Brass and Percussion Instruments Department

Position: Associate Professor of the Brass and Percussion Instruments Department
Education: Belarusian State Academy of Music (2013), Graduate School (2014)
Courses taught: Special Instrument, Learning pedagogic repertoire, Chamber ensemble, Ensemble, Sight reading and learning orchestral parts, Pedagogic practice, Professional-oriented practice, Performing practice

He was born on December 10, 1987 in Erevan (Armenia).

He teaches in Belarusian State Academy of Music since 2014.

During the work time in Belarusian State Academy of Music he trained 5 specialists. His students participate in social and political life of Belarusian State Academy of Music. Participate in national and international percussion performers competition. Among them there is Ya.Sikorsky, 2^nd degree laureate of International percussion instruments performers “Percussion Wave”, St.Petersburg, Russia, 2019.

Holds concerts. Solo performances in concerts of state significance:

• September, 2015, cycle of concerts “Students of the academy of music – Belarusian youth”, concerts were held in all regional centers of Belarus;
• April 2018 – in Lithuanian embassy “Within the frames of International Orchestral Academy”;
• 2015, 2017 solo performances at International festival “Ballet summer in the Bolshoi”;
• 2015 participated in concert commemorated to the Inauguration of the President of the Republic of Belarus;
• 2011, 2012 was a participant of international youth symphony orchestra;
• 2010 was a participant of international youth symphony orchestra;

 Publications:

He is a compeller of educational-methodological complex “Methods of teaching special instrument (percussion instruments) and learning pedagogic repertoire”.

Successfully conducts scientific-methodological work, holds master-classes and helps educational institutions of Belarus and the CIS countries methodologically:

• 2018, Gomel, within the frames of International children competition “Music of Hope” (jury member) was held master-class “Sound production and line culture on the snare drum”;
• 2019, Voronezh (Russia), jury member, within the frames of International competition “Voronezh brass assembles” was held master-class “Features of hand placement when playing the snare drum”.

A.Beknazarian became scholarship holder of the Special Fund of the President of the Republic of Belarus three times (2004, 2005, 2006), was awarded Certificate of Honor from the rector of Belarusian State Academy of Music “For high creative merits and active participation in concert activities of the Academy”, 2013.