Evgeny Gridiushko

Position: Professor of the Plucked String Percussion Folk Instruments Department
Academic title: Associate Professor (2012)
Education: Belarusian State Academy of Music (1984) guitar class of V.Belyshev, Probation Assistantship (1993)
Courses taught: Special instrument (guitar), Ensemble

He was born on August 6, 1958 in Oktiabrsky, Gomel region, BSSR.

Since 1986 was teacher of the Folk Instruments Department of Belarusian State Conservatory named after A.Lunacharsky (part-time). Since 1988 – as a main job at Belarusian State Conservatory. Since 2018 – Professor of the Plucked String Percussion Folk Instruments Department of Belarusian State Academy of Music. Trains Graduate students. Holds classes at the Faculty of Personal Development and Staff retraining of Belarusian State Academy of Music.

Laureate of Republican competition named after I.Zhinovich (1987), laureate of international competitions, He is winner of International internet-competition of composers that compose for guitar (2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021 ).

He is a soloist of Belarusian State Philharmonic Society (1989-1991). Performed in Germany, Hungary, Spain, Lithuania, Latvia, Luxemburg, Poland, Russia, Ukraine, France, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, including solo concerts. He is participant of guitar festivals in Belarus, Hungary, Germany, Poland and Russia.

He performed in ensemble with domra player N.Maretsky, domra and mandolin player N.Korsak etc.

He is the head and jury member of republican and international guitarists in Austria, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Ukraine and Belarus. Holds master-classes in Secondary Special Educational Establishments in the Republic of Belarus, as well as abroad (Austria, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Ukraine and Belarus).

Among graduates (more than 40; students of the class more than 40 times became laureates of republican and international competitions including most prestigious):

• soloist of Belarusian State Philharmonic Society, laureate of the Special Fund of the President of the Republic of Belarus for the support of talented youth, laureate of republican and international competitions of guitarists P.Kukhta;
• teacher of Belarusian State Academy of Music, PhD of Art History, laureate of Republican competition of folk instruments performers named after I.Zhinovich, laureate of international competitions of guitarists D.Shakhab;
• Doctor of Art History and Professor of University the USA E.Chekan;
• teacher of Minsk Music College, laureate of republican and international competitions, leader and conductor of Russian Folk Instruments Orchestra, head of the Cycle Commission of String Folk Instruments V.Dubovik;
• teacher of Minsk Music College, laureate of republican and international competitions P.Belsky;
• teacher of Grodno Music College, Grodno University, laureate of international competition, soloist of Grodno regional Philharmonic Society V.Zakharov;
• laureate of the Special Fund of the President of the Republic of Belarus for the support of talented youth, laureate of Republican competition of Folk instruments performers named after I.Zhinovich and international guitarists competitions N.Lipnitskaya;
• laureate of republican and international competition of guitarists I.Zviagov;
• laureate of republican and international competition of guitarists D.Chernikova etc.

He is the author of reports at international scientific-practical conferences on the historic, theory and methodology of guitar art issues.

He was awarded Certificate of Honor from Belarusian State Academy of Music (2003)

He composed more than 40 plays for guitar, made 8 music sheets (3 collections of personal compositions), 2 collections of arrangements for ensembles etc.

 Publications:

• Six plays “Polotsk workbook”: arrangements for the guitar of E.Gridiushko // “Belarusian guitar music” – Minsk: TEXART, 1996. – P.8-1 4;
• Gridiushko. “Guitar in Belarus” / E.Gridiushko // Music almanac “Belarusian guitar” – Gomel, 2004. – P.4;
• Gridiushko. 5 plays for solo guitar / E.Gridiushko // “Collections of Minsk guitarist plays’ – Minsk, 2008. P. 14-21;
• Gridiushko. “Music for the guitar” / E.Gridiushko – Minsk, Belarusian State Academy of Music, 2012. – P. 6,73;
• «La Guitare»: arrangements for the guitar / E.Gridiushko – Minsk, Belarusian State Academy of Music, 2012. – P.2,15 etc.

Performing editions:

• G.Gorelova «Mir castle»;
• Gorelova – Two winter plates;
• Gorelova «Seven elegies of Li Bo» for guitar and percussion;
• Gorelova «Bible motives», suite for guitar;
• Litvinovsky «Intavolatura», suite etc.

He is the author of the range of the arrangements for guitar solo and different ensembles, performing reductions of compositions of Belarusian and foreign composers.

His creative portrait and achievements are represented in film of Belarusian television “E.Gridiushko – guitar, music, profession and life” (2020). Has fund recordings at Belarusian radio, CDs.

In Belarusian encyclopedia was printed bibliographic article about E.Gridiushko as one of the founder of Belarusian guitar schools.