by Diana Slipetskaya - 15 August at 16.00 in the Central House of Artists (10 Krymsky Val, hall 14a);
- Upon request, the work of journalists can be organized on the territory of the creative camp in Sergiev Posad from 11 to 29 August.
Accreditation of journalists by phone. 8-903-210-52-67, e-mail This adress email protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
The XXII Charity Festival "White Steamship", aimed at supporting musically gifted children with difficult lives, will be held from 10 to 31 August. This time the project participants will go on a musical journey from Sergiev Posad. For 12 years now, the organizer of the festival, the Cultural and Educational Movement "Promotion of Creative Education", has been conducting auditions for musically gifted children with disabilities, orphans, children from needy, large and single-parent families in order to invite young musicians to the White Steamer. The artistic director of the festival is a soloist of the Bolshoi Theater and leading opera houses world, winner of the "GRAMMY-2017" award Nikolay Didenko.
In one of the summer months, the organizers of the festival rent a motor ship for charitable funds, on which children, teachers, musicians go on a journey along the rivers of Russia. During the musical journey, children learn vocal and choral art. According to the organizers, the ship at this time becomes a real home for all travelers, and all participants of the trip - one big friendly family united by love for music. A final gala concert takes place at the end of each flight.
For 12 years more than 1000 children have taken part in the White Steamer festival, more than 50 graduates of the project have entered the leading musical institutions.
Charity project "WHITE SHIPS. THE SINGING RIVERS OF RUSSIA " established in 2005.
The festival is part of the long-term charity program "White Steamer", which has been successfully implemented for 12 years. In 2015, the Happy Childhood Foundation undertook the implementation of this unique technique, which has no analogues in Russia today, and is successfully implementing it to this day.This unique project is aimed at the rehabilitation and social integration through the art of gifted children from among the disabled, orphans, children from poor families.
The program allows you to identify, teach and provide comprehensive support to talented children from the target group. The festival will allow you to get additional specialized education with the involvement of well-known figures of art and culture. According to the long-standing tradition, the summer training school within the framework of the festival is organized on board the ship, which is why it got its name "The Singing Rivers of Russia". In Russia, there are only 4 motor ships capable of accommodating such a number of participants, according to the conditions the Moscow version is the most acceptable.
Objective of the project:
Assistance in creating equal opportunities for gifted children from the target group to receive additional creative education.
Project objectives:
1. To organize, within the framework of the festival, a summer vocal and choral school on a motor ship with the involvement of highly professional specialists in the field of culture and art as teachers, which will allow three weeks teach 90 children from among the CH.
2. Organize information support for the project.
3. To hold a gala concert to demonstrate the capabilities and achievements of the festival participants.
The festival will be attended by gifted children, both who have already attended summer schools organized by the Happy Childhood Foundation, and new participants who auditioned in the spring of 2018, or selected from the number of written applications received by the fund for last year... In addition to training, all-round leisure activities and various circles will be organized for children. During the festival, the ship will visit 12 cities of Russia, excursions and intermediate concerts will be organized.
Upon completion of training, a final gala concert is planned in concert hall named after P.I. Tchaikovsky, where talented guys will be able to make themselves known. This will allow them to receive various recommendations, invitations to enter, for example, the Moscow Academy of Choral Art.
The project is financially supported by permanent partners and benefactors.
It is planned to attract a member of the Union of Composers of Russia, Honored Artist of Russia Pokidchenko A.E., accompanist and choirmaster Pekhov V.I., head of "2Trak Records" Machulenko A.A., tenor, soloist of the Bolshoi Theater Radchenko S.N. as invited teachers. with whom preliminary agreements have been concluded. The artistic director of the project is the 2017 Grammy laureate, bass, guest soloist of the Bolshoi Theater Didenko N.A.
Objectives
- Assistance in the creation of equal opportunities for gifted children from among children with disabilities, orphans and children left without parental care, children from low-income families in receiving additional creative education.
- Providing educational support to young talents in the performing arts.
Tasks
- To organize, within the framework of the festival, a summer vocal and choral school on a motor ship with the involvement of highly professional specialists from among well-known cultural and art workers as teachers, which will allow 90 gifted children from the target group to be taught within three weeks.
- Organize information support for the project.
- To hold a gala concert to demonstrate the capabilities and achievements of the festival participants.
Substantiation of social significance
More than 5,000 disabled children live in the Khabarovsk Territory alone. Children with disabilities appear among the participants in amateur competitions in isolated exceptional cases, only a very small number of small disabled people have the opportunity to study in music schools and creative studios, and in fact talented children are found among them no less often than among healthy children. Private teachers and specialized educational institutions prefer to deal with healthy and socially prosperous children because of their parents' ability to pay. There is practically no work to identify and support gifted children among the disabled and children from low-income families in our region.Forced isolation in the society of disabled children deprives them of the opportunity to show their talents, the dependence of children from low-income families on low income does not allow them to receive additional education on an equal basis with their peers, and negates the prospects for creative implementation.
Artificial isolation of disabled children and children from socially unprotected segments of the population is unacceptable. The main criterion should be the child's talent, and it is important to discover young talents as early as possible, help them realize themselves and find their place in life on an equal basis with their peers.
The "White Steamer. Singing Rivers of Russia" project is unique and has no analogues in Russia, it reveals, provides real support, reveals the talents of gifted children. Its social significance is proved by excellent results - more than 40 "graduates" of the summer vocal and choral schools organized within the framework of the program entered the leading musical educational institutions of the country, of which 15 children were at the V.S. Popov Academy of Arts and the A. . V. Sveshnikova.
During the festivals, many children were able to receive the necessary training, to declare themselves and in the future to claim prizes in various competitions and television projects:
Grau Vesna - 3rd degree student competition "New Stars" in Sochi;
Gleb Kotin (visually impaired) - participant of the paramusic festival 2015-2016;
Christina Mankovskaya - Diploma of the 2nd degree competition "Voices of Spring-2018", received a grant for out-of-competition admission to the ISI;
Ira Tsvetkova (visually impaired) - 1st place in the All-Russian creative competition "Constellation of talents" 2017.
Liza Dolzhenkova (under guardianship) - the prize of the munits. education of Blagoveshchensk for gifted children;
Nastya Kovaleva (disabled since childhood) - laureate of the 2nd degree IV international television "IT" project of the competition "Talent-2018";
Ilya Litvinov - finalist of the "Voice of Children-3" TV project;
Geography of the project
Khabarovsk Territory Amur Region Jewish Autonomous Region Primorsky Territory Moscow RegionTarget groups
- Children and adolescents
- Orphans and children left without parental care
- Children from poor families
- Disabled children
- Citizens Russian Federation between the ages of 6 and 18, having a creative ability in the field of culture and art
