All India Radio (AIR) will organise music competition among young artistes to encourage their talents. The preliminary competition will be held at the station level, while the final competition will be held at the national level.
The contest is open to those who are between 16 and 24 years of age as on June 24, 2011 and who are not performing graded music artistes of AIR.
The competition will cover Vocal Music (classical, light music & folk music – Hindustani and Carnatic music); Instrumental music (classical, light music, Hindustani and Carnatic music and folk music) and Vrindagaan (chorus).
The preliminary competition will be held from August 8 and the winners will be recorded for the final contest. Prizes and Gradation will be awarded to the winners in the final competition. Interested competitors could obtain application forms from the Station Director of the nearest AIR station in their respective area.
Entry fee of Rs.100 should be paid by the contestants to take part in the competition. It should be sent by money order to the Station Director of the respective station and the receipt should be attached along with the filled-in application. The last date for receipt of entries is June 17, a press release from AIR here said.
