Brass and Percussion Instruments Department

Position: Associate Professor of the Brass and Percussion Instruments Department (tuba)
Academic title: Associate Professor (1995)
Education: Belarusian State Conservatory named after A.Lunacharsky (1983)
Courses taught: Special Instrument, Ensemble, Chamber ensemble, Methods of teaching special instrument, scientific works supervisor

He was born on July 11, 1960 in Novoselki, Gomel region, Belarus.

In Belarusian State Conservatory was a teacher of tuba class (1985). Since 2011 was the Dean of the Orchestra Faculty. Since September 2, 2022 is a teacher of the Brass and Percussion Instruments Department. He trained more than 50 specialists and 10 graduate students. He is the author of more than 30 scientific and 20 creative works, educational manuals, articles about history of tuba performing, method of teaching tuba performing. He published a range of articles, commemorated to the problems of performing brass instruments and general issues of musical culture:

• To the issues of performing tuba. Mn.,1989., BSC, 23 pg.
• Tuba in compositions of XIX century. Mn.,1991,BSC,45 pg.
• To the issues of formation and development of national tuba performing (BSAM, “News”, №4, 2003)
• Solo tuba performance / State Committee of science and technologies of the Republic of Belarus, Belarusian Institution of System Analysis and Information Appliance of Scientific-Technical Sphere, published in “Abstract collection” (2005).
• Ensemble tuba performance
• Basics of learning how to play tuba. /Methodological manual for secondary special education establishments and listeners of the Professional Development and Staff Retraining Faculty, Belarusian State Institution of Culture Issues. Minsk 2004.- 4,14, p.71.
• History of brass bass instruments and modern orchestra (to the issue of authenticity of orchestral performance, BSAM, “News”, №, 2006)
• Tuba performance in Belarus (Materials of the conference in memory of L.Mukharinskaya, 2016);
• Tuba performance (monograph) – 146 pg. Developed educational standard, educational and typological speciality programmes: “Brass instruments”, “Chamber ensemble”, “Learning related instruments”, “Methods of teaching special instrument”, “Learning pedagogic repertoire”, “Learning of orchestral parts” etc.

Among his graduates there are more than 20 laureates and diploma holders of international competitions, including A.Morozov, A.Shishkov, P.Korzun, S.Shepelev, O.Mariankov etc. He is a jury member of international and republican competitions of brass musician-performers: Gomel (2008), Mogilev (2011), Minsk (2013), Krasnoyarsk (2014), Astana (2015). He is the head of State exam commissions in musical colleges in Belarus (Minsk, Molodechno, Mogilev). He was awarded Certificate of Honor from the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Belarus and Certificate “For high pedagogical mastery” (2008, 2016), Certificate of Honor from the Rector of the Academy (2015), Gratitude from the Administration of Minsk Central region (2016). Certificate of Honor (2017) and Gratitude (2018) from Minsk City Deputy Council, Gratitude from the Prime Minister of the Republic of Belarus (2020), Certificate from Minsk organization “Belarusian Republican Youth Union” (2021).