Name of the Event: International creative youth contest «BRICS People’s Anthem»
Location: one of the BRICS countries
Period: March 15 -December 20, 2024
Registration Link:
General provisions
The anthem will be created within the framework of the cultural-educational track of the International and Interregional Socio-Cultural Programme «BRICS People Choosing Life» in the format of the multilateral Youth music and poetry Contest, which will take place in 2024, the year of Russia’s BRICS chairmanship, in Moscow, Moscow region, Tver region, Samara region and Altai Krai, with Indian, Brazilian and South African creative youth participation.
The project is implemented by the Regional Public Organisation «BRICS.
«World of Traditions» and People’s Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University named after Patrice Lumumba) with the assistance from Rossotrudnichestvo in partnership with the Russian Houses in BRICS countries.
The project is aimed at strengthening the social and humanitarian cooperation between young generations of the participating countries, and popularising the BRICS states’ national cultures united by the commonality of views on such unshakable values as kindness, friendship, mutual respect, trust, accord, justice, patriotism.
The participants of the contest are to create a common Anthem representing a wide range of ideas and values that they themselves, in general, as well as their country, in particular, intend to demonstrate to the world.
Aims of the Project:
- Bringing together BRICS artistic youth to create a common Anthem as a musical and poetic missive to the world, reflecting the desire of the BRICS countries youth for unity and containing a wide spectrum of ideas, thoughts, and values which the youth seeks to show to the world on behalf of the union’s peoples;
- eliciting and developing creative abilities of young people of BRICS states for the sake of moral and patriotic education of the young generation;
- popularising cultural, educational, historical and other peculiarities and traditions of the BRICS countries;
The Anthem will contribute to supporting the Russian image on the BRICS, as well
as global multilateral platform, straightening BRICS partnership via expanding and
enhancing humanitarian and business cooperation.
Period of project implementation: March 15 -December 20, 2024.
Rules of the Contest
1. Dates: March 15 - September 30, 2024
2. Participants: authors of poetry and music (both amateurs and professionals) from the regions of the Russian Federation, the states of the Indian Republic, the states of the Federal Republic of Brazil, provinces in the Republic of South Africa aged 14 to 35 years inclusive, who are students of universities in the field of arts and humanities, conservatories, music and creative schools.
3. Venue (platform) for organising and holding the Contest: to be agreed separately with each country and the Russian region participating in the Programme.
4. Works submitted to the Contest:
- musical compositions
- poetic works
- thematic videos, audio materials with musical and poetic recordings
5. The Contest will be held in two nominations:
Nomination «Young Composer»
Works created in any genre, yet taking into consideration the song traditions and cultural characteristics of the participating countries, are accepted to the competition.
Nomination «Young Poet»
Compositions in the format of four verses and four similar refrains successfully set on the music are accepted to the competition. The placement of verses by language, country, region and other features is to be chosen by the competent Jury of the Contest.
6. Each participant may participate in both nominations, submitting one work in each one. Texts may be complemented with photos and videos, while musical compositions might be accompanied by audio and video materials.
7. Stages of Project implementation:
With the support from the regional Ministries of culture and Russian Embassies in India, Brazil and South Africa and assistance from the Russian House the BRICS states participating in the Project will realise the following acts:
- Forming the squad of separate Organisation (initiative) groups in each participating country to register the Contest participants and gather Contest entries.
- Organising the Professional local jury in each country including representatives of creative jobs (poets, composers, filmmakers, actors, musicians), as well as art experts and culturologists for the selection of Contest entries.
- Forming the large International jury comprising famous musicians and poets of the participating countries (around 10 jury members).
Stage I (Including the incipient phase) - March 15 - June 30, 2024
1. Project invitation, including sending out the Contest Rules and the attached Participant’s Form, participants’ registration through filling in the form.
Composing a musical work for the Anthem and uploading the Contest entries to the Google drive from March 15 to May 31, 2024.
2. Selecting three best musical compositions by the local international jury in each participating country and determining the best music version for the Anthem by the International music jury in the nomination «Young composer» – from June, 1 to June 30, 2024.
Stage II – July 1st -August 31st, 2024
Writing the Anthem lyrics in the languages of the BRICS countries in the nomination «Young poet» and uploading the Contest entries to the Google drive.
The local jury of each participating country will select the three best poems which
would be the most suitable for the selected version of the music for the Anthem;
The international jury, by a majority vote, will choose the best version of the combination of music and poetry for the Anthem proposed by the local juries of the participating countries, which will be played in the languages of the countries participants of the project.
9. Two Winners of the Contest will receive the Gran Prix, Merit Certificates, statuettes «Winner of the Contest «BRICS Peoples’ Anthem in the nomination «Youth Composer», «Winner of the Contest «BRICS Peoples’ Anthem in the nomination «Youth Poet».
The laureates of the Contest will be three participants in each nomination (six in total), whose musical and poetic works received the majority of votes from the members of the International Jury. They will be presented Certificates of Merit and
statuettes «Laureate of the Contest «BRICS People’s Anthem» and memorable prizes.
The final stage of the Contest:
The Contest will culminate in the BRICS People’s Anthem presentation, with the first performance taking place in Moscow, city of birth and beginning of the initiative. In December 2024, a festive gala concert will be held at Patrice Lumumba People’s Friendship university of Russia, where the BRICS Youth Anthem of the will be performed by a combined choir of professional and amateur artists, including youth and student creative teams.
The gala concert of the Contest featuring the solemn ceremony of awarding its Winners and Laureates, will mark the end of the Russian stage of the Programme «BRICS People Choosing Life», dedicated to the year of the Russian Federation’s chairmanship in BRICS.
The Contest’s participant’s registration commences on March 15.
The participants are welcomed to fill in the registration form:
Contact people for communication on all matters with Russian and foreign
participants of the Project:
Dmitry Kurbatov, +7 (967) 179-68-01;
Ksenia Grishina, +7 (916) 093-41-73.
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