November 12, 1873 at Nizhny Novgorod by order of the main directorate of the Imperial Russian Musical Society it was opened educational institution, called Music classes at the Nizhny Novgorod branch of the IRMO. In 1907, the Music classes were reorganized into the Music School. After 1918, the academic institution, in the spirit of the times, changed its name more than once: the People's Conservatory, the University of Music, the College of Music, then the Musical Technical School, and since 1938 - again the College of Music.
By the end of the 20th century, the school (college) became one of the most powerful institutions in its field. The brand of a graduate of the Balakirev National Metallurgical Complex is highly valued. The school is proud of its excellent performing and musicological school. At all times, the school was distinguished by the high demands and creative spirit of its teachers, and the coordinated work of all departments. Thanks to the activities of the college in the Nizhny Novgorod region, there is a strong connection between all levels music education. Graduates different generations, working in Russian capital, large cities and provinces, as well as abroad, are proud of their alma mater.
The glory of the college consists of famous professors, honored artists and artists, heads of music schools, radio and television editors and renowned soloists. Among them are Boris Mokrousov, Pavel Aedonitsky, founder and first permanent director of the Nizhny Novgorod Boys' Chapel and the Nizhny Novgorod Choir College Lev Sivukhin, conductor symphony orchestra Nizhny Novgorod State Philharmonic Alexander Skulsky, rector of the Nizhny Novgorod State Conservatory named after Mikhail Glinka Eduard Fertelmeister, drummer of the Lyube group Alexander Erokhin, lead singer of the Umaturman group Vladimir Kristovsky and many other musicians.
The festive ten-day period dedicated to the 140th anniversary of the founding of the Nizhny Novgorod Music College began on October 29. Anniversary program opened scientific conference"Problems of optimizing professional music education", continues with concerts creative teams, teachers and college students, meetings of past graduates, honoring veteran teachers. On November 1, a new exposition of the college museum was opened. The result of the anniversary festival will be festive concert. It will take place on November 12 at the Nizhny Novgorod Academic Opera and Ballet Theater. A.S. Pushkin
I am very proud that I studied at the Nizhny Novgorod Music College,” says Alla Brzhitskaya, a 1991 graduate, vocalist of the song and dance ensemble of the Nizhny Novgorod Military District. - His diploma is highly valued among musicians in our country. I had amazing teachers, amazing, such super-professionals and scholars, I think, are not found anywhere else. Natalya Borisovna Lashkova - she taught music literature for us - she knew everything thoroughly musical styles and directions, including the most avant-garde. We wondered: where does she get her information from? There was no Internet back then, but she seemed to know everything about music. I am grateful to my vocal teacher Natalya Nikolaevna Berzhinskaya, and to everyone who taught me. I congratulate the entire college staff on their anniversary and wish them new ones creative success and talented students.
Natalya Malysheva, teacher classical guitar Mikhalkov private school agrees:
Our school is one of the strongest in the country; there has always been and continues to be a big competition, especially for the pop music department. The head of the faculty is Semyon Romanovich Breiner - an extraordinary person, bright personality and an outstanding teacher. The school is staffed by real professionals, masters; I note that they are all “players” - winners and laureates of All-Russian and international competitions: Vladimir Mityakov, Irina Shcherbinina, Mikhail Petropavlovsky - you can name many. And of course, many thanks to those who taught us. The school gave us such a brilliant foundation that we didn’t have to go to the conservatory; musical training at the school was and is being carried out at the most serious level.
Photo from the archive of the Nizhny Novgorod Music College named after. Balakireva
Nizhny Novgorod Music College named after. Balakirev was founded in 1873. Currently, the educational institution is preparing 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, 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 in specialties solo singing, piano, violin, cello, double bass, 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 musical life 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", " Musical art extras", Music Theory", " Vocal art", "Solo and choral folk singing".
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.
Creation
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 Nizhny Novgorod and region. Students of the College's Children's Music Department actively give concerts in Russian cities.
Wide concert activity is also carried out in Nizhny Novgorod. Students perform in concerts with great success International festival arts named after A.D. Sakharov " Russian art and peace", 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 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. 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. Lots of interesting creative competitions held inside the college (competition of historical essays for the 400th anniversary of the people's militia by K. Minin and Dmitry Pozharsky, competition creative works, heraldry competition, reading 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 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. M.A. Balakirev is one of the oldest music educational institutions in Russia. In Nizhny Novgorod it became the basis of professional music education and musical culture even before the appearance of the Opera House (1935), Philharmonic Society (1937) and Conservatory (1946). Graduates of NMC named after. M.A. Balakirev is taught today in all music educational institutions in the region. Laureates of numerous competitions, college students tour around the world, studying at the best domestic and foreign music universities.
A journey of almost 140 years
Date of birth of the college: November 12, 1873, opening day music classes at the Nizhny Novgorod branch of the Imperial Russian Musical Society. The founder and first director of the classes was a graduate of the Moscow Conservatory, Vasily Yulievich Villuan (1850 - 1922), a student of P.I. Tchaikovsky and N.G. Rubinstein. Among the graduates of music classes are: outstanding musicians S.Lyapunov, G.Ginzburg, I.Dobrovein, A.Krein.
In 1907, music classes were reorganized into a music school. Immediately after 1918, the educational institution changed its name more than once: the People's Conservatory, the State Conservatory, the University of Music, the music and then the music and theater college, and again the music school (1937). The school received college status in 2003.
In the 20s of the twentieth century, which became the era of the rise of musical enlightenment and mass music education, teachers and students organized numerous concerts and opera performances. It was their performances that were regularly heard on the waves of the Nizhny Novgorod radio that had begun to operate. And the famous graduates of those years were B. Mokrousov, the author of the “Sormovskaya Lyrical”, and A. Tsfasman, a composer, pianist, one of the first jazzmen in our country. In the mid-1930s. Graduates and teachers of the music school formed the basis of the opera house and philharmonic orchestra created in the city. And during the years of the Great Patriotic War performed as part of concert teams. When the conservatory opened in Gorky, the core of its teaching staff was formed by the teachers of the school - A.A. Kasyanov, N.N. Poluektova, A.L. Lazerson, M.V. Tropinskaya, S.V. Polyakova.
On its 100th anniversary in 1973, the school was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor, and some time later received the name M.A. Balakireva. The turn of the 20th - 21st centuries was marked by the emergence of the school’s activities at the international level - student victories at European music competitions, admission of graduates to foreign universities.
From generation to generation
The continuity of performing and pedagogical schools, the transfer of experience and skill can be observed in the work of all departments of the college. Thus, the founder of the Nizhny Novgorod pianistic school was N.N. Poluektova, student of V.Yu. Willuana. In turn, her student, the RF SAM T.S. Brodskaya headed the piano department of the music school for many years. In 1993, N.N. became the head of the department. Fish. Every year students N.N. Fish become scholarship recipients of the New Names charity program. Since 2011, the piano department has been headed by student N.N. Fish, laureate of international competitions A.N. Bogdanovich.
String classes bowed instruments existed at the Nizhny Novgorod College of Music from the very moment of its foundation. Graduates of music classes and then the college joined the ranks of symphony orchestras: the Nizhny Novgorod branch of the IRMO, in Soviet era– orchestras of the Philharmonic and Opera House. Solo artistic and teaching career of graduates string department often turns out well. They work at the Nizhny Novgorod Conservatory and other music universities, colleges in different cities, music schools, and play in the best orchestras country and world. But the special concern of string teachers and their students is young musicians. Yesterday's students come to their music schools. They are regularly organized open lessons, festivals and competitions: competition-festival “Singing Bow”, regional competition ensembles “Music Made Friends”, etc.
Solo singing in music classes They began teaching at the Nizhny Novgorod branch of the IRMO in 1875. The foundations of the Nizhny Novgorod professional singing school were laid by L.K. Rabus, graduate of the Moscow Conservatory. When the Opera and Ballet Theater opened in Gorky in 1935, graduates of the vocal department immediately formed its troupe. Having received stage experience in their native theater, the vocalists passed it on to to the younger generation. College vocal teachers can be seen on the jury of international and all-Russian competitions; they help music schools in their work in children's vocal departments. And the singing of students invariably brightens up concerts both within the college’s own walls and at various city venues.
Not a single special event has long been complete without the participation of wind instruments: fanfares thunder in honor of the winners, welcome important guests, and create a festive atmosphere. Therefore, graduates of the brass department and percussion instruments can be heard everywhere. In brass, symphony orchestras, orchestras opera houses and philharmonic societies, and not only in Nizhny Novgorod. Also V.Yu. Villuan understood how much the city needed brass players. And he made a lot of efforts to open brass classes in Nizhny. In 1908, a flute class appeared, and in 1914, a trumpet class. In 1918, professor from Moscow S.V. began teaching at the People's Conservatory. Rozanov (clarinet). This is how the department of wind instruments gradually developed. Now the department is actively involved in organizing and conducting the “Sounds of Hope” competition for young wind instrument performers.
In the 1920s and 30s, three departments of the college were formed: folk instruments, choral conducting and music theory. The initial steps of the people's secession are closely connected with the name of I.K. Buchinsky - member of the famous orchestra V.V. Andreeva. After the war, teachers and students of the department raised musical work in regional villages, they developed an amateur art movement. Graduates join the teaching staff Russian universities. Only at the Nizhny Novgorod Conservatory do professors M.Yu. Kotomin and Yu.E. Gurevich, associate professors V.N. Mityakov and A.A. Petropavlovsky, teachers R.Sh. Mamedkuliev and A.V. Shalin.
The first student conductors studied under the guidance of P.I. Armashev is a graduate of the St. Petersburg Conservatory. One of the first graduates of the department, V.P. Malyshev organized the world-famous Nizhny Novgorod Boys' Choir. In Nizhny Novgorod you can find the names of students of the conducting and choral department everywhere: rector of the Nizhny Novgorod Conservatory (Academy) named after. M.I. Glinka, professor, ZDI RF E.B. Fertelmeister, chief conductor Nizhny Novgorod academic theater Opera and Ballet named after. A.S. Pushkina E.B. Sheiko, teachers of the conservatory, chapel, music schools, directors of famous choirs. Among several hundred graduates of the department - folk artists Russia: the legendary leader of the chapel, Professor L.K. Sivukhin, artistic director and chief conductor of the Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Nizhny Novgorod Philharmonic A.M. Skulsky. The current director of the college, ZRK RF, Professor S.I. Smirnov is also a graduate of the conducting and choral department.
The theoretical department arose in 1938. It was founded by T.I. Agrinskaya, who graduated from the Leningrad Conservatory. Famous graduates of the department - T.N. Levaya (Doctor of Art History, Professor of the M.I. Glinka National Oil and Gas Conservatory), V.B. Valkova (Doctor of Art History, Professor of the Gnessin Russian Academy of Music), Director of the Nizhny Novgorod Academic Philharmonic named after M.L. Rostropovich, ZDI RF O.N. Tomina.
The pop department of the school, opened in 1981, employs graduates of academic music universities. At the same time, they have considerable experience working in pop groups. Therefore, from the very beginning there is an attitude, on the one hand, towards professionalism, and on the other hand, all methodological developments are based on live pop music playing.
In 1972, a Studio of Pedagogical Practice was created at the Gorky Music School. Since September 1989, the studio received the status of a Children's music school at the school, which in 2006 was transformed into the children's music department of the college. Currently, children here are studying strings, winds, folk instruments and piano.
A special area of activity of the DMO is a complex of educational sessions with blind children on the basis of the Regional Correctional School of Type III - IV named after. N.A. Ostrovsky, where the branch has existed since 1993. This area of work, promoting the professional and social rehabilitation of disabled children, was highly appreciated by the music community: the department was awarded the 2nd prize at All-Russian competition"Balakirev Project - 2006" in Moscow.
Spiritual unity
The rich teaching traditions that have developed at the college accumulate the best achievements of domestic music pedagogy. But educational process For musicians it is inseparable from creativity. Quality vocational training We can see and evaluate students “in action” - on stage, at a concert. College teachers and students give dozens of concerts a year. Particularly significant concerts are the “Musical Meetings”, which continue the glorious traditions laid down by V.Yu. Villuan. The ideological inspirer of the “Musical Meetings” is the curator of the college museum, musicologist and local historian, ZRK RF S.V. Kazak, and one of the main organizers is the director of the college S.I. Smirnov. This academic year, the college held two “Musical Meetings” dedicated to major memorable dates: 150th anniversary of the beginning of the New Russian School of Composers and 175th anniversary of the birth of M.A. Balakireva. At these large concerts, the imperishable music of Russian classics sounded - Glinka, Balakirev, Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Borodin, each time making us feel again the greatness of our musical culture, the depth and strength of its spirit. The cathedral nature of such concerts, where the college really “gets together” as a single whole (teachers and students, soloists and groups on one stage), allows you to feel a special spiritual unity, which is very significant in our difficult times with its powerful destructive tendencies.
Reviewing the entire history of the Nizhny Novgorod Music College, you understand that it was no coincidence that it began to bear the name M.A. Balakireva. The life's work of our great fellow countryman was the creation and development of Russian musical culture and music education. We see the same thing in the work of entire generations of college teachers. This is their life's work. This is our business – to preserve and enhance the priceless heritage.
K. Anufrieva, L. Klimentova14.03.2012
