
The V International Contest of the Performers on Folk Instruments «Cup of the North» was carried out in Cherepovets (Russia) for the fifth time from 11 till 22, April, 2004. There were 91 participants in 7 nominations.
Laureates and Diplomants of the contest:
"ACCORDION"
Grand Prix – Osokin S. (Moscow).
The 1st prize – Vlasova M. (Moscow).
The 2nd prize – was not awarded.
The 3rd prize – Barakov A. (St. Petersburg).
"BAYAN"
The 1st prize- Shelwganov A. (Ìîñêâà).
The 2nd prize – Privedyon A. (Rostov-on-Don), Stepanov D. (Petrozavodsk).
The 3rd prize – Kiselev V. (Moscow), Ivanov G. (Petrozavodsk).
Diplomants – Petrov A. (Petrozavodsk), Piskaryov I. (Vladimir), Shvedov A. (Moscow), Kounov P. (Rostov-on-Don).
"BALALAIKA"
The 1st prize – Sandalov A. (Moscow), Zhukov D. (Moscow).
The 2nd prize – Zaharato K. (Moscow), Pavlov D. (Moscow).
The 3rd prize – Tereshchenko V. (Rostov-on-Don), Kalinin D. (Moscow), Syrchikov A. (Yekaterinburg).
Diplomant – Budyuk G. (Rostov-on-Don).