The results of the application campaign for the World Music Award Competition
In 2026, 239 applications were reviewed for the «MIRA» World Music Award Competition: 168 in the adults age category and 71 in the children age category. The participants’ geography covered 53 regions of Russia, as well as France and Belarus.
The participants of the competition showcased their talents in all nominations outlined in the Provisions: «Vocal ensemble», «Vocal and instrumental ensemble», «Ethnoсhoreographic ensemble», «Vocalist», «Vocalist-instrumentalist», «Ethnic сhoreography soloist», «Family team», and «Small-form ensemble».
According to the results of the correspondence selection for the «MIRA» World Music Award Competition, the Jury awarded the title of Nominee to the following participants:
CHILDREN AGE CATEGORY
«Vocal ensemble» nomination
Exemplary artistic collective children's folk ensemble «Tyoplye Klyuchi»
City: Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Region
Head: Elena Vodneva
Exemplary collective children's folk ensemble «Vyosnushka»
Village: Novaya Usman, Voronezh Region
Head: Yulia Kostryukova
Folk ensemble «Krasen»
City: Moscow
Head: Elena Kovalyova
Teacher: Darya Fando
«Vocal and instrumental ensemble» nomination
Creative association «Borodinskaya muzhskaya artel»
City: Borodino, Krasnoyarsk Region
Head: Ivan Petelin
Children's folk ensemble «Dembildey»
City: Shagonar, Republic of Tyva
Head: Aldyn-Belek Norbu
«Ethnoсhoreographic ensemble» nomination
Exemplary children's folk collective «Veretyontse»
Village: Khokhlovo, Vologda Region
Head: Leonid Solovyov
Duet: Rafael Sharifullin and Polina Dmitrieva
City: Moscow
Duet: Arina Malinova and Maria Kulukhova
City: Moscow
Head: Marina Yeryomina
«Vocalist» nomination
Yaroslava Mukhina
Village: Kamenetsky, Tula Region
Head: Vladimir Zhukov
Agata Hovalyg
City: Kyzyl, Republic of Tyva
Head: Arzhaana Dospan
Ayselina Chash-ool
City: Kyzyl, Republic of Tyva
Head: Arzhaana Dospan
«Vocalist-instrumentalist» nomination
Marina Khamgushkeeva
City: Ulan-Ude, Republic of Buryatia
Head: Olga Ivanova
Roman Baev
Village: Khokhlovo, Vologda Region
Head: Leonid Solovyov
«Ethnic сhoreography soloist» nomination
Roman Dmitriev
Village: Sheksna, Vologda Region
Head: Mikhail Tolmachyov
Alina Khmelyova
Village: Sheksna, Vologda Region
Head: Mikhail Tolmachyov
Alisa Smirnova
Village: Sheksna, Vologda Region
Head: Mikhail Tolmachyov
«Small-form ensemble» nomination
The quartet of Kira Kazeeva, Vera Malysheva, Yulia Petrova, Yana Petrova
City: Moscow
Head: Valeria Dzhobava
ADULTS AGE CATEGORY
«Vocal ensemble» nomination
Folk ensemble «Elan»
City: Khimki, Moscow Region
Head: Venera Nazarova, Rada Frolova
Folk ensemble «Rubashki»
City: Moscow
Folk ensemble «Arzhanitsa»
City: Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Region
Head: Diana Gladushko
Folk and ethnographic studio «Radolnitsa»
City: Perm, Perm Region
Head: Elena, Alyona и Aleksandr Nadezhdiny
Folk ensemble «RADA»
City: Moscow
Head: Tatyana Maksimova, Natalia Koltko
«Vocal and instrumental ensemble» nomination
Honored collective of Russian folk art, Folk ensemble of Adyghe musical instruments «Udzh»
Village: Takhtamukay, Republic of Adygea
Head: Inver Kalakutok
Khomusists ensemble «Chegien» of the Сenter of spiritual culture «Dom Archy»
City: Yakutsk, Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)
Head: Sakhaya Nokhsorova
Folk group «Ak-Chayaan»
City: Kyzyl, Republic of Tyva
Head: Aydys Araptan
«Ethnoсhoreographic ensemble» nomination
Folk ensemble «Dennitsa»
City: Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Region
Head: Lyubov Urazovskaya
Folk and ethnographic studio «Feniks» of the Metallurgists' Palace of the Center of folk art «Feniks»
City: Cherepovets, Vologda Region
Head: Mikhail Kurmanov, Darina Savina, Anastasia Sovetova
«Vocalist» nomination
Tuyara Alekseeva
Village: Suntar, Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)
Kamila Baldan
City: Kyzyl, Republic of Tyva
«Vocalist-instrumentalist» nomination
Aydun Magamedov
City: Makhachkala, Republic of Dagestan
Sofia Gorbunova
Village: Tashtyp, Republic of Khakassia
Mikhail Kozhin
City: Aniva, Sakhalin Region
«Ethnic сhoreography soloist» nomination
Mikhail Kurmanov
City: Cherepovets, Vologda Region
Head: Leonid Solovyov
«Family team» nomination
Honored collective of folk art, Family folk ensemble «Goroshiny»
City: Bryansk, Bryansk Region
Head: Ivan Bulatkin
Family duet «Temboy» («Connecting Thread»)
City: Salekhard, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District
Head: Natalia Zelyonaya
«Small-form ensemble» nomination
Duet: Milena Mikhailova and Polina Kozlova
City: Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Region
Head: Vladimir Budilin
Folk ensemble «Radoves»
City: Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Region
Head: Larisa Ekard
The participants, who passed the correspondence qualifying round, but were not announced as nominees by the Jury will receive Participant diplomas for the «MIRA» World Music Award Competition.
The finalists will perform on the Main Stage of the XXII International Festival of World Music and Crafts «WORLD of Siberia», which will take place in the village of Shushenskoye from July 9 to 12, 2026. Admission to all festival venues is free of charge.