Nizhny Novgorod College of Music and M. Balakirev (Nizhny Novgorod College of Music named after M.A.

Medical support for students and students at the College is provided by full-time and assigned medical personnel, who, along with the administration of the Institution, are responsible for carrying out treatment and preventive measures, compliance with sanitary and hygienic standards, the regime and quality of nutrition for students and pupils.

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College teachers and students lead a large concert and educational work. The geography of their performances is very extensive. These are the USA, Japan, European countries, Moscow, other Russian cities, concert venues in Nizhny Novgorod and the region. Students of the College's Children's Music Department actively give concerts in Russian cities.

Extensive concert activity is also carried out in Nizhny Novgorod. Students perform with great success in concerts at the International Arts Festival named after A.D. Sakharov “Russian Art and the World”, in concerts of the International Charity Program “New Names” both with solo programs and with the Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Nizhny Novgorod State Academic Philharmonic named after M.L. Rostropovich.

Concert and educational work is the responsibility of a special structural unit - the college's concert department. The department is headed by E.Yu. Sokolova. In their native region, teachers and college students give concerts at a variety of venues: social welfare institutions, rehabilitation centers, schools, technical schools, universities, departmental institutions, factories, cultural institutions. Thus, during the 2012-2013 academic year alone, the college organized 111 concert performances in Nizhny Novgorod and the Nizhny Novgorod region, a significant part of them took place within the walls of the college, in the Big and Small concert halls.

The friendly student body, usually numbering over 400 students on average, is the pride of the Nizhny Novgorod Music College. We receive students from all over the country and abroad. For example, in 2012, applications were submitted to the admissions committee from applicants from the Arkhangelsk, Vladimir, Moscow, Murmansk, Kirov, Volgograd regions, the republics of Tatarstan (Kazan, Nizhnekamsk, Aznakaevo), Mari-El (Yoshkar- Ola), Nenets Autonomous Okrug (Naryan-Mar), Yakutia, the cities of Arkhangelsk, Izhevsk, Irkutsk, Vologda, Ulyanovsk, Tolyatti, Kirov, from the states of Armenia and Kazakhstan. And, of course, many applicants came from the Nizhny Novgorod region, from the districts of Kstovsky, Volodarsky, Perevozsky, Vachsky, Kulebaksky, Varnavinsky, Knyagininsky, Bolshemurashkinsky, Bogorodsky; from the cities of Gorodets, Bor, Vyksa, Dzerzhinsk, Pavlovo, Balakhna, Arzamas, Semenov, Lyskovo, Trans-Volga region, Diveev, etc. In 2013, at the M.A. Balakirev, applicants from the cities of Bryansk, Vladimir, Murom, Izhevsk, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Kirov, Orenburg, from various regions of the Russian Federation: the Komi Republic, Stavropol Territory, Vladimir and Sverdlovsk regions, and, of course, from Nizhny Novgorod and the Nizhny Novgorod region submitted applications. The wide geography of admission of applicants testifies to the high authority of the Nizhny Novgorod College of Music as one of the leading secondary vocational music educational institutions in Russia.

Among the college students and students of the Children's Music Department there are laureates of regional, All-Russian and international competitions, All-Russian Olympiads. The number of competition winners is constantly increasing. For example, in the 2012-2013 academic year, 138 people received the title of laureate, which was the highest figure in the last 5 years. The guys take part not only in music competitions, but also in sports ones, taking prizes. Thus, according to the results of the 2012-2013 academic year, the college team received third place in the Spartakiad of secondary educational institutions of the Sovetsky district of Nizhny Novgorod. Many interesting creative competitions are held within the college (historical essay competition for the 400th anniversary of the people's militia of K. Minin and Dmitry Pozharsky, a creative work competition, a heraldry competition, a recitation competition, etc.).

After graduating from college, most of its graduates continue their studies in their specialty, successfully entering specialized universities in the Russian Federation. Graduates of the NMK named after M.A. Balakirev study at the leading conservatories of Russia: Moscow and St. Petersburg, at the Gnessin Russian Academy of Music, at the Nizhny Novgorod State Conservatory (Academy) named after M.I. Glinka, other music universities in the country. Many talented guys continue their studies abroad, in Europe and the USA.

Training of applicants at the State Budgetary Educational Institution of Secondary Professional Education “NMC named after M.A. Balakirev" is carried out in all specialties within the framework Preparatory courses. Admission to courses is carried out throughout the academic year, but no later than April 30.

To enroll in any of the above programs, you must attend college listening specialty and solfeggio, to determine the level of training (for those entering the specialty “Instrumental Performance”, specialization “Piano”, “Orchestral String Instruments”, “Folk Orchestra Instruments”). At the audition for the specialty, you must perform part of the program. The solfeggio audition is carried out in the form of an oral survey. Those entering the specialty “Variety Musical Art”, “Vocal Art”, “Solo and Choral Folk Singing” undergo a vocal audition and a musical data check. Applicants to the specialty “Music Theory” and “Choral Conducting” undergo an oral solfeggio audition.

In addition to the decision on enrollment, during the audition, recommendations are given on the formation of the student’s individual curriculum (number of hours per month; form of classes - individual or group).

Model curriculum The preparatory courses are designed for 10 months (from September to June) and include all disciplines of entrance examinations and disciplines that prepare the applicant for further study in the chosen specialty. You can choose disciplines and hours (but not less than 4 hours of individual lessons per month). If it is necessary to continue classes, it is possible to conclude a contract for a second academic year.

Training at the Preparatory Courses is paid. The cost is determined by the number of hours in the curriculum. Payment is monthly. If the student is enrolled in the middle of the academic year, then payment is calculated from the start date of classes.

Nizhny Novgorod Music College named after. Balakirev was founded in 1873. Currently, the educational institution trains young talents in several music classes. College students spend a lot of time touring Russia and neighboring countries, performing at various competitions, invariably winning prizes.

At one time, the music classes at the Nizhny Novgorod branch of the IRMO were taught by teacher Vasily Yulievich Villuan, and then the classes were transformed into the Music School, where they trained solo singing, piano, violin, cello, double bass, and woodwind instruments.

Currently at the College of Music. M.A. Balakirev hosts concerts by students and teachers, guests, visiting musicians and groups from all over the world.

In 1973, when the school turned 100 years old, it was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor, and then it was named after Nizhny Novgorod resident Mily Balakirev.

The college has a history museum where you can see unique documents, photographs and books about the musical life of Nizhny Novgorod.

Today, college teams spend a lot of time touring Russia and Europe in order to stay in shape and show themselves adequately in front of the public.

At the college. Balakirev opens training in the classes “Orchestral String Instruments”, “Orchestral Wind and Percussion Instruments”, “Piano”, “Folk Orchestra Instruments”, “Choral Conducting”, “Extra Musical Art”, Music Theory”, “Vocal Art”, “ Solo and choral folk singing.

The history of the Nizhny Novgorod Music School originates in the second half of the 19th century. This legendary time was marked by great achievements for the entire Russian culture, the high prestige of academic music, the authority and public resonance of the figure of the Musician. At that time, Russia was actively involved in the European cultural process. A structure is being created in the country with the goal not only of musical education, but also - for the first time in Russian history - the creation and approval of professional music education, the cultivation, development and support of national talents and, as a result, its own school of academic music. These functions were taken over by the Russian Musical Society (RMS, since 1869 - Imperial Russian Musical Society, IRMS).

After the opening of branches of the Russian Musical Society in the capitals of St. Petersburg and Moscow (1859-1860) and conservatories at these branches (1862, St. Petersburg and 1866, Moscow), there became a need to cover the vast periphery of the country with centers of musical culture.

As part of this movement, on the initiative of N.G. Rubinstein in the spring of 1873, one of the first in Russia to have a branch of the IRMS in Nizhny Novgorod.

A large, wealthy commercial and industrial center and transport hub, Nizhny - “Moscow’s close neighbor” - in the 19th century did not at all look like a remote province. Actors, singers and instrumentalists regularly came here from the capitals to tour. The city has developed its own cultural traditions. The artistic elite grouped around aristocratic salons. Thus, the outstanding music critic A.D. spent musical “Tuesdays” and “Thursdays” in his home. Ulybyshev. At his evenings young M.A. performed as conductor and accompanist. Balakirev. A considerable part of the leisure time of the townspeople was occupied by amateur home music playing. Musical education was also predominantly at home. Teaching was put on a systematic basis only in a few educational institutions for the elite, such as, for example, the Mariinsky Institute of Noble Maidens. At one time Balakirev was engaged in private teaching.

An important component of the musical culture of the city, which was also a major Christian center, was Orthodox church singing, and German organ music entered it through the Lutheran church. Theaters already existed in the city and were in great demand. The summer fair seasons brought extraordinary excitement, colorfully decorated as not only a trade, but also a cultural holiday.

V.Yu.Villuan (1850-1922). Photo by A.O. Karelin.

Thus, the entire atmosphere of Nizhny Novgorod disposed the leadership of the IRMO to an organizational impulse that would bring the musical life of the city to a qualitatively different level. On November 12, 1873, a new educational institution was opened in Nizhny Novgorod, called Music Classes at the Nizhny Novgorod Branch of the IRMO. The classes were founded and headed by a young graduate of the Moscow Conservatory, a multi-talented musician and teacher Vasily Yulievich Villuan (1850-1922), sent here for this purpose by N.G. Rubinstein. For the sake of a lofty idea, Villuan exchanged a brilliant career prospect in the capital for selfless, arduous, and sometimes thankless work in the provinces. The young director enthusiastically took upon himself a truly colossal burden of problems. He taught violin, piano, chamber ensemble, theoretical disciplines, organized concerts of the local branch of the Russian Musical Society and participated in them (both himself and with his students), and conducted. In addition, he dealt with issues of financing, premises, developed and improved methods, wrote textbooks, composed music, debugged the mechanism of creative relations with capitals and abroad, formed the teaching staff of the educational institution entrusted to him, and carried out charity events.

S.M. Lyapunov (1859-1924)

Exceptional creative energy and hard work, determination, business qualities, and finally, the personal charm of Vasily Yulievich gradually bore fruit. Already the 25th anniversary of the Music Classes at the Nizhny Novgorod branch of the IRMO has become a celebration of national scale and recognition of the key role of the institution in the musical life of the region. By the end of the 19th century, graduates of Music classes taught in the largest educational institutions of the province, the best of them, as well as their teachers, successfully soloed in city concerts. The ranks of the first students of the classes were decorated with the later famous names of V. Isakovich-Skryabina, I. Dobrovein, G. Ginzburg, S. Lyapunov, brothers D. and A. Krein, A. Erofeev.

In 1907, the Music classes were reorganized into the Music School. By 1913 (40th anniversary) the school had 6 special classes: solo singing, piano, violin, cello, double bass and woodwind instruments and 6 classes of compulsory subjects: solfeggio, elementary music theory, harmony, encyclopedia, ensemble and history of music, The student population was 155 people. Graduation from college gave the graduate the right to enter a music university.

After 1918, the educational institution, in the spirit of the times, changed its name more than once - the People's Conservatory, the State Conservatory, the University of Music, the College of Music, then - the Musical Technical School, and since 1938 - again the College of Music.

A.A. Kogan, director and N.N. Poluektova, head of the educational department of the Gorky Music and Theater College.

The Villuan period in the history of the school lasted about half a century. After Vasily Yulievich, the institution was headed by the famous metropolitan conductor A.A. Litvinov, Nizhny Novgorod composer A.A. Kasyanov, conductor, founder of the Philharmonic Orchestra S.L. Lazerson. Since 1929, the post of director was first occupied by a graduate of the school A.A. Kogan.

The musical culture of Russia in the 1920s was marked by unprecedentedly active enlightenment and expansion of the sphere of music education. Significant changes were taking place at the Nizhny Novgorod Music School in those years. In 1924, a pedagogical practice class was opened, methodological commissions were created, and the capital's conservatories accepted the first FPK students from among the school's teachers. Music education is becoming publicly available and free, and there are so many people wanting to study music that the number of students has soared to 900.

The teaching staff of the school in those years consisted of brilliant specialists invited by Villuan, graduates of the capital's conservatories, pianists N.N. Poluektova (her multifaceted gift was manifested in performing, pedagogical, methodological, administrative, organizational and musical-local history activities - truly a Renaissance person!), S.G. Tigranova, N.K. Borodulina-Skanavi, violinist A.G. Rubbach. Later they started teaching M.V. Tropinskaya, A.L. Lazerson, violinists P.I. Milenin, S.A. Afanasyev, vocalists E.V. Devos-Soboleva, V.V. Domelli, N.N. Sokolova-Mshanskaya, S.A. Barkhudaryan, P.A. Kemenev, cellist N.A. Glasson, pianist and conductor A.A. Kasyanov, clarinetist S.V. Rozanov, trombonist A.V. Gusev, flutist D.S. Panov, conductor and violinist S.L. Lazerson.

Concert activities of teachers and students are widely developed. In 1922, the history of all-Russian artistic radio broadcasting was opened by broadcasting a concert of the Music College from the radio laboratory of M. Bonch-Bruevich. Concerts in those years took place both on the stage of the educational institution and at various concert venues in the city. The musicians acted as performers and sometimes as musicologist lecturers. On the basis of the opera, choral and orchestral classes of the school, many operas of the classical heritage were staged and successfully performed on the stage of the Drama Theater. This inspired vocal teacher N.N. Sokolov-Mshanskaya for the creation of the concert organization “Operconance” (opera and concert ensemble) at the school. All this activity of the educational institution paved the way for the opening of the Opera and Ballet Theater in Gorky in 1935, and in 1937 - the Philharmonic. The theater accepted many graduates of the Music Technical College into its first troupe. Students of the school also joined the philharmonic orchestra and the ensembles of music schools newly opened in the city, becoming their teachers, and some directors (V. Lukinskaya, F. Shapiro, A. Pankov, M. Antipieva).

The work of music schools was constantly supervised by teachers of the Music Technical School N.N. Poluektova, A.L. Lazerson, M.V. Tropinskaya, P.I. Milenin. They were given rich methodological experience by teaching children at the music school that existed at the Music College (now Children's Art School No. 8).

In the late 1920s - 1930s, the educational side of the Music Technical School’s activities intensified. Concert teams were systematically sent to rural areas. Much attention was paid to the organizational and pedagogical training of students, which allowed them to further engage in club work, teach in secondary schools, as well as in music clubs and studios, which appeared in large numbers in the city. For this purpose, conductor-choral and folk departments are established at the school. In 1938, a graduate of the Leningrad Conservatory T.I. Agrinskaya creates a music theory department.

Among the graduates of those years were famous composers A. Tsfasman, B. Mokrousov, N. Makarova, conductor L. Ginzburg, pianist A. Vitsinsky, pianist and composer V. Makhlin.

Since 1931, masterpieces of classical music performed on the radio began to be regularly heard by the school’s teachers: violinists P.I. Milenina and S.A. Afanasyev, pianists F.I. Fondaminskaya and G.M. Syringe, cellist N.A. Glasson, singers P.A. Kemenev, N. Urvilov, Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra conducted by S.L. Lazerson.

Concert program during the Great Patriotic War.

During the Great Patriotic War, the staff of the Gorky Music School directed their efforts to work as part of traveling concert teams, to provide assistance to the front, victims and orphans. Funds from paid class concerts were now directed to defense needs - to a tank column, to the Gorky Artist plane. Without a building (it was given over to a military unit), without a library, without many male teachers who went to the front (29 front-line musicians did not return from the battlefields), in the cold and military instability, nevertheless, the school did not stop classes, however, now in the apartments of teachers. A great victory for the teaching staff was the hitherto unprecedented admission of four graduates to the Moscow Conservatory in 1943: O. Vinogradova, V. Blinova, O. Lebedeva and V. Chizhova. Student performers performed brilliantly at the All-Russian secondary school shows in 1944 (pianists S. Khentova and N. Zeveke) and 1946 (pianists V. Vladimirov, Z. Petropavlovskaya, violinists D. Lapidus and V. Gamayunov, singer N. Guselnikova ). All of them subsequently became famous musicians in the city and country.

The achievements of our students did not have the last word in the government’s decision to open a music university in Gorky. 1946 is the date of birth of the Gorky Conservatory. This became an event of the greatest importance, naturally perceived as the result of the creative work and talent of the entire musical and pedagogical elite of the city. The best teachers of the State Medical University formed the core of the teaching staff of the young conservatory: A.A. Kasyanov, N.N. Poluektova, A.L. Lazerson, M.V. Tropinskaya, S.V. Polyakova. The first director of the university was A.A. Kogan, who impeccably organized the work of the school during the war years. This is how a three-stage structure of music education is formed in the city: school – college – university.

The post-war period in the life of the Gorky Music School was marked, first of all, by the expansion of the teaching staff due to returning front-line soldiers.

Among them is B.I. Veksler, A.G. Chelnokova, V.A. Bogatenkov, I.L. Deitch, A.N. Kuzmin, G.F. Olshansky, A.S. Pankov, Yu.A. Ryvkin, V.N. Porman, V.M. Filimonov, G.M. Syringe, G.M. Eppel. The work of the folk instruments orchestra under the direction of A.S. is being revived. Pankova. A new subject was introduced at the brass department - conducting a brass band, which allowed students to obtain another sought-after qualification. It was taught by former military conductors A.I. Kuzmin, I.L. Deitch, A.A. Shtokman.

S.A. Afanasyev

In those years, the Philharmonic Orchestra accepted into its composition a galaxy of talented graduates of the State Medical University (violinists G. Afanasyev - the permanent accompanist of the string group, S. Blofarb, V. Gamayunov, L. Blinova, Yu. Lakeev, D. Lapidus, R. Tsiporkin, violist V Belugina, cellists N. Shcherbakov, Yu. Ryvkin, N. Romashov, double bass player A. Zamkov, horn player V. Lisogursky).

Among the graduates of the school in the post-war years are vocalists K. Leonova and N. Guselnikova, choir conductors L. Sivukhin (the Nizhny Novgorod Choir College bears his name), A., G. Muratov (later chief choirmaster of the Gorky Opera House, professor at the Conservatory), A. Lebedinsky, V. Izyumenko, V. Kurzhavsky (became teachers of the conservatory), trombonist K. Ladilov, pianists T. Brodskaya, E. Romashova, E. Siyanova, O. Svyatoslavskaya, violinist N. Lebedeva.

A real holiday in Gorky's musical life was the opening of the Boys' Choir in 1946. V.P., a graduate of the State Medical University of the 1920s, took the helm of the new institution. Malyshev. Subsequently, for a long time, the chapel was headed by the prominent choral conductor and composer L.K. Sivukhin. His vigorous creative activity brought world fame to the chapel, and brought the city’s choral culture to an unprecedentedly high level. Pupils of the chapel - and in the 1960s, the choir school-studio “Lark” was added to it under the direction of A.A. Ezhov, then a teacher at State Medical University, became an additional base for the conducting and choral department of the school. In turn, the school trains teaching staff for them. Since the 1950s, graduates of the Gorky Music School and young schools of Dzerzhinsk and Arzamas actively joined the teaching staff and administration of regional children's music schools. The State Medical University regularly held seminars and conferences for colleagues from the region.

During these years, the music-theoretical department of the school reached a qualitatively different level, which is associated with the appearance in the team of a Moscow graduate, professor of the conservatory I.V. Sposobin, author of educational works on music theory. A master of the highest class and a bright, talented personality, he led analysis and harmony at the school, while simultaneously advising the work of the department. With the arrival of A.A. Nesterov also opens a composition class at State Medical University.

The teaching staff of the educational institution of the 1950s-1960s is staffed with many new specialists, young and already experienced. Among them are pianists T.S. Brodskaya (for many years she headed the piano department), E.A. Romashova, E.M. Siyanova, O.A. Svyatoslavskaya, E.K. Dietrich, violinist N. Lebedeva, musicologists M. Simansky, V.A. Morenov, E.K. Nikulina, A.S. Sosenkova, V.M. Tsendrovsky (later a professor at the Gorky Conservatory, who headed the department of music theory for 40 years), E.V. Shiryaeva, K.I. Stepantsevich (later professor at the Minsk Conservatory), S.V. Kazak, famous musicologist and local historian I.V. Eliseev (in 1953 he became director of the State Medical University), choir conductor A.I. Sytov, horn player M.I. Kukle, trumpeter S.N. Kazachek, flutist Yu.B. Rom, clarinetist E.A. Titov, trombonist and tuba player V.P. Smirnov, singers K.M. Belyavskaya, N.N. Shatrov, I.G. Malinina, M.K. Kolomensky, stage training specialist V.A. Lebsky and others.

During these years, GMU clearly positions itself as a predominantly pedagogical educational institution. Subjects of a methodological and pedagogical profile are introduced, students undergo mandatory teaching and concert practice. Now the preparation of applicants for the Gorky Conservatory and other music universities in the country has been put on a stable professional basis. Gorky students who entered universities are distinguished by their thoroughness and depth of knowledge, creative spirit, and breadth of outlook. The number of students at State Medical University is also growing - enrollment reaches 100 people.

During the decade of the “thaw,” the school’s concert and educational programs were enriched. They actively include modern music, primarily the works of Prokofiev and Shostakovich. In the city's listening environment, a taste for novelty and a lively atmosphere of interest in innovative musical trends are gradually developing, which in the 1960s condensed into the famous Gorky festivals “Modern Music”. Local performers were also involved in the concert programs of the festivals. Gorky musicologists covered and discussed the festivals in the press.

In the 1960s, students of the piano department V. Kantov, V. Starynin, M. Kozlov, G. Fain, N. Strelkova became prize-winners at all-Russian competitions.

In 1965, the school received a building on Beketov Street, where it is located to this day. The team was led by the multi-talented musician V.N. Porman (director of the school symphony orchestra), who took upon himself the work of improving and equipping the new premises. A recording room and a music library appeared, and the library collection expanded. The renovation and improvement of the internal structure of the school, forms of educational and methodological work began. On the initiative of E.K. Dietrich creates an accompanist class. Concertmastering - this then new, but now familiar subject - was taught for many years at the highest level by K.N. Solodova. Sections of specialized piano (headed by E.I. Steklova) and general piano (headed by G.B. Timoshenko) appeared.

In 1972, on the initiative of E.A. Romashova's pedagogical classes at the school were reorganized into a studio, which became the base for the children's music school at the school.

On its 100th anniversary in 1973, the Gorky Music School was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor, and a little later received the name of the great Nizhny Novgorod resident M.A. Balakireva. The reins of the State Medical University were taken over by its former graduate O.V. Bartenev, who headed the educational institution for more than 20 years.

Musical education remained relevant in the work of the school. The living need to maintain the traditions of the legendary founders of the city’s musical culture, the connection between times, generations and layers of society prompted music teachers to actively lecture, appear in the press, on radio and television (N.M. Blagovidova, S.V. Kazak, L.D. Andrianova, O.M. Popova, N.B. Lashkova), for a number of special events in honoriam(in honor) and in memoriam(in memory). Concerts and conferences of those years were dedicated to N.N. Poluektova, composer B.B. Blagovidov, teachers-veterans of the Great Patriotic War, composer N. Makarova (N. Makarova’s husband A.I. Khachaturyan took part in the latter). All events received wide resonance in the city and beyond.

At the same time, on the initiative of S.V. Cossack opens a museum of the school, which contains rare and sometimes unique documents, photographs, books and materials on the history of music education in the city.

Time has made other adjustments to the life of the school. S.I. Blofarb organized a violin ensemble at the school, which successfully performed at city concerts. The united department of specialized and general piano was headed by I.N. Moleva, who soon put reporting events on a creative basis (thematic concerts, competitions). In the music theory department, in the 1970s, a creative circle of students was formed, which functions to this day, having been transformed into a Scientific Student Society. In addition, theoretical students participate in various competitions and conferences, showing excellent results.

And in general, the 1970s - 1980s for GMU passed under the banner of competitive struggle. A series of music and performing competitions on an all-Russian and regional scale were organized in the country, and in the 1990s. The competition geography is expanding to the international level. Young talents from among the students of State Medical University received a fertile opportunity to creatively communicate with colleagues, test their own strengths and skills, self-assessment of growth prospects, and compare the features of creative schools. Among the truly numerous laureates and diploma holders of competitions are student pianists from T.S. Brodskoy, N.N. Fish, G.A. Fadeeva; string players of D.N. classes Lapidusa, Yu.P. Lakeeva, F.Ya. Forshtok, P.D. Vishnevsky; populists of the classes V.M. Filimonova, N.S. Kozlova, I.I. Koshkina, V.K. Salamatova; brass players and drummers of V.P. classes Smirnova, E.A. Titova, S.P. Varedimidi, class vocalists V.N. Shirokova.

From the first steps, the variety department, which opened in 1981 under the leadership of N. Shapilskaya, V.P., fit into the general competitive atmosphere. Smirnova and I.L. Shevtsa. Since 1989, the department has been headed by the multi-talented musician S.R. Breiner, pianist, improviser, composer and theorist. Students lead an intense concert life (in particular, at concert venues in the city during holidays); a big band, vocal and instrumental ensembles have been created within the department.

The professional growth of the school’s teachers is to a large extent due to the fact that they constantly carry out extensive methodological work. Many of the works - performance notes, software developments, transcriptions, arrangements, teaching aids, etudes, exercises - have been published and are of significant value.

By the turn of the 21st century, the school - now again Nizhny Novgorod - came with rich traditions of teaching behind it, years of testing for strength and endurance, a wonderful performing and musicological school, high demands and creative spirit, well-coordinated work of its departments, strong ties between all levels of music education and a huge network of generations of graduates working in the Russian capital, large cities and provinces, as well as abroad.

First row, sitting: Zharkova A.A., Sakova V.I., Oleinik M.N., Sikorskaya E.I. Second row: Kulakova L.E., Perevezentseva O.L., Ryzhenkova N.M., Mayorov A.N., Lazareva L.V., Malinina I.N.

Students of all specialties (except pianists) are taught to play the piano by teachers of the cycle commission of specialized and general piano. For 22 years, the department was headed by I.N. Moleva. Since 2011, he has headed the commission for specialized and general piano I.N. Malinina. E.I. works with inspiration at the department. Sikorskaya, L.E. Kulakova, L.V. Lazareva, O.L. Perevezentseva, N.M. Ryzhenkova, M.N. Oleinik, V.I. Sakova, A.T. Kiryukhova, A.A. Kirkina, A.A. Zharkova.

Chairman of the cycle commission “General Piano Course” Malinina Irina Nikolaevna.

General piano teachers and their students carry out extensive creative, concert and educational work. Musical and literary compositions dedicated to the work of outstanding composers, masterpieces of world classical music, poetry, and literature have become traditional for the college.

The department actively participates in patronage concerts of the college, annually on February 23 it holds a piano review competition for students of various specialties of children's music schools and art schools in Nizhny Novgorod. A good initiative of the department is creative meetings and concerts of students of the Nizhny Novgorod and Arzamas music colleges.

Strong preparation in general piano is confirmed by the successful performances of our students at competitions at various levels. Students of the Nizhny Novgorod College of Music became winners of the All-Russian competition in the piano course for students and students of various specialties of higher and secondary musical educational institutions at the Kazan Conservatory in 2007 - 2011. Laureates 2007 – E. Mamedova (class of teacher L.V. Lazareva), E. Khurtin (class of teacher L.E. Kulakova), A. Rysina (class of teacher T.E. Nerovnaya); 2009 – M. Matyushova (class of teacher E.I. Sikorskaya) and E. Ilyanov (class of teacher T.E. Nerovnaya); 2011 – N. Kustov (class of teacher I.N. Malinina), Z. Hershberg (class of teacher I.N. Moleva). In 2012, the laureates of the All-Russian piano competition at the Saratov Conservatory were V. Surkova (class of teacher I.N. Malinina), A. Malov (class of teacher L.V. Lazareva). Laureates of the regional competition for the piano course “Singing Piano”: 2008 – T. Golberg and E. Khurtin (class of teacher L.E. Kulakova); 2011 – M. Matyushova (class of teacher E.I. Sikorskaya), O. Sysuev and Y. Lobov (class of teacher O.L. Perevezentseva). At the International Piano Competition named after. Tsvetikova at the Yekaterinburg Conservatory in 2012, the title of diploma winner was received by S. Vostokova (class of teacher L.E. Kulakova), in 2013 A. Malov (class of teacher L.V. Lazareva) became a laureate of the International competition “Volga in the Heart” mine flows in.”