{"id":17202,"date":"2026-02-07T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kultura.jelgava.lv\/?p=17202"},"modified":"2026-02-12T14:35:02","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T12:35:02","slug":"pazinoti-27-starptautiska-ledus-skulpturu-konkursa-laureati","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kultura.jelgava.lv\/en\/2026\/02\/07\/pazinoti-27-starptautiska-ledus-skulpturu-konkursa-laureati\/","title":{"rendered":"Winners of the 27th International Ice Sculpture Competition have been announced"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Winners of the 27th International Ice Sculpture Competition have been announced<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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February 7, 2026.<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t
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Today, February 7, the winners of the 27th International Ice Sculpture Competition were announced in Jelgava. Throughout the week, breathtaking ice artworks on the theme of \"The Power of Illusion\" were created on Pasta Island by 20 sculptors from 12 countries. The artists worked in teams and individually to create sculptures that now delight visitors and immerse them in a world of illusions.<\/p>\n

The festival jury, consisting of experienced experts, carefully evaluated each work and selected the winners in two categories.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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In the team sculpture category:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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1st place: \u201cSELF-IMPOSED LIBERATION\u201d Altankhuu Khishigdalai (Mongolia) and Enkhbat Damdin (Mongolia) <\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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2nd place: \u201cILLUSION OF A PORTRAIT\u201d Inna Tkachivska (Ukraine) and Ihor Tkachivskyi (Ukraine)<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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3rd place: \u201cMIRAGE OF LINES\u201d by Andres Rattasepp (Estonia) and Raigo Kannike (Estonia)<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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In the category of individual sculptures:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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1st place: \u201cOne Step\u201d Tautvilas Povilionis (Lithuania)<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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2nd place: \u201cThe weight of illusion\u201d Evangelos Stafylidis (Germany)<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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3rd place: \u201cMAYA\u201d I Made Sutama (Indonesia)<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Jury's Choice Award<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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\u201cEKSPERIMENTS\u201d\/\u201dEXPERIMENT\u201d Z\u012ble Ozoli\u0146a-\u0160neidere (Latvija)<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Visitors are invited to view the sculptures throughout the weekend. On February 7 and 8, Jelgava will host the 27th International Ice Sculpture Festival with an extensive cultural program for the whole family. Visitors can enjoy activities for children, science shows, sculpture-making contests, illusionist performances, silent discos, a free \"hospitality zone,\" and concerts.<\/p>\n

On Saturday, \"Vint\u0101\u017ea\" and \"Instrumenti\" will take to the stage, while on Sunday, \"Tand\u0113ms trijat\u0101\", Normunds Rutulis together with the Slaveno R\u012bgas orchestra will perform, and the festival will conclude with the energetic ethno-music group \"Tautumeitas\".<\/p>\n

Tickets can be purchased at Bi\u013ce\u0161u Parad\u012bze ticket offices and online. www.bilesuparadize.lv<\/a>The ticket provides one-time entry on any day of the festival, and, if necessary, the control stamp allows you to return on the same day.<\/p>\n

The festival is organized by the city of Jelgava and the institution \"Kult\u016bra\" with the support of the companies \"Ramirent\" and \"Husqvarna\". More information is available on the websites Jelgava.lv<\/a> and kultura.jelgava.lv<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u0160odien, 7. febru\u0101r\u012b, Jelgav\u0101 tika noskaidroti 27. Starptautisk\u0101 Ledus skulpt\u016bru konkursa laure\u0101ti. Visas ned\u0113\u013cas garum\u0101 Pasta sal\u0101 tapa elpu aizraujo\u0161i ledus m\u0101kslas darbi par t\u0113mu \u201cIl\u016bzijas sp\u0113ks\u201d, kurus veidoja 20 t\u0113lnieki no 12 valst\u012bm. M\u0101kslinieki gan komand\u0101s, gan individu\u0101li rad\u012bja skulpt\u016bras, kas tagad priec\u0113 apmekl\u0113t\u0101jus un liek iejusties \u012bst\u0101 il\u016bziju pasaul\u0113. Festiv\u0101la \u017e\u016brija, kur\u0101 darboj\u0101s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17210,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ledus-skulpturas","category-zinas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kultura.jelgava.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kultura.jelgava.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kultura.jelgava.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kultura.jelgava.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kultura.jelgava.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17202"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/kultura.jelgava.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17202\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17530,"href":"https:\/\/kultura.jelgava.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17202\/revisions\/17530"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kultura.jelgava.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kultura.jelgava.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kultura.jelgava.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kultura.jelgava.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}