For the 10th consecutive year, the Ubelskaya Lastauka (The Swallow of Ubel) contest has been held in Cherven, the homeland of the famous Belarusian-Polish composer Stanislaw Moniuszko. 26 contestants from Belarus, Lithuania, the Czech Republic, Russia and Ukraine performed classical arias, folk songs, ballads, as well as works by Stanislaw Moniuszko. This year, the Grand Prix and cash prize went to a student from the St. Petersburg Conservatory. The competitive program ended with the opera Word of Honor by Stanislaw Moniuszko.













