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The main building
The Gnessin State Musical College (Russian: Государственный музыкальный колледж имени Гнесиных) and Gnesins Russian Academy of Music (Russian: Российская академия музыки имени Гнесиных) is a prominent music school in Moscow, Russia.[1]
History
Originally known as the Gnessin Institute, it was established on February 15, 1895 by three sisters: Evgenia Fabianovna, Elena Fabianovna, and Maria Fabianovna Gnessin.[2] Each of the Gnessin sisters had studied piano and graduated with distinction from the Moscow Conservatory.[3] The college quickly became, and remains, an elite music school, considered second only to the Moscow Conservatory.[4]
Founders
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Gnessin sisters (Ольга, Елена, Евгения, Мария, Елизавета.)
The Gnessin sisters were born in Rostov-on-Don, the children of Rostov Rabbi Fabian Osipovich Gnessin.[5] The entire family appears to have possessed musical talent.[6] Their brother, Mikhail Fabianovich Gnessin, was a celebrated composer and teacher who later served (1945-1957) as head of Gnessin State Musical College.[7]
Alumni
Russian unless otherwise stated
- Georgy Andryushchenko, opera singer
- Alexey Arhipovsky, balalaika virtuoso
- Yulianna Avdeeva, pianist
- Rim Banna, Palestinian singer, composer and arranger[8]
- Nikolay Baskov, singer
- Sonya Belousova, Russian-American composer, pianist and recording artist
- Dmitry Belosselskiy, bass
- Evgeny Belyaev, singer
- Boris Berezovsky, pianist
- Dima Bilan, singer and Eurovision winner
- Artyom Bogucharsky, actor and clarinetist
- Ivan S. Bukreev, singer
- Roberto Cani, violinist
- Mauricio Daza, bass player
- Marina Devyatova, singer
- Egine, Armenian-Russian singer and songwriter
- Boris Elkis, composer
- Ivan Farmakovsky, jazz pianist and composer
- Michail Fomin, pianist
- Alexander Goldstein, composer
- Alina Ibragimova, violinist
- Dimitri Illarionov, guitarist
- Alexander Ivashkin, cellist
- Eugene Izotov, oboist
- Mungonzazal Janshindulam, Mongolian pianist
- Sati Kazanova, singer
- Yakov Kazyansky, composer and jazz pianist
- Leonid Kharitonov, singer
- Philipp Kirkorov, singer and actor
- Evgeny Kissin, pianist
- Lev Knipper, composer
- Alexander Knyazev, cellist
- Joseph Kobzon, Russian vocalist
- Maria Krushevskaya, Russian harpist
- Elena Kuznetsova, pianist and teacher
- Edward M. Labkovsky, singer
- Irina Lankova, Belgian pianist
- Alexander Levine, Russian-British composer
- Konstantin Lifschitz, pianist
- Oleg Maisenberg, pianist
- Alexander Malofeev, pianist
- Maxim Mironov, tenor
- Roman Moiseyev, conductor
- Sofia Moshevich, Canadian scholar, pianist, and teacher[9][10][11]
- Quynh Nguyen, Vietnamese pianist
- Boris Parsadanian, Armenian-Estonian composer
- Olga Pashchenko, pianist
- Alla Pavlova, American composer
- Kirill Rodin, cellist
- Vadim L. Ruslanov, singer
- Alexei T. Sergeev, singer
- Prokhor Shalyapin, singer
- Konstantin Shamray, pianist
- Vissarion Shebalin, composer
- Natalia Sheludiakova, Russian-Australian pianist and teacher
- Anatoly Sheludyakov, pianist
- Vladimir Shkaptsov, singer
- Vladislav Shoot, composer
- Alexander S. Sibirtsev, singer
- Senya Son, pianist and composer
- Viktor Suslin, composer
- Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor
- Svoy, Russian-American songwriter/producer
- Mikael Tariverdiev, Georgian-Armenian composer
- Valentina Tolkunova, singer
- Daniil Trifonov, pianist
- Yulia Volkova, singer from the group t.A.T.u.
- Aleksey Volodin, pianist
- Marina Yakhlakova, pianist
- Igor Zubkovsky, cellist
Faculty
- Timofei Dokschitzer, Russian-Ukrainian trumpeter
- Mikhail Fikhtengoltz, violinist
- Grigori Gamburg, conductor
- Mikhail Gnessin, composer and brother of founding sisters
- Maria Grinberg, Russian-Ukrainian pianist
- Aram Khachaturian, Armenian composer
- Alexander Kobrin, pianist
- Nelli Shkolnikova, Russian-Australian violinist and teacher
References
- ^ Moisenko, Rena. (1949) Realist Music: 25 Soviet Composers, London: Meridian Book, Ltd.
- ^ Phillips, Anthony & Prokofiev, Sergey. (2006). "Sergey Prokofiev Diaries, 1907-1914: Prodigious Youth", p. 498 Ithaca: Cornell University Press.
- ^ Phillips, Anthony & Prokofiev, Sergey. (2006). "Sergey Prokofiev Diaries, 1907-1914: Prodigious Youth", p. 498 Ithaca: Cornell University Press.
- ^ Phillips, Anthony & Prokofiev, Sergey. (2006). "Sergey Prokofiev Diaries, 1907-1914: Prodigious Youth", p. 498 Ithaca: Cornell University Press.
- ^ Hundert, Gershon David. (2008) The YIVO encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe: Volume 2, p. 1595 New Haven: Yale University Press
- ^ Moisenko, Rena. (1949) Realist Music: 25 Soviet Composers, London: Meridian Book, Ltd.
- ^ Moisenko, Rena. (1949) Realist Music: 25 Soviet Composers, London: Meridian Book, Ltd.
- ^ "Rim Banna". World Music Central. Archived from the original on 16 July 2012. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
- ^ http://www.namibian.com.na/archive_pdf_19851990/1986_TheNamibian/6%20June%201986.pdf
- ^ http://www.iupress.indiana.edu/product_info.php?cPath=1037_3130_3167&products_id=807310
- ^ http://wiredspace.wits.ac.za/jspui/bitstream/10539/13021/1/Pg%201-120.pdf
External links
- Gnesin Academy of Music official website (Russian)
- Gnessin State Musical College website (Russian)