Dream Come True (4) - The day St Petersburg Listened to Us Sing

We were merely Medical students who loved to sing. Not all of us had very strong backgrounds of musical education.

Yet St Petersburg was the kind of place that would listen to us sing. This city was the kind that would extent its welcoming ears to us and applaud for us while we nervously belted out our songs, and cheer at the end of our performence. It was the kind of place that unrolled its red carpets into the belly of one of the oldest music halls in Russia for us.

We performed in one of the most prestigious musical centers in Russia, perhaps even Europe, because St Petersburg wanted art and culture to seep into every space that was willing, and tonight, it has reached us -- insignificant, inexperienced students of Science who wanted a little place in the wide world of music.

So sing we did.


The Choir of St Petersburg State Medical Academy named after Mechnikov, singing at the Finals of the 2009 Student Choir Collectives Competition , 29-11-2009 at the Glinka Kapella, St Petersburg, Russia. Yours truly is the 7th girl from the right.

All the participants in the competition sang 4 songs in a grand choir, including "Gaudeamus" and 4 classical Russian songs.