On February 21, Belarusian State Academy of Music will continue to implement a large-scale career-guidance creative and educational project “Youth Musical Bridge”! Vitebsk State Music College named after I. Sollertinsky will host the following events as part of the project: meeting of the Rector of the Academy, PhD in Art History, Associate Professor E. Kurakina with students and teachers of the college; master-classes, held by leading professors of the Academy with the younger generation of talented musicians; concert of the student choir, students and teachers of the Academy; round table with the participation of the student activists of the...

  On February 20, students and staff of Belarusian State Academy of Music took part in the Single Information Day “Results of the ending five-year plan as the basis for the strategy of successful development of our country”. The speaker was Deputy Dean for Ideological and Educational Work of the Vocal Studies and Choral Conducting Faculty I.Skvarko.

We discussed it at the meeting: the current situation of the youth councils, plans for the current year to organize events dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Great Victory. The Belarusian State Academy of Music was represented at the meeting by Nikita Karpov, a 2nd-year student of the orchestra faculty, a member of the Youth Council at the Administration of the Central District of Minsk.

A solemn wreath-laying ceremony, flowers and a rally dedicated to the memory of Belarusians who died in Afghanistan were held on the capital’s island of Courage and Sorrow. The event was attended by representatives of public organizations, military personnel, cadets, veterans of the Afghan war, mothers and children of fallen soldiers, as well as students and teachers of the Belarusian State Academy of Music.

Based on the results of the examination in the Presidium of the Higher Attestation Commission of the Republic of Belarus on February 12, 2025, the academic title of Associate Professor in the speciality “Art” was awarded to Associate Professor of the Singing, Music and Theatre Art Department of the Belarusian State Academy of Music Natalia Furman! We sincerely congratulate and wish her further creative achievements!

  5th year student of Belarusian State Academy of Music, Anna Naydenok (class of Associate Professor N. Gromova) became the 1st degree Laureate in the “Piano” nomination of the 9th International Competition of Musicians-Performers “Music. Talent. Discovery”. (Moscow, Gnessin Russian Academy of Music). We wish you further success in creative pursuits!

Foreign students got acquainted with the exhibits and monuments with interest, discovered pages of the history of the Republic of Belarus.

On February 21, the whole world celebrates International Mother Language Day. This holiday symbolizes mutual understanding, dialogue, patience and good neighborliness, as well as historical memory. Language is the main and primary custodian of our intangible cultural heritage, faith and art. There are currently over six thousand languages in the world. Half of them are in danger of disappearing. To preserve such languages, the UNESCO International Foundation has declared Mother Language Day. For our people, the native language is Belarusian. This opinion was expressed by the majority of the population of Belarus during the last census. The language preserves...

Congratulations to Vladimir Andreevich on receiving his diploma and wish him further creative achievements and success for the benefit of the development of musical art and education in the Republic of Belarus!

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...