Position: Head of the Bayan and Accordion Department
Academic title: Associate Professor (2018)
Education: Belarusian State Academy of Music (2001) in the accordion class of M.I.Bula, Master’s degree program there under his leadership (2002)
Courses taught: Special instrument (bayan, accordion), Ensemble, Improvisation
Born on March 17, 1977 in Brest, Republic of Belarus.
Since 2002, he has been working at the Belarusian State Academy of Music at the Bayan and Accordion Department: senior teacher (2008), Associate Professor (2013). Since 2016 – Head of the Bayan and Accordion Department. He has been teaching a special course (since 2002) “Introduction to Improvisation”/ “Improvisation”. Provides training for masters. Conducts classes at the Professional Development and Staff Retraining Faculty of the Belarusian State Academy of Music.
Member of the Belarusian Union of Musical Workers (2021).
He has been active in concerts and has been collaborating with the Presidential Orchestra of the Republic of Belarus since its founding. He toured in Venezuela, Germany, Iran, Spain, Italy, China, Poland, Russia, Finland, the Czech Republic, Sweden and other countries. Held two solo evenings with the Presidential Orchestra of the Republic of Belarus (small hall of the Palace of the Republic, 2005, 2008).
Laureate of the Republican Competition of Folk Instrument Performers named after I.I.Zhinovich (Belarus, Mozyr, 1996) and international competitions of bayan and accordion players (Germany, Klingenthal, 2000, 2002; Ukraine, Kiev, 2006).
Scholarship holder (2001, 2002), Diploma holder (2007) of the Special Fund of the President of the Republic of Belarus for Support of the Talented Youth.
Member of the jury: V and XVI Youth Delphic Games of the CIS member states (Belarus, Minsk, 2008; Russia, Yekaterinburg, 2017); Republican competitions of performers on folk instruments named after I.I.Zhinovich (Grodno, 2009; Brest, 2012; Lida, 2015; Minsk, 2018; Lida, 2021); other city, republican and international competitions and festivals.
Provides methodological assistance to teachers of Children’s Musical Art School (Children’s Art School), secondary specialized education institutions of the Republic of Belarus.
Among his students (over 20) are the laureate of international competitions for bayan and accordion players, laureate of the Special Fund of the President of the Republic of Belarus for Support of the Talented Youth A.Taran; laureates of international competitions for bayan and accordion players R.Tsarikovsky, I.Zasimovich, V.Voronko, S.Yashchuk, E.Sorokin, A.Maleenok, E.Shekordo, I.Starodumov and others.
Master’s thesis: Specific features of pop-jazz improvisation on the bayan (scientific supervisor M.I.Bula; Belarusian State Academy of Music, Minsk, 2002).
Publications: training programs of the Belarusian State Academy of Music in the subjects “Introduction to improvisation” (2006), “Improvisation” (2017), Methodological development for students of the Professional Development and Staff Retraining Faculty of the Belarusian State Academy of Music “Introduction to improvisation” (2017).
He has audio and video recordings of programs, both solo and joint with the Presidential Orchestra of the Republic of Belarus.
The musician’s creative achievements are covered in print and electronic media in Belarus, Russia and neighboring countries.
