RAM them. The Gnesins are a higher musical educational institution located in the city of Moscow. The address of the building is Povarskaya street, house number 30/36. The Gnesins Academy is one of the leading musical educational institutions in Russia. RAM has several concert halls where various events are held both for students and for listeners and spectators.
History of RAM
The Gnesins' RAM was born in 1895. At that time, there was still no separation of music educational institutions into academies, schools and colleges. The date of birth of the RAM is February 15, 1895. It was on this day that the Gnesin sisters had their first student at their private music school.
In 1946, an own building was built for this educational institution. When the premises were opened, the Gnesins' educational institution was divided into a school, a school, and an institute. All of them are located in the same building, on different floors. After some time, the premises were completely given to the institute. And the school and school moved. Initially, the Institute trained exclusively teachers of musical disciplines. But many students wanted to devote themselves to performing arts rather than teaching.
In 1950, a concert hall was attached to the educational building of the institute. In 2011, the college from an independent institution turned into a branch of the Academy.
Today RAM them. The Gnesins train not only teachers, but also concert musicians and vocalists.
Faculties of the Academy:
- Orchestral, with departments of percussion, wind and string instruments.
- Vocal, where they learn solo singing.
- Folk instruments.
- Piano, which also includes the department of harpsichord, organ and accompanists.
- Historical, Theoretical and Composer Faculty.
- Conductor, with departments of orchestral and choral conducting.
- Jazz singing and instrumental performance.
- Folk art, which includes departments of solo and choral folk singing.
- Faculty of Production.
As well as inter-faculty departments.
RAM Halls
Main Concert Hall RAM them. The Gnesins accommodate 549 listeners. It is equipped with the latest technology. At his disposal are two concert pianos and an electronic organ. A monument to E. F. Gnesina is erected in front of the entrance.
The small hall is designed for one hundred students. He has three concert pianos. The musical lounge of Shuvalova’s house also accommodates one hundred listeners. At her disposal are two concert pianos. The chamber hall is designed for fifty seats. It is equipped with one concert grand piano.
The organ hall is also designed for fifty listeners. It is equipped with several tools. The main one is the English wind organ “Henry Jones”. Before RAM, he was in the Church of London. In addition to it, there is a Steinway concert grand piano, clavichorn and harpsichord Ammer.
Program
A large number of different concerts can be heard at the RAM. Gnesins. The poster of the Academy in the second half of the 2015-2016 season offers the following events:
- "Piano music of S. S. Prokofiev."
- Concert of Russian chamber music.
- Master class in musicology on the theme “The creative path of V. A. Mozart”
- Reporting concert of the department of musical pedagogy.
- Opera "Gianni Schicchi" Theater Studio. Yu. A. Speransky.
- Concert of students of the variety faculty.
- A classy evening of students of the teacher Yu. V. Zamyatina.
- Concert of the Academy Symphony Orchestra.
- Anthology of harpsichord music. Sound works of Domingo and Domenico Scarlatti.
- Reporting concert of the College String Orchestra.
- Monothematic performance of the musical theater of pedagogical knowledge Gradus ad Parnassum.
- Concert seminar for Victory Day.
- Musical performance "Coronation of Poppea" performed by students of the vocal department.
- Reporting concert of students of a music school at the Academy.
- Festival "May Assemblies".
- Concert composition classes.
And many others.
Collectives
In RAM them. Gnesins about twenty different groups. It:
- Chamber Orchestra, whose repertoire includes music of all styles and eras.
- The Zolotitsa ensemble, performing folk songs.
- A Russian concert orchestra, whose repertoire includes retro and popular music.
- Academic Choir of correspondence students.
- Jazz Orchestra "Academic Band".
- Ensemble Altro Coro, performing contemporary choral music.
- Theater Studio named after Y. Speransky, whose repertoire includes foreign and Russian classical operas.
- The ensemble "Moscow Mandolin", working in all available musical directions.
- Brass band.
- The guslar ensemble "Kupina", whose repertoire includes Russian folk works.
- Ad Libitum Orchestra, which includes button accordions and accordions, performing classical and contemporary music.
- The ensemble of students of the department of solo and choral folk singing, whose repertoire is original and processed folklore.
- Orchestra "Soul of Russia", which includes Russian folk instruments, performing modern and retro music.
- Academic choir of full-time students of the Academy.
- A symphony orchestra performing classical and contemporary music.
- Folklore ensemble, in the repertoire of which folk music in its original sound.
Interesting Facts
In RAM them. Over the years, the Gnesins were taught by famous personalities. These are Aram Khachaturian, Reinhold Glier, Heinrich Neigauz, Joseph Kobzon, Valentina Levko, Igor Bril, Boris Tchaikovsky and others. Many celebrities among graduates of the RAM. The Gnesins Academy graduated from: Lyubov Kazarnovskaya, Mikhail Turetsky, Alexander Gradsky, David Tukhmanov, Lyudmila Zykina, Varvara, Mikael Tariverdiev, Alexander Zhurbin, Evgeny Svetlanov, Dima Bilan, Tikhon Khrennikov, Philip Kirkorov, Valentina Tolkunova and others.
Hall Addresses
As mentioned above, RAM has them in several rooms. Gnesins. The address of the most important of them is Maly Rzhevsky Lane, house No. 1. The remaining several rooms are located along Povarskaya Street, house No. 30/36. This is the educational building of RAM. There are: the musical lounge of the house Shuvalova, Small, Chamber and Organ halls. They are all located on the 4th floor of the educational building, in classrooms with numbers 73, 75 and 90.