Winners of the XI International Contest and Festival of Young Pianists Named after K.N. Igumnov Lipetsk region. 2018. Grand Prize of the Contest: Sofya Melkumova, Rostov-on-Don city, SSMS (College) of S.V. Rachmaninoff Rostov State Conservatory (RSC), teacher: Sergei Ivanovich Osipenko, full professor. Intermediate age group (between 12 and 14 inclusive). The second nomination: “SSMS”. Junior age group (under the age of 11 inclusive). The first nomination “CMS, CAS”. I place shared between: - Zhang Min Sho, Hefei city, Anhui Province, PRC, Hai Zhi Yin music art center, teacher: Elena Nikolayevna Shcherbakova. - Emil Volkov, Stavropol city, Stavropol Krai, CMS No.1, teacher: Lyudmila Danilovna Tikhomirova, Honoured Cultural Worker of the RF. II place shared between: - Marina Guznorodova, Kaluga city, CAS No.4, teacher: Nina Vasilyevna Rozhkova, Honoured Cultural Worker of Kaluga region. - Artem Bykov, the town of Yelets, Lipetsk region, CAS No.3, teacher: Natalya Vasilyevna Tyurikova. - Sofya Berestyukova, Lipetsk city, CAS No.6, teacher: Olga Vasilyevna Potasheva, Honoured Teacher of the RF. - Lyaman Seidova, Baku city, the Republic of Azerbaijan, CMS No. 35 named after G.G. Sharoyev, teacher: Kamilla Aliyevna Amirova, Honoured Teacher of the Republic of Azerbaijan. III place shared between: - Anastasiya Kurilova, Belgorod city, CMS No.1, teacher: Nataliya Petrovna Nikiforova. - Arina Baranova, Lipetsk city, CAS No. 1, teacher: Natalya Vladimirovna Pavlik. - Tatyana Slobodchikova, Novosibirsk city, CMS No.1, teacher: Inna Pavlovna Esenina. - Milena Kirichenko, Belgorod city, CMChS, teacher: Klara Moiseyevna Korzh. IV place: Ekaterina Borisova, Moscow city, CAS No. 11, teacher: Irina Sergeyevna Kamyshnikova. V place: Zlaterina Nishcheretova, Kharkov city, Ukraine, KhSS No. 133 “Lyceum of Art”, teacher: Inna Ivanovna Reshetova. Junior age group (under the age of 11 inclusive). The second nomination “SSMS”. I place: Polina Cherkasova, Moscow city, The Gnessin MSSMS (College), teacher: Elena Vladimirovna Berezkina, Honoured Cultural Worker of the RF. II place: Elizaveta Trusova, Lipetsk city, Children’s Academy of Arts of K.N. Igumnov Lipetsk Regional Art College. teacher: Elena Viktorovna Statygina. III place: Eva Minniakhmetova, Ufa city, the Republic of Bashkortostan, Specialized Secondary Music College (SSMC) of the RB, teacher: Valentina Ivanovna Starikova, Honoured Cultural Worker of the Republic of Bashkortostan. IV place: Kseniya Mironenko, Voronezh city, Voronezh SMS (College), teacher: Marina Vladimirovna Kucherenko. Intermediate age group (between 12 and 14 inclusive). The first nomination “CMS, CAS”. I place: Anna Shikhova, Stary Oskol city, Belgorod region, CMS No. 5, teacher: Elena Viktorovna Stepanova. II place: was not awarded. III place shared between: - Vadim Shapygin, Yaroslavl city, CAS named after Dmitri Kogan, teacher: Tatyana Alexandrovna Levanova. - Yuliya Fedotova, Moscow city, CAS named after V.S. Kalinnikov, teacher: Alla Alexandrovna Sharova. - Anna Osipova, Vladimir city, CMS No.1, teacher: Olga Vasilyevna Gladilova. IV place shared between: - Egor Voskresenskov, the town of Liski, Voronezh region, CAS No.7, teacher: Nataliya Petrovna Kreknina, Honoured Cultural Worker of Voronezh region. - Darya Dribnaya, the town of Shchyokino, Tula region, CMS “Tula College of Art named after A.S. Dargomyzhsky”, teacher: Tatyana Alexandrovna Mishura. - Olga Belosludtseva, Saratov city, CAS No. 11, teacher: Lyudmila Nikolayevna Dodunova. V place shared between: - Ilya Terekhov, Lipetsk city, CAS No. 6, teacher: Olga Vasilyevna Potasheva, Honoured Teacher of the RF. - Eva Chemodanova, Kharkov city, Ukraine, KhSS No. 133 “Lyceum of Art”, teacher: Inna Ivanovna Reshetova. VI place shared between: - Elizaveta Chernova, Shchuchyn city, the Republic of Belarus, ShchCAS, teacher: Irina Valeryevna Eroshevich. - Polina Draganova, Lipetsk city, CMS No.8, teacher: Lyudmila Petrovna Dolgikh. Intermediate age group (between 12 and 14 inclusive). The second nomination “SSMS”. I place: was not awarded. II place: Kirill Bartashevich, Minsk city, the Republic of Belarus, Republican Gymnasium and College of Belarus State Academy of Music, teacher: Irina Yuryevna Semenyako. III place: Varvara Nikulina, Ufa city, the Republic of Bashkortostan, SSMC of the RB, teacher: Tamara Nilovna Tyufyakova, Honoured Cultural Worker of the Republic of Bashkortostan. IV place: was not awarded. V place: Olga Eryomina, Mirny settlement, Zadonsk district, Lipetsk region – Lipetsk city, Children’s Academy of Arts of K.N. Igumnov Lipetsk Regional Art College, teacher: Tamara Petrovna Skorupskaya, Honoured Cultural Worker of the RF. VI place: Polina Shchepkina, Lipetsk city, Children’s Academy of Arts of K.N. Igumnov Lipetsk Regional Art College, teacher: Inna Mikhailovna Krasichkova. Senior age group (between 15 and 17 inclusive). The first nomination “CMS, CAS”. I place: was not awarded. II place: was not awarded. III place: Alena Abalyan, Tula city, CMS “Tula College of Art named after A.S. Dargomyzhsky”, teacher: Lyudmila Vyacheslavovna Andreyeva, Honoured Cultural Worker of the RF. IV place shared between: - Denis Varlamov, Lipetsk city, CAS No.6, teacher: Alevtina Valentinovna Butakova. - Ivan Aleshin, Moscow city, A.V. Sveshnikov choral school affiliated with V.S. Popov Academy of Choral Art, teacher: Bella Sergeyevna Oganesyan. Senior age group (between 15 and 17 inclusive). The second nomination “SSMS”. I place: Arina Antonosyan, Rostov-on-Don city, SSMS (College) of S.V. Rachmaninoff RSC, teacher: Sergei Ivanovich Osipenko, full professor. II place: was not awarded. III place shared between: - Alena Ganushkova, Lipetsk city, K.N. Igumnov Lipetsk Regional Art College, teacher: Larisa Andreyevna Simonenko, Honoured Cultural Worker of the RF. - Anastasiya Dotsenko, Sverdlovsk city, Lugansk region, Ukraine, M. Matusovsky Lugansk State Academy of Culture and Arts, teacher: Irina Alekseyevna Enenko, PhD in Pedagogy, full professor. IV place: Faye Jiangzhui, Xinjiang Province, PRC, Central Music School of P.I. Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory (MSC), teacher: Maxim Viktorovich Kulagin. V place: Alexandra Abrosichkina, Lipetsk city, K.N. Igumnov Lipetsk Regional Art College, teacher: Nina Alexandrovna Krupina. Adolescent age group (between 18 and 23 inclusive). I place shared between: - Margarita Statsenko, Pyatigorsk city – Rostov-on-Don city, Stavropol Krai, RSC named after S.V. Rachmaninoff, teacher: Sofya Mironovna Bugayan. - Danil Dautov, Ufa city, the Republic of Bashkortostan, Ufa State Institute of Arts named after Zagir Ismagilov, teacher: Mikhail Yuryevich Kochurov, full professor, Honoured Artist of the Republic of Bashkortostan. II place shared between: - Momir Damyanovich, Belgrade city, the Republic of Serbia, “Mokranyats” MS, teacher: Snezhana Miloslavlevich. - Ivan Kuzmin, Moscow city, P.I. Tchaikovsky MSC, teacher: Nataliya Vladimirovna Trull, full professor. - Nadezhda Statygina, Lipetsk city – Moscow city, P.I. Tchaikovsky MSC, teacher: Andrey Vladimirovich Shibko, associate professor. III place shared between: - Alexandra Akishina, Moscow city, P.I. Tchaikovsky MSC, teacher: Yuri Surenovich Airapetian, People's Artist of Armenia, full professor. - Vladislav Amelin, Moscow city, P.I. Tchaikovsky MSC, teacher: Andrey Alexandrovich Pisarev, Honoured Artist of Russia, full professor. .