Piano and Composition-Musicology Department

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       Piano and Composition-Musicology Department

Dean – Honoured Worker of Arts, Professor of the Division V. Nekhayenko

Divisions:

  • Composition (Head – Honored Worker of Arts, Assistant Professor V. Dorokhin);

  • Special Piano (Head – Professor of the Division V. Shatsky);

  • Piano (Head – Professor of the Division B. Spector);

  • Concertmaster's Skills (Head – Senior Teacher T. Dubrovskaiy);

  • Musical Theory (Head – Doctor of Musicology, Professor E. Doulova);

  • Musical History (Head – Candidate of Musicology, Assistant Professor A. Oleynikova);

  • Belarusian Music (Head – Doctor of Musicology,  Professor V. Dadiomava).

The Piano and Composition-Musicology Department (PCM) is the largest in the Academy of Music. They are training pianists, composers and musicologists at the Department.

 

Composition Division. The absolute majority of the members of the Union of Composers of Belarus are the graduates of the Composition Division of the Belarusian State Academy of Music. For more than a quarter of a century the Division was headed by one of the oldest teachers of the Academy, People's Artist of Belarus, Professor A. Bogatyryov. Among his pupils is a number of famous Belarusian composers, including People's Artists of the USSR and Belarus E. Glebov, I. Louchenok, People's Artists of Belarus V. Olovnikov, G. Vagner, V. Boudnik, L. Zakhlevny, S. Kortes, D. Smolsky. Under traditions of the St. Petersburg school, the composition art was taught by the People's Artist of Belarus, Professor M. Aladov, in whose class the Conservatoire was finished by R. Boutvilovsky, F. Pytalyov, and also A. Sonin and L. Shleg. Assistant Professor P. Podkovyrov, Honoured Worker of Arts of Belarus, who brought up V. Domoratsky, A. Zalyotny, V. Ivanov, M. Karetnikov, L. Mourashkov, V. Pomozov, has remained an original and fruitful teacher of composition in the memory of his pupils. In the 1970s Professor E. Glebov started his active pedagogy activities, among whose students are V. Kondrousevich, V. Prokhorov, and in junior teacher's courses – V. Domoratsky, A. Zalyotnev, L. Zakhlevny, V. Pomozov. Currently, the Composition Division is headed by Assistant Professor V. Dorokhin, a graduate of the St. Petersburg Conservatoire named after M. Rimsky-Korsakov, Honoured Worker of Arts of Belarus. Among the teachers of the Division are well-known Belarusian composers: People's Artist of Belarus, Professor D. Smolsky, Honored Worker of Arts, Professor À. Mdivani, People's Artist of Belarus, Professor of the Division S. Kortes, Assistant Professors G. Gorelova and L. Mourashko. Young pupils of the Division – S. Beltsyukov, V. Koroltchouk, V. Kourian, A. Litvinovsky, A. Khodosko, S. Yankovich and others are becoming more and more famous.

 

The Division of Special Piano. This Division stood at the cradle of the Belarusian State Conservatoire and made an essential contribution into the formation of the Belarusian performance school. The creative image of the Division formed under the influence of the Moscow and St. Petersburg piano schools. The formation and development of the national piano school is linked with the names of M. Berger, G. Shershevsky, I. Tsvetayeva, V. Epstein, E. Alterman. Currently, talented pedagogues are fruitfully working at the Division, among them are Honoured Workers of Arts of Belarus, Professors of the Division V. Nekhayenko, V. Rokhlenko, L. Shelomentseva, Professor L. Yushkevich, Professors of the Division V. Shatsky, Z. Kocharskaya,  L. Ter-Minasyan, Assistant Professors A. Khimchenko, T. Volodsko, V. Dulov, S. Turgel, Senior Teachers S. Mikulik, M. Rusakova. For many years among the most successful teachers of the Division are well-known performers of the country, the soloist of the Belarusian State Philharmonic Society, People's Artist of Belarus, State Prize Laureate of Belarus, author of multiple transcripts for the piano, Professor I. Olovnikov, Art Director of the Belarusian State Philharmonic Society, Honoured Artist of Belarus, Professor of the Division Yu. Guildyuk and others. The high professional level of Professors and teachers allowed to prepare a number of talented young pianists for participation in international competitions. Among them are the winners of first prizes of international competitions in the USA, Germany, Italy, Spain, Poland, Russia, performers, well-known in the country and abroad Andrey Sikorsky, Yury Blinov, Andrey Ponochevny, Iosif Serguey, Konstantin Krasnitsky, Alexander Mouzykantov, Vasily Netouk, Pavel Koschevo, Maia Irgalina, piano duet of Anna Getmanova and Anastasia Poznyakova and others. The Division has prepared a total of 50 laureates of international competitions. An evidence of high international recognition of the national piano school became the victories of pianists Andrey Ponochevny at the International Competition named after P. Tchaikovsky (Moscow, 2002, 3rd Prize) and Konstantin Krasnitsky at the International Competition named after S. Rakhmaninov (Moscow, 2002, 4th Prize). Thanks to creative achievements of young Belarusian pianists, it became possible to hold in Belarus a number of huge “Minsk-96”, “Minsk-2000”, “Minsk-2005”, whose winners became Andrey Sikorsky, Alexander Mouzykantov and Timur Scherbakov. An evidence of international recognition of the Belarusian piano school was inclusion of the Belarusian Public Association of Piano Teachers, whose founder and President is Professor V. Yakonyuk, and Vice-Presidents – V. Olovnikov and V. Nekhayenko into the European Piano Teachers Association (EPTA).

 

Piano Division. In its activities the Division is consistently implementing the general developing functions of the piano, since all the students of the Academy of Music are trained to play the instrument. The formation of the Division (before 1997 – the Division of General Piano) is inseparably linked with the pedagogic activities of famous Belarusian pianists G. Petrov, E. Tyrmand, E. Alterman, L. Besmertnaya and others. Presently, the Division, that comprises Professors of the Division B. Spector and B. Berger, Assistant Professor M. Akhverdova, is engaged, alongside with the training work, in multifaceted musical-propaganda and upbringing activities (scientific conferences, competitions, concerts), and also in methodology work.

 

Division of Concertmaster’s Skills. A considerable number of students of the Piano Department obtain a specialisation of a concertmaster. The traditions of mastering of artistic accompaniment were laid down by the founders of the Belarusian piano school G. Petrov and M. Berger (the first Head of the Division of Concertmaster’s Skills, 1966). From the mid-1950s the concertmaster’s class has been taught by the famous Belarusian composer E. Tyrmand, who managed to create a unique system of training concertmasters and is a founder of an original national school of concertmaster’s skills. The modern high level of professional training of concertmasters is ensured by Senior Teacher T. Dubrovskaiy (Head of the Division), Assistant Professors S. Byalkevich, S. Okolova, S. Os'kina, Honoured Artist of Belarus, Assistant Professor L. Tolkachova, Professor of the Division G. Korzhenevskaya and a number of teachers of the younger generation.

 

Before 1967 the theoretical musical training of the students was carried out by the Division of Musical Theory, History and Composition. The formation of the national musicology science and education is connected with the work of famous musicologists of their days Yu. Letetsky, M. Minenkova, M. Shifrin, S. Nisnevich, L. Moukharinskaya. They are all graduates of the Moscow and St. Petersburg Conservatoires in the class of world-famous researchers of music I. Sposobin, L. Mazel, K. Koushnaryov, B. Levik and others. From the moment of foundation in 1968 of independent Divisions of Musical Theory (Head – K. Stsepantsevich) and Musical History (Head – G. Glouschenko) the research and methodical activities in the sphere of musicology became much more animated. A notable event of musicology of the period was publication of “The History of Belarusian Soviet Music” (Minsk, 1971).

 

Division of Musical Theory. Consolidation of the scientific and pedagogical personnel of the Division of Musical Theory took place in the 1980–90s. Today, it includes Doctors of Musicology, Professor E. Doulova (Head of the Division), Doctor of Musicology, Professor R. Serguiyenko, Candidates of Musicology, Assistant Professors T. Leschenya, V. Savitskaya, T. Titova, Yu. Zlatkovsky, N. Shimansky and others. One of the main scientific directions of the Division became studying of historical and theoretical problems of the Belarusian musical culture, and also researches into actual issues of theoretical musicology, problems of musical forms, genres, sound-pitch organisation of music, melodies, styles, polyphony, musical psychology and social science.

The Division of Musical History is headed Candidate of Musicology, Assistant Professor A. Oleynikova. The Division is uniting the teachers who possess great experience of research and training work, including Honoured Worker of Higher School, Doctor of Musicology Professor T. Scherbakova, Candidates of Musicology, Professor of the Division R. Aladova, Assistant Professors A. Gorokhovik, L. Volkova, A. Karpilova and others. The most essential scientific developments were made at the Division in the field of musical textual studies and history of Belarusian music. In the process of active development are also new scientific directions, including oriental and American studies, cinema music and others.

 

The Division of Belarusian Music marked in 2001 its tenth birthday. During this relatively short period of time the Division has become a real centre of Belarusian ethnomusicology. The Division is consistently developing the traditions that were laid down by one of the founders of the modern Belarusian ethnomusicology L. Moukharinskaya. The experience of older teachers of the Division – Doctor of Musicology, Professor I. Nazina, Doctor of Musicology, Professor V. Dadiomava (Head of the Division), Candidates of Musicology, Professors of the Division T. Yakimenko and L. Kostyukovets, Candidates of Musicology, Assistant Professor T. Likhach – is combined with enthusiasm of its younger representatives, Candidates of Musicology T. Berkovich, M. Kozlovich and others. Students of the Division are actively participating in folklore expeditions over the Republic. A great role in organisation of this important cause of preservation of the Belarusian musical heritage is played by the Study of Folk Music.