The 2nd International Muslim Magomayev Vocalist Contest dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the great singer's birth has been held in Moscow. 
On the 1st day of the contest People's Actress Tamara Sinyavskaya wished success to the participants of the contest.
She noted that the 2nd contest dedicated to the 70th anniversary of Muslim Magomayev was the continuation of his life as "he had not gone anywhere and would always be with us".
Representatives of the US, Russia, Germany, Mongolia, South Korea, Ukraine and Belarus took part in the contest performing the songs of Magomayev.
The winner of the contest was Jenisbek Piyazov. He was honoured with the grand prix award.
The first premium was won by Russian Sergey Plyusin, second by Belarus Anatoly livko, third by Russian Irina Kostina and German Bladimir Boldt.
The contest brought together more than 200 singers.
At the end of the concert well known singer and composer Emin Agalarov performed his song "My way".
The judges included Yelena Obraztsova, People's Artist of the USSR, Laima Vaykule (Latvia-Russia), Farhad Badalbeyli (Azerbaijan), Dmitry Bertman, Vincenzo de Vivo (Italy) and Lev Leshenko.
After the rewarding ceremony Tamara Sinyavskaya expressed her gratitude to the organizers and the participants of the contest and wished them success in their future activity.

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