Choral Conducting Department

ANDREI SAVRITSKY

Position: Associate Professor
Education: Belarusian State Academy of Music (2006) choir conduction class  (Associate Professor I.Bodiako), Probation Assistantship (2008, Associate Professor L.Shimonovich)
Courses taught: Conducting, Choral parts reading, Choir arrangement, Improvisation


He was born on December 28, 1982 in Minsk.

Graduated from Republican Gymnasium-college of Belarusian State Academy of Music on speciality “Choir conducting” (2001, class of A.Mazurova), Belarusian State Academy of Music (2006, class of Associate Professor I.Bodiako), Probation Assistantship (2008, Associate Professor L.Shimonovich).

Since 2012 became teacher at the Choral Conducting Department of Belarusian State Academy of Music. Member of Belarusian Union of Musical workers (2018), Laureate of National Music Prize “Lira” in nomination “Best arranger of the year” (2014), laureate of X All-Russian competition of composers “Choir laboratory of XXI century” (2017).

He is an artist of Honored formation of the Republic of Belarus Academic Choir of Belarusian Television and Radio Company (2004-2010), choirmaster of Academic Choir of Belarusian State Television and Radio Company (2009-2014), leader of formation that tours in Austria, Hungary, Germany, Poland, Russia, Finland, France, the Czech Republic, Switzerland.

Jury member of department competition of choir arrangement of Belarusian folk song (2013), open competition of choir conductors named after V.Rovdo (2014), department arrangement of choir arrangement of children song (2015), competition of choir conductors among students of Special Secondary Educational Establishments (2015), 3rd open festival-competition of national music (2016), department arrangement of choir arrangement of song of world cinematograph (2017), competition of choir conductors among students of Special Secondary Educational Establishments commemorated to G.Shirma (2017), open competition of choir composers named after V.Teravsky (2018, 2019), 1st international competition of choir formations named after V.Rovdo (2021), 2nd competition of choir conductors named after A.Zelenkova (2022),

Among his students:

laureate of 4th International competition of choir writing named after A.Kastalsky (Moscow, Russia) – A.Mikhailov;
laureate of IV International competition of young conductors (St.Petersburg, Russia) – A.Naidenko.

Publications:

Academic choir of Belarusian State Television and Radio Company: history, traditions, modern activity (to 100th anniversary of People’s Artist of USSR, Professor V.Rovdo and 90th anniversary of Academic Choir of Belarusian Television and Radio Company) – News. Belarusian State Academy of Music (2022).

 The Author of the range of compositions and arrangements of choir including.

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