Saratov Conservatory
Саратовская государственная
консерватория имени Л.В. Собинова | |
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Type | State music conservatory |
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Established | 1912 |
Location | , |
Website | http://www.sarcons.ru/en/main/ |
Saratov Conservatory is a music conservatory in Russia.
The conservatory in Saratov, was founded in 1912, and was the first provincial conservatory to be founded in Russia, after St Petersburg Conservatory and Moscow Conservatory. Saratov was, at the time, Russia's third city. The main building of the conservatory had been built in 1902 by architect Alexander Yulyevich Yagn, and originally it housed a music school. Before the opening of the conservatory in 1912, the building was reconstructed by the architect Semyon Akimovich Kallistratov. When Saratov Conservatory opened in September 1912, it immediately had 1,000 students ready to begin their studies.[1]
In 1935 the Conservatory was named after the world-famous tenor Leonid Sobinov.
Former Directors[]
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- Stanislav Kasparovich Echsner (Exner, Eksner) (1912–1914)
- , Polish: Józef Śliwiński (1914–1916)
- , English: Georgi Conus (1917–1919)
- Emil Hájek, Russian: Эмиль Ярославович Гаек (1920–1921)
Notable teachers[]
- Emil Hajek (pianist)
- Jaroslav Hajek (violinist)
- Karl Wilhelm (Vasily Georgievich) Brandt, (trumpeter)
- Anatoly Nikolaevich Drozdov, (music theory)
- Simon Matveevich Kozolupov, (cello)
- Mikhail E. Medvedev, (singing)
- Viktor Ivanovich Egorov, Honored Artist of Russia
- Nikolai Ilyich Aladov (1941–1944)
- Natalia Kimovna Tarasova, Honored Artist of Russia
- Nosyrev, Eugene R. (oboe)
- Gokhman, Elena
- Józef Śliwiński
- Roman Moiseyev
- Konstanty Gorski
- Mikhail Bukinik
- Tatiana Stepanova - ballet
- Arnold Azrikan
- Nisson Shkarovsky
Alumni[]
- Alyona Apina, lead vocalist of Kombinaciya
- , (formally Saratov Music School) Pianist and Composer
- Fatma Mukhtarova
- Lidia Ruslanova
- Anna Yevdokimova (pen name Anna t'Haron) — a Russian pianist, Artist, grant holder of the “Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds” (Netherlands).
- Franciszek Zachara, graduated 1919
Exchange programme schools[]
Saratov Symphony Orchestra[]
Saratov Conservatory has an associated orchestra, the founded in 1912, which traditionally shares its chief conductor with the . Chief conductors of the two orchestras have included: , , Roman Matsov, and Yuri Aranovich. Guest conductors have been Mstislav Rostropovich, Karl Wilhelm Brandt, Konstantin Saradzhev, Nisson Shkarovsky[who?], Gennady Provatorov, Andrés Díaz (cellist), and Yuri Kochnev.
See also[]
- List of institutions of higher learning in Russia
- Russian Academy of Theatre Arts
References[]
- ^ Paul Du Quenoy Stage fright: politics and the performing arts in late Imperial Russia 2009 p99
Coordinates: 51°31′47″N 46°02′02″E / 51.52972°N 46.03389°E
- Saratov Conservatory alumni
- Music schools in Russia