{"id":9413,"date":"2026-11-11T16:24:29","date_gmt":"2026-11-11T14:24:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/2026\/11\/11\/a-double-victory-on-the-international-stage-a-young-saxophonist-from-mukachevo-wins-the-grand-prix-and-first-place-at-a-festival-in-uzhhorod\/"},"modified":"2026-11-11T16:24:31","modified_gmt":"2026-11-11T14:24:31","slug":"a-double-victory-on-the-international-stage-a-young-saxophonist-from-mukachevo-wins-the-grand-prix-and-first-place-at-a-festival-in-uzhhorod","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/2026\/11\/11\/a-double-victory-on-the-international-stage-a-young-saxophonist-from-mukachevo-wins-the-grand-prix-and-first-place-at-a-festival-in-uzhhorod\/","title":{"rendered":"A Double Victory on the International Stage: A Young Saxophonist from Mukachevo Wins the Grand Prix and First Place at a Festival in Uzhhorod"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Georgiy Olag, a student at the S. F. Marton Mukachevo School of Arts, won over the jury of the \u201cCreative Bells of Transcarpathia\u201d competition with a classical \u201cBallad\u201d and a rousing hit by ABBA. The talented performer\u2019s instructors were honored with special acknowledgments.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Mukachevo School of Arts has once again demonstrated the high level of training its students receive. Young saxophonist Georgiy Olag achieved a brilliant triumph at the prestigious \u201cCreative Bells of Transcarpathia\u201d International Festival and Competition of Children\u2019s and Youth Creativity, which took place in Uzhhorod.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Mukachevo City Council reported on the young musician\u2019s outstanding achievements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">An absolute triumph: two competition programs\u2014two top honors<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Georgiy Olag demonstrated exceptional performing skill, virtuoso mastery of his instrument, and a keen sense of musical style across completely different genres, winning two of the festival\u2019s top awards at once:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Grand Prix of the competition:<\/strong> the musician received the highest score from the jury for his academic, profound, and insightful performance of \u201cBalada\u201d by the renowned Czech composer Pavel Stanek;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>First Place:<\/strong> The young man took the top spot on the podium in the solo pop category thanks to his energetic, vibrant interpretation of the legendary global hit \u201cDancing Queen\u201d by the Swedish group ABBA.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Creative Duo of Mentors<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The young talent\u2019s success is the result of daily hard work and synergy with his teachers. Georgiy is studying wind instruments at the S. F. Marton School of Arts in Mukachevo:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Instructor:<\/strong> Oleksandr Virzbytskyi;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Accompanist:<\/strong> Larisa Smetana.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The festival organizers expressed their sincere gratitude to the teachers for their high level of pedagogical professionalism, impeccable preparation of the contestants, and significant contribution to nurturing the creative youth of Transcarpathia, awarding them with certificates of appreciation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We sincerely congratulate Heorhiy Olag and his teachers on their well-deserved international success! We wish them new resounding victories, thunderous applause, and the conquest of the highest musical peaks!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/mukachevo-rada.gov.ua\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/mukachevo-rada.gov.ua\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Mukachevo City Council.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Georgiy Olag, a student at the S. F. Marton Mukachevo School of Arts, won over the jury of the \u201cCreative Bells of Transcarpathia\u201d competition with a classical \u201cBallad\u201d and a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":9416,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1457,1455,1391,1389],"tags":[3059,3060,1614,3061,3062,1542],"class_list":["post-9413","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","category-mukachevo","category-mukachevo-district","category-zakarpattia-news","tag-georgy-olag","tag-grand-prix","tag-mukachevo","tag-oleksandr-virzbytskyi","tag-pavel-stane","tag-uzhhorod"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9413","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9413"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9413\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}