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
- String Bow Instruments Department
- Woodwind Instruments Department
- Brass and Percussion Instruments Department
- Chamber Ensemble Department
- Orchestral Conducting and Instrumentation Department
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 (Large Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra, Brass Band, Big Band “Jazz DO IT”) and chamber ensembles of various composition.
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 5 Departments:
String Bow Instruments Department
The Department was founded in 1932. The Head of the Department is Associate Professor Tatiana Bodneva.
The Department trains specialists with Higher education in the following specialty directions: 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 Department
The Department was founded in 1989. The Head of the Department is Professor, Honored Artist of the Republic of Belarus, Candidate of Philosophical Sciences of the Russian Federation, Doctor of Cultural Studies of the Russian Federation Vladimir Skorokhodov.
The Department trains specialists with Higher education in the following specialty directions: 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).
Brass and Percussion Instruments Department
The Department was founded in 1989. The Head of the Department is Professor Lyudmila Klindukhova.
The Department trains specialists with Higher education in the following specialty directions: 1-16 01 06-05 Wind Instruments (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), as well as specialty 1-16 01 07 Percussion Instruments.
Chamber Ensemble Department
The Department was founded in 1962. The Head of the Department is Candidate of Art History, Associate Professor Lyudmila Orlova.
Orchestral Conducting and Instrumentation Department
The Department was founded in 1968. The Head of the Department is Professor, Laureate of the State Prize of the Republic of Belarus, Honored Artist of the Republic of Belarus Vyacheslav Kuznetsov.
The Department trains specialists with Higher education in specialty direction 1-16 01 02-01 Conducting (Opera and Symphony).
The Orchestra Faculty also trains specialists with Higher education in specialty 1-16 01 05 Harp.