International Competition Of Young Singers of Popular Music the " New Wave" has become an important event in international music arena.Live concerts of the "New Wave" on central channels attracts millions of spectators , attention of the most famous journalists and media as well as fans, who become addicted to the event and support the competitors with all their hearts. Two legendary composers Igor Krutoy and Raimonds Pauls discussed the idea of organizing a completely new competition unlike to other competitions which took place on the territory of Russia and the countries of CIS. Mr Pauls Raimonds Pauls supported the opinion of Mr Krutoy about the situation in modern popular music...
Jury member of the "New Wave" contest Leonid Agutin is planning to publish a book of his poems this autumn. Leonid made up his mind to publish his poems long ago. He is planning to release his verses, but not song lyrics as stated in some sources. Therefore, the information that song lyrics and scores will be included in the book is false. The preliminary title of the book is "69 verses". The book will contain photographs of the past years and some "surprises" from Leonid Agutin which are now being kept secret by the singer and his managers. The book is to be released in late autumn.