Participant: Marsel Barannik (piano, Kazakhstan)

Marsel Barannik won the first prize for composition on the contest “Samal” in Astana city, Kazakhstan. He finished Musical College named after Chaykovskiy in Pavlodar city as a pianist. He got a diploma for the best performing of piano ensembles – the first prize in the conservatory named after Kurmangazy in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Marsel studied as a composer in the state conservatory named after Kurmangazy in Almaty, he got a diploma “Mastership of stylizing”. Marsel is a winner of diploma for the best performing of children song, and also a diploma for the best performing of his own composition and “for bandability” in Kazakh National Musical Academy in Astana.