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ELENA ERMAK


Position: Lecturer, Department of Music Theory
Education: Belarusian State Academy of Music (2025, class of A.A. Tikhomirova); Master’s degree at the same institution (2026) under the supervision of A.A. Tikhomirova.
Courses taught: Solfège, Music Theory, Score Reading.

Born on 3 May 2001 in Novopolotsk (Belarus).

Since 2026, she has been a lecturer at the Department of Music Theory.

Laureate of international competitions in the field of research activity and a regular participant in scientific and practical conferences at higher education institutions in Belarus, Russia, and Kazakhstan.

Awarded the Special Prize for Social Support of Gifted Pupils and Students for her victory in the XXXVI Republican Competition of Student Research Papers (2025). Her research achievements have been recognized with commendations from the Rector of the Belarusian State Academy of Music (“For purposefulness in mastering the profession and efforts to support the high prestige of the Belarusian State Academy of Music” — 2024, 2025, 2026).

 

Diplomas of Research Paper Competitions and Conference-Competitions

  1. XII International Competition “Sibiriada”, 1–15 December 2023 (Kemerovo State Institute of Culture, Kemerovo, Russian Federation) — Diploma of Laureate of the I degree.
  2. Third All-Russian Youth Competition of Musicological Research, 19 March – 19 April 2024 (Rostov State Conservatory named after S.V. Rachmaninoff, Rostov-on-Don, Russian Federation) — Diploma of Laureate of the II degree.
  3. Student Research Conference-Competition within the XXXIII International Scholarly Readings in Memory of L.S. Mukharinskaya (1906–1987), 8 April 2024 (Belarusian State Academy of Music, Minsk, Republic of Belarus) — Diploma of Laureate of the I degree and Diploma for the Best Presentation.
  4. Student Competition of Research Articles (with international participation) within the XXXIII International Scholarly Readings in Memory of L.S. Mukharinskaya (1906–1987), 2024 (Belarusian State Academy of Music, Minsk, Republic of Belarus) — Diploma of Laureate of the III degree.
  5. XXIII All-Russian Scientific and Practical Conference of Postgraduate and Undergraduate Students “The Word of Young Scholars: Topical Issues of Art Studies”, dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the birth of A. Schnittke, 16 April 2024 (Saratov State Conservatory named after L.V. Sobinov, Saratov, Russian Federation) — Diploma of Laureate of the II degree.
  6. XXXI Republican Competition of Student Research Papers, 1 November 2024 – 7 March 2025 (Belarusian State University, Minsk) — Diploma of Laureate of the Competition.
  7. XIII International Competition “Sibiriada”, 1–15 December 2024 (Kemerovo State Institute of Culture, Kemerovo) — Diploma of Laureate of the I degree.
  8. Student Research Conference-Competition within the XXXIV International Scholarly Readings in Memory of L.S. Mukharinskaya (1906–1987), 7 April 2025 (Belarusian State Academy of Music, Minsk) — Diploma of Laureate of the I degree.
  9. VI International (VII All-Russian) Competition of Research Papers in the Field of Musical Art, 21–29 April 2025 (Siberian State Institute of Arts named after D. Hvorostovsky, Krasnoyarsk) — Diploma of Laureate of the II degree.
  10. XXXV International Competition of Student Research Papers in the Field of Musical Art, 3 March – 30 April 2025 (Gnessin Russian Academy of Music, Moscow) — Diploma of Laureate of the III degree.
  11. XIV International Competition “Sibiriada”, dedicated to the 80th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War, 1–15 December 2025 (Kemerovo State Institute of Culture, Kemerovo) — Diploma of Laureate of the I degree.
  12. Student Research Conference-Competition within the XXXV International Scholarly Readings in Memory of L.S. Mukharinskaya (1906–1987), 6 April 2026 (Belarusian State Academy of Music, Minsk) — Diploma of Laureate of the II degree.
  13. Competition of Research Articles of Young Music Researchers, 13 April – 30 May 2026 (Belarusian State Academy of Music, Minsk) — Diploma of Laureate of the III degree.

 

Publications

  1. Ermak, E.A. Fractals in music as a subject of research / E.A. Ermak // Young Researchers for the Regions: Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference (Vologda, 17 April 2023) / Vologda State University; ed. board: L.O. Kocheshkova (senior) [et al.]. – Vologda, 2023. – P. 1040–1042.
  2. Ermak, E.A. Fractals in science and literature: at the intersection of science and creativity / E.A. Ermak // Culture and Art: Searches and Discoveries: Collection of Research Articles: in 3 vols. / Kemerovo State Institute of Culture; ed. board: A.V. Shunkov (senior) [et al.]. – Kemerovo, 2023. – Vol. II. – P. 105–111.
  3. Ermak, E.A. Fractals in music: aspects of study / E.A. Ermak // Modern Knowledge for Life: Proceedings of the XXII International Scientific and Practical Student Conference (Minsk, 20 April 2023) / Private Educational Institution “Institute of Modern Knowledge named after A.M. Shirokov”; comp.: V.V. Bondarovich, I.P. Sergacheva. – Minsk, 2023. – P. 124–127.
  4. Ermak, E.A. Fractals in contemporary musical composition: in search of a research approach / E.A. Ermak // Musical Culture in Theoretical and Applied Dimensions: Coll. of Research Art. – Issue 11. – III International Scientific Online Conference “Musicology and Performance: Parallels and Intersections” (Kemerovo, 24 November 2023) / Kemerovo State Institute of Culture; ed. board: A.V. Shunkov (senior) [et al.]. – Kemerovo, 2024. – P. 93–98.
  5. Ermak, E.A. On the basic principles of the embodiment of fractal structures in contemporary musical composition / E.A. Ermak // XXIII All-Russian Scientific and Practical Conference of Postgraduate and Undergraduate Students “The Word of Young Scholars: Topical Issues of Art Studies”, dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the birth of A. Schnittke (Saratov, 16 April 2024) / Saratov State Conservatory named after L.V. Sobinov; ed. board: I.V. Polozova (senior) [et al.]. – Saratov, 2024. – P. 83–89.
  6. Ermak, E.A. Fractals in musical works by M. Nitsche: symmetric structures and the “order–chaos” antinomy / E.A. Ermak // International Scientific and Practical Conference “Art in the Post-Global World: From Meta-Traditions to Meta-Culture” (Almaty, 2 December 2024) / Kurmangazy Kazakh National Conservatory. – Almaty, 2024. – P. 57–65.
  7. Ermak, E.A. The fractal in a musical work: on the relationship between the programme title and the “compositional model” / E.A. Ermak // Topical Problems of Contemporary Composer Creativity: Proceedings of the VI All-Russian Scientific Conference / Siberian State Institute of Arts named after D. Hvorostovsky; ed. board: S.V. Bakuto. – Krasnoyarsk: SSIA, 2025. – P. 71–77.
  8. Ermak, E.A., Tikhomirova, A.A. Self-similarity as the main structural principle in musical composition with fractals / E.A. Ermak, A.A. Tikhomirova // Electronic Research Journal “ARTE” / Siberian State Institute of Arts named after D. Hvorostovsky. – Krasnoyarsk, 2025. – P. 54–65.
  9. Ermak, E.A. Fractals in musical composition: on the question of classification / E.A. Ermak // Musical Culture in Theoretical and Applied Dimensions: Coll. of Research Art. / Kemerovo State Institute of Culture; ed. board: A.V. Shunkov. – Kemerovo: KemGIK, 2025. – Issue 13. – P. 5–12.
  10. Ermak, E.A. Self-similarity as the main structural principle in musical composition with fractals / E.A. Ermak. – Moscow, 2025. – P. 78–94. – (State Musical-Pedagogical Institute named after M.M. Ippolitov-Ivanov, Ippolitovka Herald: Coll. of Research Art.).
  11. Ermak, E.A. Fractals and the principles of their embodiment in contemporary musical composition / E.A. Ermak // Collection of Research Papers of Students of the Republic of Belarus “NIRS 2024” / Belarusian State University. – Minsk, 2025. – P. 506–510.