People’s Artist of Belarus Sergei Kortes is a bright and multifaceted personality in Belarusian music history, one of the leaders of the national composing school of the 20th – early 21st centuries.

He spent the first 20 years of his life in Argentina. In 1955, he came to the Soviet Union with his parents. In 1962, he graduated from the Composition Department of the Belarusian Conservatory, class of N. Aladov and A. Bogatyrev. His career as a musician and composer developed rapidly. In 1961, he was already in charge of the Music Department of the Youth Theater, from 1965 ‒ the Head of the Music Department of the State Russian Drama Theater named after M. Gorky, from 1966 ‒ the Belarusian State Theater named after Yanka Kupala. From 1972 ‒ music editor, and from 1981 to 1992 ‒ chief music editor of the “Belarusfilm” film studio. Since 1991, he was the director and artistic director of the National Academic Opera and Ballet Theater of the Republic of Belarus.

The musical legacy of S. Cortes is rich in terms of the choice of themes, ideas and genres: orchestral, choral and vocal works, chamber-vocal and chamber-instrumental works: the oratorios “Song of Cuba”, “In Memory of the Poet”, the symphonic poem “Ashes”, the operas “Giordano Bruno”, “Mother Courage”, “The Lady’s Visit”, “Jubilee”, “The Bear”, the ballet “The Last Inca”.

Among the works in the genres of applied music, S. Cortes’s appeal to the works of Belarusian poets, prose writers and playwrights V. Korotkevich, I. Shamyakin, A. Makayonok, K. Krapiva, A. Dudarev and others stands out.

World premieres of Sergei Cortes’ works have taken place in various countries around the world, including Russia, Switzerland, Moldova, Lithuania, Venezuela, Cuba, Argentina, France, etc.

The exhibition presents encyclopedic, scientific and periodical publications, articles about the life and work of the master, sheet music, photographic documents and visual materials.
The exhibition exposition is located in the Elevator Hall (6th floor) of the educational building No. 3 (P. Brovka St., 22) from January 29 to April 20, 2025.