Kazan Conservatory
The N.G. Zhiganov Kazan State Conservatory (Russian: Казанская государственная консерватория имени Н.Г. Жиганова) is a higher musical education institution in Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia. The conservatory was founded in 1945 by Soviet Tatar composer Najip Jihanov who was a rector of the institution during 1945-1988. In 2000 the Conservatory was named after him.
In 2009, the Conservatory had around 110 faculty members and 700 students. The educational programmes are realised at seven departments - piano, orchestra, choir conducting, vocal, folk instruments, theory and composition, Tatar musical art. Since 1989, the rector of the institution is professor Rubin Abdullin , the first organist of Tatar ethnicity. Since 2021, the rector of the institution is professor Vadim Dulat-Aleev .
Notable faculty
[edit]Notable alumni
[edit]- Vlada Borovko - operatic soprano
- Larissa Diadkova - mezzo-soprano (transferred to Saint Petersburg Conservatory)
- Youri Egorov - pianist (transferred to Moscow Conservatory)
- Sofia Gubaidulina - composer (1954)
- Oleg Lundstrem - jazz composer and conductor (1953)
- Almaz Monasypov - composer, conductor, and cellist.
- Airat Ichmouratov - composer, conductor, and clarinetist.
- Mikhail Pletnev - pianist, conductor, and composer (transferred to Moscow Conservatory)
External links
[edit]- Kazan Conservatory website Archived 2019-12-11 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
- Kazan Conservatory website Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine (in English)