International Music Youth contest to be held March 21-29

BELGRADE - This year's 44th international Music Youth piano contest will be held in Belgrade from March 21 to 29, organisers told a press conference on Thursday.

A total of 52 young pianists have applied for the region's most prestigious contest for musicians aged under 30, with 32 of them selected to compete, representing South Korea, Russia, Canada, China, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Georgia, Albania, Croatia and Serbia.

The pianists will be assessed by an international jury consisting of renowned pianists and pedagogues Nataliya Trul (Russia), Oleg Marshev and Teresa Trevisan (Italy) and Rita Kinka and Dejan Sinadinovic (Serbia).