Position: Senior Teacher, Department of Music History and Belarusian Musical Studies
Education: Belarusian State Academy of Music (2022, class of R. Aladova); Graduate (2023, class of R. Aladova).
Courses taught: History of Music, History of Russian Music of the 20th–21st Centuries, Fundamentals of Lecturing and Editing, Lecturing Practice.
She has been working at the Belarusian State Academy of Music since 2023. From 2023 to 2024, she held the position of Concert and Special Creative Projects Specialist, where she was responsible for organizing concert activities and developing advertising materials. From 2024 to 2025, she worked as a researcher in the academy’s research department.
In parallel with her organizational work, in 2023, she began teaching in the Department of Music History and Belarusian Music Studies.
Since 2025, she has been a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Music History and Belarusian Music Studies.
Research interests:
Her research interests include the history of Russian music of the 20th and 21st centuries, issues of musical theater (opera and ballet), and the study of the culture of laughter in the works of 20th-century composers (I. Stravinsky, S. Prokofiev, and D. Shostakovich). She is currently a postgraduate student in the Department of Music History and Belarusian Music Studies.
Key topics of her theses:
Diploma thesis (2022): “The Ballet Works of S. Prokofiev in Light of the Ideas of the Culture of Laughter.”
Master’s dissertation (2023): “The Ballet Works of D. Shostakovich in Light of the Ideas of the Culture of Laughter (using the ballet “The Bright Stream” as an example).”
She is a laureate and diploma recipient of various national and international scientific paper competitions:
First Place Laureate of the XXX National Student Scientific Paper Competition (2024, Minsk) with the topic “D. Shostakovich’s Ballet Works in Light of the Ideas of the Culture of Laughter…”
Second Place Diploma of the XXIX National Student Scientific Paper Competition (2023, Minsk) with the topic “S. S. Prokofiev’s Ballet Works in Light of the Ideas of the Culture of Laughter.”
Honorary Diploma of the Winner of the Young Music and Theater Critics Competition at the X Minsk International Christmas Opera Forum (2020).
First Place Diploma of the International Conference in Prague (2022).
Publications:
- Sobalevich, E.S. Interpretation of the Image of the Jester in I. Stravinsky’s Ballets “Petrushka” and “Pulcinella” / E.S. Sobalevich // Problems of Musical Science, Theater Art and Musical Pedagogy: Scientific Works of the Belarusian State Academy of Music. Issue 62 / compiled by L. Barankevich. – Minsk: Belarusian State Academy of Music, 2024. – Pp. 44-58.
- Sobalevich, E.S. Music and Comic Paradigm in I. Stravinsky’s Ballet “Pulcinella”: Poetics of Commedia dell’arte. // Scientific Works of the Belarusian State Academy of Music. – 2025. – No. 65.
- Sobalevich, E.S. D. Shostakovich’s Ballet “The Bright Stream” in the Context of the Problems of the Culture of Laughter / E.S. Sobalevich // Vestcі Belarusian Dzyarzhaўnay Akademiі muzykі. – 2023. – № 43. – P. 101–109.
- Sobalevich, E.S. S. Prokofiev’s Ballet “The Tale of the Jester Who Outplayed Seven Jesters” in the Context of the Problems of the Culture of Laughter / E.S. Sobalevich // Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference “Priority Scientific Directions in the 21st Century”. – Prague, 2022. – P. 123–131.
- Sobalevich, E.S. Poetics of the Booth in D.D. Shostakovich’s Ballet “The Bright Stream” / E.S. Sobalevich // Young Researchers – to the Regions: Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference. – Vologda: Vologda State University, 2023. – P. 1057–1058.
- Sobalevich, E.S. The World of Laughter in D. Shostakovich’s Works of the Early Period / E.S. Sobalevich // A New Word in Science and Education / Scientific Publishing Center “World of Science”. – Neftekamsk: Scientific Publishing Center “World of Science”, 2023. – Pp. 268–276.
- Sokolova, E.S. V.N. Kopytko’s Opera “School Hour”: Features of Drama / E.S. Sokolova // Young Scientists’ Words: Current Issues in Art Criticism: XIX All-Russian Scientific and Practical Conference. – Saratov, 2021. – Pp. 234–240.
- Sokolova, E.S. Scherzo Style in the Works of S.S. Prokofiev: On the Problem of the Comic / E. Sokolova // Actual problems of musical art: history and modernity: collection of articles / State Conservatory of Uzbekistan. – Tashkent, 2022. – P. 590–596.