By the decision of the Council of the special Fund of the President of the Republic of Belarus for the social support of gifted students, scholarships of the President of the Republic of Belarus for the first semester of the 2024/2025 academic year were awarded to the following students of the Belarusian State Academy of Music (approved by Decree of the President of the Republic of Belarus dated December 31, 2024 No. 247pp):

• Ivan Sergeyevich Volchek, 3rd year student of the Orchestra Faculty;
• Kurtanidze Maria Gochevna, 5th year student of the Orchestra Faculty;
• Valeria Andreevna Prokhorenko, a 4th-year student at the Orchestra Faculty;
• Maria Sergeevna Sakharova, a 3rd-year student of the Vocal and Choral Faculty.

Awarded by the decision of the Council of the special fund of the President of the Republic of Belarus for the support of talented youth (approved by Decree of the President of the Republic of Belarus dated December 31, 2024, No. 248pp):

• grand prizes with the award of the title of laureate and the presentation of the certificate of the special fund of the President of the Republic of Belarus for the support of talented youth and the badge “Layreat special prize
• to the Foundation of Talent Republic of Belarus pa padtrymtsy talenavitai molazi”:
• Ilya Dmitrievich Berdnikov, 4th year student of the Vocal and Choral Faculty, winner of the VIIIth International B.T. Shtokolov Vocal Competition, III Prize (Russia, 2024);
• Anastasia Yurievna Torop, 2nd year student of the Piano and Music Composition Faculty, winner of the 14th Massarosa International Piano Competition, 3rd place (Italy, 2024)

special awards with the presentation of the certificate of the special fund of the President of the Republic of Belarus for the support of talented youth:

• Maximilian Gustavovich Mozol, 1st year student of the Orchestra Faculty, winner of the I.I.Zhinovich Republican Open Competition for Performers on Folk Instruments, diploma of the first degree (Belarus, 2024)
• Daria Alexandrovna Parfenova, 1st year student of the Orchestra Faculty, winner of the I.I.Zhinovich Republican Open Competition for Performers on Folk Instruments, diploma of the First degree (Belarus, 2024)
• Viktoriya Ivanovna Timoshenko, 1st-year student of the Orchestra Faculty, winner of the I.I.Zhinovich Republican Open Competition of Performers on Folk Instruments, diploma of the first degree (Belarus, 2024)
• Evgeny Valeryevich Yakobuk, 1st-year student of the Piano and Music Composition Faculty, winner of the III Republican Open Competition of Young and Young Composers named after Yu.V.Semenyako, diploma of the first degree (Belarus, 2024)

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