Position: Head of the Chamber Ensemble Department
Academic degree: PhD in Art History (2012)
Academic title: Associate Professor (2016)
Education: Secondary Special Musical School of Belarusian State Conservatory (1976, class of E.Pukst), Belarusian State Conservatory named after A.Lunacharsky (1981, class of L.Ter-Minasian), Probation Assistantship of Leningrad State Conservatory named after N.Rimsky-Korsakov (1988), Postgraduate School in Belarusian State Academy of Music (2011)
Courses taught: Chamber ensemble
She was born on April 25, 1957 in Orsha, Belarus.
Since 1981 she worked as a piano accompanist of the String Folk Instruments Department, since 2002 – teacher at the Department of Chamber Ensemble (part-time), since 2009 – senior teacher, since 2013 – Associate Professor and the Head of the Chamber Ensemble Department of Belarusian State Academy of
She is pianist, piano accompanist, teacher of “chamber ensemble” course, member of the Orchestra Faculty Council, member of Scientific Council of Belarusian State Academy of Music, member of expert commission
She is diploma holder of national and international competitions. Participated many times in master-classes, concerts of the members of the Academy of People’s Artist of the USSR Yu.Bashmet. Participated in live stream and recordings at radio and television, concerts at the Philharmonic Society Hall, Department concerts and teachers’ concerts. She performed in a duet with Czech violist Ya.Novak in Prague and Minsk. She has CD records. Regularly takes part in chamber music concerts in ensembles with various performers in Youth Theatre, Gallery of M.Savitsky, museum-estate in Loshitsa etc.
She holds master-classes and lectures at the Professional Development and Staff Retraining Faculty in Belarusian State Academy of Music. Performs with lectures at the National Center of Children and Youth Art. She holds research in the sphere of piano chamber-instrumental ensemble. Takes part with reports in international conferences in Belarus, Russia, Poland.
She is a jury member of Open Department Competition of Chamber Ensembles named after Yu.Korsak and String Quartets named after N.Scherbakov. Jury member of International competition of chamber ensembles named after M.Oginsky (Belarus). Head of the jury of “XVIII International competition of performing chamber compositions of Lithuanian composers” (Vilnius, 2018).
Among the graduates (more than 130) there are many laureates and diploma holders of international competitions:
Trios M.Chernook-G.Zabyshnaya-E.Radvilovich (2017) and E.Kuzmitch-A.Lisitsa-N.Gunia (2017) were awarded Special prize from the Special Fund of the President of the Republic of Belarus for the support of talented youth; duet O.Makarova-V.Kulesh was awarded Grand Prize (2020).
She helps music colleges methodologically. The Head of State Exam Commission in Mogilev State Music College named after M.Glinka (2018, 2019), in Republican Musical College of Belarusian State Academy of Music (2020, 2021, 2022).
She is the author of the range of articles in scientific editions and magazines, candidate thesis. “Belarusian piano chamber-instrument ensemble of the XX-XXI centuries: genre-stylistic peculiarities of composition art and performing practice (2012). Author of the educational program on discipline “Chamber ensemble” for musical institutions (2016), educational-methodological complex for musical institutions (2016), programme of state exam for higher education establishments (2017).
She was awarded the Certificate of Honor from the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Belarus (2014), crystal prize from Easter festival “For the high pedagogic mastery and achievements in work with talented youth” (2021).
