The Library of the Belarusian State Academy of Music presents a thematic exhibition: “A pair of wings will grow from the soul…”: marking the 135th anniversary of the birth of Maksim Bahdanovič (November 27, 1891 – May 12, 1917) Maksim Adamovič Bahdanovič was a Belarusian poet, publicist, literary scholar, and translator; a classic figure of Belarusian literature; and one of the founders of Belarusian literature and the modern literary Belarusian language. The role and significance of Maksim Bahdanovič in the development of Belarusian letters and in the national and spiritual revival of the Belarusian people have been highly esteemed...

The Belarusian State Academy of Music announces the holding of the II International Choral Conductors Competition named after Victor Rovdo. The competition is organized by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Belarus and the educational institution “Belarusian State Academy of Music”. The objectives of the competition are to support the creative endeavors of young choral conductors, enhance their performance skills, enrich the national choral performance school with advanced international experience, improve modern choral conducting education, and popularize choral art. The competition will take place on November 16-20, 2026.     To participate in the competition, contestants must...

MINISTRY OF CULTURE OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION State Institute of Art Studies Ippolitov-Ivanov State Music Pedagogical Institute Glinka Nizhny Novgorod State Conservatory Glinka Novosibirsk State Conservatory Russian State Specialized Academy of Arts Sobinov Saratov State Conservatory Mussorgsky Ural State Conservatory Belarusian State Academy of Music   On June 26, 2026, the 6th International Postgraduate Academic Conference “CREATIVITY AND PERFORMANCE: YOUNG SCIENTISTS’ VIEWS OF THE WORLD OF ART” will be held (in person and on the Kontur.Tolk platform). The postgraduate forum, initiated seven years ago by the Department of Music Theory and History of the Russian State Specialized Academy of...

Due to the large number of applications, the “Winter Music Academy” project will be held in two periods: Group 1 – January 13–16 (for the following programs: “Music and Instrumental Arts (instrument – piano; dulcimer; domra; classical guitar; bayan; accordion), “Musicology,” and “Composition”); Group 2 – January 19–22 (for the following programs: “Vocal Arts,” “Conducting” (academic choir), “Music and Instrumental Arts (instrument – piano, flute, clarinet, saxophone, French horn, trombone, percussion instruments, violin, viola, cello)).

The educational institution “Belarusian State Academy of Music” will host the creative and educational project “Winter Music Academy”. The project is scheduled to run from January 19 to 22, 2026. In case of a large number of applications, information will be supplemented. As part of the project, anyone interested will be able to participate in master classes with teachers on music performance, solfeggio, and harmony, work with piano accompanists on a performance program, receive answers to questions related to admission and study at the academy, and much more. To participate in the project, all interested parties must submit an...

Order on the enrollment of persons for the master’s degree program in the 2025/2026 academic year *Applicants who did not pass the competition can pick up their documents at the Curriculum and Instruction Department (office 609-610) at the address: 2220013, Minsk, Petrusya Brovka St., 22.

June 30, 2025 A ceremonial event dedicated to the 85th graduation of the Belarusian State Academy of Music took place within the walls of the Belarusian State Philharmonic Society! Congratulations to the graduates of the Academy on this important and significant event! Your diplomas are the keys to new opportunities, to the stages where your unique voices and instruments will sound. May every chord of your life be filled with harmony, and every note – with sincere emotions! We wish you to follow your dreams with confidence and to obtain endless inspiration on your music path. Congratulations on your...

At the beginning of the meeting in a solemn atmosphere, the Rector, PhD in Art History, Associate Professor Elena Kurakina congratulated Sergei Yankovich, Associate Professor of the Department of Wind Instruments and Orchestral Conducting, a famous Belarusian composer, on his 70th birthday anniversary. Also, the following were presented: Certificate of Associate Professor to Natalya Furman, Associate Professor of the Singing, Music and Theatre Art Department; Diploma of PhD in Art History to Elena Chekir, Senior teacher of the Piano Accompanist Mastery Department. Certificates of awarding incentives from the special fund of the President of the Republic of Belarus for...

On March 22, as part of the nationwide campaign “I Choose a Profession”, Belarusian State Academy of Music hosted a SINGLE OPEN DAY! The event included individual consultations and master-classes by leading teachers of the Academy, creative presentations of specialities and faculties, a meeting with members of the admissions office, as well as with the chief director of Bolshoi Theater of Belarus, Professor of Belarusian State Academy of Music, winner of the Francysk Skaryna Medal, Anna Motornaya. About 200 students of the final years of secondary specialized educational institutions in the field of culture from all over Belarus took...

This year marks the 340th anniversary of the birth of Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), the greatest composer of the 18th century, one of the outstanding innovators of the Baroque era. Bach’s art legacy is enormous, over 1000 works in various genres: sacred sonatas, concertos, oratorios, cantatas, preludes, concert works for clavier. The music of J. S. Bach is truly universal: in the infinite number and variants of interpretations and arrangements, its essence, its inner core is not lost, there is something in the composer’s music that makes it attractive in any era. The exhibition presents monographs, research essays, articles...