Dean of the Faculty: Maksim Shkulepa
Phone: +375 17 379 19 48
E-mail: ork_dekan@bgam.by
Specialist: Lyudmila Pechenkina
Phone: +375 17 363 19 49
E-mail: ork@bgam.by
Location: 9 Kommunisticheskaya Street
The Orchestra Faculty is the largest Faculty of the Academy of Music in terms of the number of students, as well as the number of specialties in which training is conducted. Students of the Orchestra Faculty already during their student years become concert musicians, perform in educational orchestral groups (Student Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra, Brass Band), Russian-Belarusian Orchestra conducted by Yu.Bashmet and chamber ensembles of various composition (Flute Ensemble “Impressions”, Flute Ensemble “Nymphs”, Saxophone Ensemble).
The Faculty staff has achieved high results, having brought up a galaxy of talented musicians-performers.
Graduates of the Orchestra Faculty are in demand in the leading cultural institutions of the Republic of Belarus: the National Academic Bolshoi Opera and Ballet Theater of the Republic of Belarus, the Honored Collective of the Republic of Belarus “Musical Chapel “Sonorus”, the National Academic Folk Choir of the Republic of Belarus named after G.I.Tsitovich, the Honored Collective of the Republic of Belarus “Belarusian State Academic Musical Theatre”, the Honored Collective of the Republic of Belarus “Academic Ensemble of Song and Dance of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus”, the Belarusian Armed Forces Exemplary Band, the Belarusian State of the Order of the Red Banner of Labor Philharmonic Society, the National State Television and Radio Company of the Republic of Belarus, other creative teams of the country, as well as music schools and colleges of the Republic.
Since the establishment of the Orchestra Faculty, its Deans have been: Professor of the Woodwind Instruments Department, Honored Artist of the Republic of Belarus Prof. Vladimir Budkevich; Professor of the Chamber Ensemble Department, Associate Professor Larisa Deduk; Associate Professor of the Brass and Percussion Instruments Department, Associate Professor Petr Dudarenko; Associate Professor of the Woodwind Instruments Department, Associate Professor Ivan Brichikov; Associate Professor of the Woodwind Instruments Department and the Orchestral Conducting and Instrumentation Department Maxim Rassokha. Since 2019, Maxim Shkulepa, Associate Professor of the Brass and Percussion Instruments Department, has been the Dean of the Orchestra Faculty.
The Orchestra Faculty includes 4 Departments:
String Bow Instruments Department
The Head of the Department is PhD of Art History, Associate Professor Liudmila Orlova.
The Department trains specialists with Higher education in the following specialty directions:
7-07-0215-04 “Musical and instrumental art (violin, viola, cello, double bass, harp)”, 1-16 01 04-01 “String bow instruments (violin)”, 1-16 01 04-02 ” String bow instruments (viola)”, 1-16 01 04-03 ” String bow instruments (cello)”, 1-16 01 04-04 ” String bow instruments (double bass)”.
Woodwind Instruments and Orchestral Conducting Department
Head of the Department –Vladimir Skorokhodov, Doctor of Cultural Studies, PhD of Philosophical Sciences, Professor, Honored Artist of the Republic of Belarus
The Department trains specialists with Higher education in the following specialty directions:
: 7-07-0215-04 “Musical and instrumental art (flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, saxophone)”, 7-07-0215-04 “Musical and instrumental art (French horn, tuba, trombone, trumpet, baritone, percussion instruments)”. 1-16 01 06-01 “Wind Instruments (Flute)”, 1-16 01 06-02 “Wind Instruments (Oboe)”, 1-16 01 06-03 “Wind Instruments (Clarinet)”, 1-16 01 06-04 “Wind Instruments (Bassoon)”, 1-16 01 06-10 “Wind Instruments (Saxophone)”, 1-16 01 06-05 “Wind Instruments (French Horn)”, 1-16 01 06-06 “Wind Instruments (Tuba)”, 1-16 01 06-07 “Wind Instruments (Trombone)”, 1-16 01 06-08 “Wind Instruments (Trumpet)”, 1-16 01 06-09 “Wind instruments (baritone)”, 1-16 01 07 “Percussion instruments”, 1-16 01 02-01 “Conducting (opera and symphony)”.
Bayan and Accordion Department
The Head of the Department is Associate Professor Alexander Shuvalov.
The Department trains specialists with Higher education in the following specialty directions:
7-07-0215-04 Musical and instrumental art (accordion, bayan), 1-16 01 09 Bayan.
String Folk Instruments Department
The Head of the Department is PhD in Art History Veronika Praded.
The Department trains specialists with Higher education in the following specialty directions:
7-07-0215-04 Musical and instrumental art (string folk instruments), 1-16 01 08 String folk plucked and percussion instruments (by directions)
