Results of the competition program of the XXII International Festival of World Music and Crafts «WORLD of Siberia»
Marat Damdyn (Kyzyl, Republic of Tyva) won the Grand Prix of the «MIRA» Craft Award 2026. The craftsman presented national musical instruments in the «Traditional Crafts» nomination.
The winner among the nominees of the Grand Prix of the «MIRA» World Music Award was Tuyara Alekseeva (Suntar, Republic of Sakha (Yakutia))
The small «MIRA» Cup was awarded to Agata Hovalyg (Kyzyl, Republic of Tyva)
The title of Laureate of the «MIRA» Craft Award 2026 was awarded to:
Nadezhda Izmailova (manual loom weaving), Verkhniy Utchan, Udmurt Republic, «Traditional Crafts» nomination
Natalia Taligina (wood carving), Salekhard, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District, «Contemporary decorative and applied art» nomination
Recipients of a Diploma of the «MIRA» Craft Award 2026 in the nomination «Traditional crafts»:
Municipal budgetary cultural institution «Debyossky District House of Crafts» (folk costume), Debyosy, Udmurt Republic
Elizaveta Budaeva (artistic leather and fur processing, bead embroidery), Kurumkan, Republic of Buryatia
Tamara Potylitsyna (weaving from plant materials), Belsk, Irkutsk Region
Alexey Bessonov (artistic birch bark processing), Shenkursk, Arkhangelsk Region
In the nomination «Contemporary decorative and applied art»:
Elena Lisitskaya (ceramics, herb weaving), Tulun, Irkutsk Region
Boris Potreba (artistic wood processing), Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Region
Ekaterina Skachkova (artistic jewelry making), Irkutsk, Irkutsk Region
Semyon Sevli (artistic bone processing), Salekhard, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District
The titles in the World Music Competition were awarded as follows.
CHILDREN AGE CATEGORY
«Vocal ensemble» nomination
Diploma recipients:
Exemplary artistic collective children's folk ensemble «Tyoplye Klyuchi» (head: Elena Vodneva), Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Region
Laureate:
Folk ensemble «Krasen» of the Evgeny Svetlanov Children's School of Arts (teacher: Darya Fando), Moscow
«Vocal and instrumental ensemble» nomanation
Diploma recipients:
Creative association «Borodinskaya muzhskaya artel», Municipal budgetary cultural institution City Palace of Culture «Ugolshchik» (Head: Ivan Petelin), Borodino, Krasnoyarsk Region
Laureate:
Children's folk ensemble «Dembildey» (Head: Aldyn-Belek Norbu), Shagonar, Republic of Tyva
«Сhoreographic ensemble» nomination
Diploma recipients:
Rafael Sharifullin and Polina Dmitrieva, Moscow
Arina Malinova and Maria Kulukhova (Head: Marina Yeryomina), Moscow
«Soloist-vocalist» nomination
Laureate:
Yaroslava Mukhina, Kamenetsky, Tula Region
«Soloist-vocalist-instrumentalist» nomination
Diploma recipients:
Marina Khamgushkeeva, Ulan-Ude, Republic of Buryatia
Laureate:
Roman Baev, Khokhlovo, Vologda Region
«Ethnic сhoreography soloist» nomination
Diploma recipients:
Roman Dmitriev, Sheksna, Vologda Region
Alisa Smirnova, Sheksna, Vologda Region
Laureate:
Alina Khmelyova, Sheksna, Vologda Region
«Small-form ensemble» nomination
Diploma recipients:
Quartet: Karina Kazeeva, Vera Malysheva, Yulia Petrova, Yana Petrova, Moscow
ADULTS AGE CATEGORY
«Vocal ensemble» nomination
Diploma recipients:
Folk ensemble «Elan» (Head: Rada Frolova), Khimki, Moscow Region
Moscow city creative collective – Folk ensemble «RADA» (Head: Natalia Koltko), Moscow
Laureates:
Folk ensemble «Rubashki», Moscow
Folk ensemble «Arzhanitsa» (Head: Diana Gladushko), Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Region
Folk and ethnographic studio «Radolnitsa», Perm, Perm Region
«Vocal and instrumental ensemble» nomination
Diploma recipients:
Khomusists ensemble «Chegien» of the Сenter of spiritual culture «Dom Archy» (Head: Sakhaya Nokhsorova), Yakutsk, Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)
Folk ensemble «Ak-Chayaan» (Head: Aydys Araptan), Kyzyl, Republic of Tyva
«Сhoreographic ensemble» nomination
Diploma recipients:
Folk and ethnographic studio «Feniks», Cherepovets, Vologda Region
Laureate:
Folk ensemble «Dennitsa», Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Region
«Small-form ensemble» nomination
Diploma recipients:
Folk ensemble «Radoves» of the Dmitri Hvorostovsky Siberian State Academy of Arts (Head: Larisa Ekard), Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Region
Laureate:
Duet: Milena Mikhailova and Polina Kozlova, Dmitri Hvorostovsky Siberian State Academy of Arts, Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Region
«Soloist-vocalist» nomination
Laureate:
Kamila Baldan, Kyzyl, Republic of Tyva
«Soloist-vocalist-instrumentalist» nomination
Diploma recipients:
Sofia Gorbunova, Tashtyp, Republic of Khakassia
Mikhail Kozhin, Aniva, Sakhalin Region
Laureate:
Aydun Magamedov, Makhachkala, Republic of Dagestan
«Family team» nomination
Diploma recipients:
Family duet «Temboy» of the State Autonomous Cultural Institution of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District « District Center of National Cultures », Salekhard, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District
By decision of the Jury and Festival Directorate, Letters of Appreciation from the International Festival of World Music and Crafts «WORLD of Siberia» were awarded to:
«For a significant contribution to the preservation of traditions and the training of outstanding performers» - Arzhaana Dospan, Kyzyl, Republic of Tyva
«For artistry and mastery» - Mikhail Kozhin, Aniva, Sakhalin Region