HONORARY MEMBERS OF THE ACADEMY

Honorary Professor of Belarusian State Academy of Music

Belarusian performer (bayan), teacher, author of works for the bayan. Honored Cultural Worker of the BSSR (1963). Honored Artist of the Republic of Belarus (1992). Associate Professor (1977). Professor (1993). Member of the Presidium of the Belarusian Union of Musicians (1987). Participant of the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945). Commander of the reconnaissance platoon of the 57th Guards Tank Regiment of the Cavalry Division.

Born on 15 October , 1924 in the village of Pokrovskoye, Voronezh region, RSFSR. Graduated from the Gnessin State Musical Pedagogical Institute (1955) in the bayan class of V.Gorokhov, in the conducting class of A.Ivanov-Radkevich and A.Pozdnyakov. From 1966 to 2015, he worked at Belarusian State Conservatory named after A.Lunacharsky (Belarusian State Academy of Music): as an hourly teacher in the Folk Instruments Department (1966–1971), senior teacher (1967), Associate Professor of the Folk Instruments Department (1971), Professor of the Bayan and Accordion Department (1980). From 1973 to 1979 – Head of the Folk Instruments Department. He taught the following subjects: “Special Instrument”, “Ensemble”, “Conducting”, “Reading Score”, and teaching practice. He taught special courses “Methodology of Teaching Playing the Button Accordion” (1967–2003), “Theory and History of Performing Arts” (1970–2004). He supervised the writing of final qualifying works, and graduate students and probation assistants.

M.Solopov is the organizer of the Brest Orchestra of Folk Instruments (1950), the Brest City Symphony Orchestra (1950-1967), the University of Musical Knowledge in the Soviet Belarus collective farm (1965-1970), and the Brest Teachers’ Chapel Choir (1961-1963). He was repeatedly the chairman and member of the jury of republican, all-Union and international competitions of accordionists and bayanists. From 1975 to 1990, he led the theoretical seminar “Current Problems of the Development of Artistic Culture” for teachers of performance faculties. He headed the certification commission of the orchestral section of the Republican Scientific and Methodological Center (1975-1990), and was the organizer of the methodological commission for monitoring the educational process (1981-1990). During the 1980s and 1990s, he conducted an experiment in forms of creative music-making. He provided methodological assistance to teachers of the Children’s Music School (Children’s Music School), Special Educational Institutions and Higher Educational Institutions of the Republic of Belarus.

Students.  Among the students of M.Solopov (over 195) are People’s Artist of the Republic of Belarus, laureate of republican and all-Union competitions S. Lyasun; Associate Professor of the Academy of Music, laureate of the International Competition I. Otradnov; Director of Minsk College of Music named after M. I. Glinka (2014-2021) V. Chernikov; teachers of Belarusian State University of Culture: Associate Professor L. Sukhovarova; PhD of Art History, laureate of international competitions V. Starikova; PhD of Art History, laureate of international competitions O. Nemtseva; laureate of the Republican Competition of Performers on Folk Instruments named after I.Zhinovich, teacher of the Gomel College of Music named after N.Sokolovsky I. Yarosh; laureates of international competitions A. Fedenkov, V. Shimchak, O. Falkovich and others.

Awards. Orders of the Patriotic War of the 1st and 2nd degrees, 18 medals, including “For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945”, “For the Liberation of Warsaw”, “For the Capture of Berlin”, etc. He was awarded the Order of St. Cyril of Turov of the 1st degree (2009) and F. Skaryna (2011), the F. Skaryna medal (2000), badges of the USSR and the BSSR (15), Certificates of Honor of the Supreme Council of the BSSR (6), the Ministry of Culture of the USSR (4), the Ministry of Culture of the BSSR (8).

Main compositions:

• Pieces for bayan. – Minsk, 1964;
• Bayan etudes. – Minsk, 1966;
• Polesie waltz [For voice and piano]. – Brest, 1967;
• Pieces for bayan. – Minsk, 1982; Border patrol // Songs of amateur companies. [For singing (solo, ensemble, choir) with piano, bayan accompaniment]. – Minsk, 1982;
• March song “Vyaselija syabry” [For folk instruments orchestra]. – Minsk, 1988;
• Polyphonic pieces [For piano in 4 hands]. – Minsk, 1999 and others.

Publications:

• On improving the preparation of graduates of music schools for admission to Bashkir State Conservatory named after A.Lunacharsky. – Minsk, 1983 (co-authored);
• Individual plan for a student (student): methodological recommendations. – Minsk, 1987; Theory and practice of teaching young accordionists creative music-making. – Voronezh, 1991;
• Working on polyphonic pieces in the accordion class: methodological recommendations. – Grodno, 2004;
• About music, about time, about musicians [Selected]. – Minsk, 2012.

Articles:

• The timbre palette of modern bayans, accordions and the development of timbre hearing // Questions of theory and practice of musical pedagogy: collection. Art. – Minsk, 1989. – No. 19;
• Pearl of the Belarusian folk-instrumental art [Creators of the part-time chamber-instrumental ensemble of the TV and Radio of the Republic of Belarus (1960-1970s)] // Experimental cultures and art of Belarus. – Minsk, 1993 .– Vol. 12;
• I.Zhynovich. Person. Musician // I. Women in Memories of Contemporary Artists: collection of works by BSAM. – Minsk, 1997;
• Education of the creative personality of a musician // Personality and Music: materials of the International scientific-practical conference, Minsk, November 8-9, 2000. – Minsk , 2000.– Part I;
• His creative candle burned until the last hour… [N.Bratennikov] // News of the Belarusian State Academy of Music.–– No. 3;
• About I.Zhinovich // News Belarusian State Academy of Music. – No. 3;
• We brought this day closer as best we could… // News of Belarusian State Academy of Music. music.–– № 5;
• Creative integration. On one urgent problem of modern music pedagogy // News of the Belarusian State Academy of Music.– 2005.– № 6;
• Ensemble art – a real school of musician education // Musical and theatrical arts : problems of publication.– 2006.– № 2 (16);
• Serving music is the work of a lifetime: on the 90th anniversary of the birth of the Belarusian musician G.Zhikharev // News of the Belarusian State Academy of Music. – 2006. – No. 8;
• Some issues of education of performing skills of button accordionists (accordionists) at the present stage. From personal experience // News of Belarusian State Academy of Music – Minsk, 2007. – № 11;
• A musician of great talent, high spirituality and generous cordiality: in memory of the unforgettable colleague G. Shershevsky // Grigory Shershevsky: on the 95th anniversary of his birth: collection. art. and materials. – Minsk, 2009;
• In the footsteps of the luminaries. The Berger musical dynasty // News of Belarusian State Academy of Music. – 2009. – No. 15;
• Behind the shoulders – the burden of wisdom and aesthetic experience [About B.Nichkov] // News of Belarusian State Academy of Music. – 2010. – No. 17;
• Talent, calling and duty: on the anniversary of K.Stepantsevich // News of the Belarusian State Academy of Music. – 2011. – No. 19;
• Symbol of Faith… [About one musical event that became significant] // Narodnik. – M., 2011. – No. 4 (76).

M.Solopov in the works of researchers

• V.Chaban. Loyalty to the Cause and the Fatherland: Pages of the Life and Work of Mikhail Solopov // News of Belarusian State Academy of Music. – 2011. – No. 18;
• L.Skachko. Talent, Creativity, Work, and Patience: The Teaching Activity of Mikhail Solopov // News of the Belarusian State Academy of Music. – 2012. – No. 20;
• L.Skachko. I’m Just Doing My Job…: On the Anniversary of Mikhail Solopov // News of Belarusian State Academy of Music. – 2015. – No. 26.