Position: Associate Professor of the Plucked String Percussion Folk Instruments Department
Academic title: Associate Professor (2020)
Education: Ural State Conservatory named after M.Musorgsky (1989) balalaika class of E.Blinov, Probation Assistantship (1993)
Courses taught: Special instrument (balalaika), Ensemble
She was born on May 24, 1965 in Revda, Sverdlov region, RSFSR.
Since 1993 was the teacher of the Plucked String Percussion Folk Instruments Department of Belarusian State Conservatory named after A.Lunacharsky (part-time), since 1997 as a main job, since 2016 – as Associate Professor. Trains Graduate students. Holds classes at the Faculty of Personal Development and Staff Retraining of Belarusian State Academy of Music.
She is a member of Union of Belarusian Musical Workers (1997).
She is diploma holder of All-Russian competition of Folk Instruments Performers (Gorky, 1990).
Cooperated with Honored group “Exemplary orchestra of Military Forces of the Republic of Belarus”. Toured as invited soloist of the orchestra in England, Germany, France, Poland.
Performed with Belarusian State Orchestra of Belarusian State Philharmonic Society, Chamber Choir of Belarusian State Philharmonic Society, National Academic Folk Orchestra named after N.Zhinovich.
She is a jury member of republican and international competitions.
She is the author and creative supervisor of the project “Stages to the top of balalaika mastery”.
For the years of work at the Plucked String Percussion Folk Instruments Department were trained 29 students and 4 graduate students.
4 graduates and 1 ensemble became diploma holders and laureates of international and republican competitions as soloists-instrumentalists: D.Sterzh (2016), E.Hekhviadovich (2001). For the last 3 years laureates were: A.Kirichenko (2016), S.Dubovsky (2018, 2019), D.Sterzh (2018), ensemble of 3-year students (2019), O.Zykov (2022).
Publications:
Programmes for “Performing practice” for students of Belarusian State Academy of Music (2016), Typological programme on special instrument (balalaika) (2016), Programmes for State exam for higher educational institutions for the speciality 1-16 01 03 Folk instruments “Special instrument” (2017). Programme “Learning of related folk instruments” (2020), Programme “Basics of production and repair of folk instruments” (2020).
In 2015 the collection “Bell” was released (plays of Belarusian composers for balalaika and piano). In 2019 published 2 collections “Compositions for balalaika by Belarusian composers.
Methodological development “About some problems of balalaika performance and its impact on voice production” (2020).
