Igor Otradnov /a laureate of the International contests, senior lecturer of the Belarusian Academy of Music/:

The ensemble "Minstrels" has already declared itself as an original and promising group. Being at the greatest in Europe accordion performers competition "Citta di Castelfidardo" as the head of the group of the participants from the Academy of Music of the Republic of Belarus. I was greatly surprised and overjoyed by "Minstrels'" success there…

Nikolay Sevryukov /a laureate of the International contests, Honoured Artist of the Republic of Belarus, the Head of the Bayan-Accordion Department of the Belarusian State Academy of Music, a professor/:

I am greatly impressed by G.Dorokhina's efforts in popularizing the bayan-accordion performing. I regard it as the opportunity to inrush the bayan-accordeon academic classes with young talented musicians. It's difficult to over-estimate the importance of such musical groups as "Minstrels", because they help in the spiritual development of our youth, in the development of its creative and intellectual potential…