In Bashkortostan, you can get a specialty related to music, theater or the visual arts in only one educational institution. This is the Ufa State Institute of Arts. Previously, the educational institution had the status of an academy (UGAI named after Ismagilov). However, not all students, graduates and residents of the city now call the university an institute. The name that has become familiar to them is the Academy of Arts.
University yesterday and today
The State Institute of Arts in Ufa began its work in 1968. At first there were only 2 faculties - music and theater. As they developed, new units were created. The faculties of fine art and Bashkir music appeared. In 2003, an important event in history occurred - the status has changed. From now on, the educational organization began to be called the academy. The university had this status for 12 years. In 2015, the institution was returned to its former name.
Currently, the State Institute of Arts, called by habit the Academy, is considered one of the leading creative universities in the Russian Federation. Not only people living in Ufa study here. There are many nonresident students. The institute offers them a hostel located on 114 Pushkin Street. It has 640 beds, a medical office, kitchens, hygiene rooms, showers, rest rooms.
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The Academy of Arts has two educational buildings. The main one is located at 14 Lenin Street. The building of the educational building is an architectural monument of the 19th century. In those days, the building of the former Noble Assembly was located here. The building is still noteworthy in that for the first time Fedor Chaliapin performed as an opera singer. It is his name that currently bears a concert hall located in the educational building.
The second building of the state university is located on Tsyurupy Street, 9. There is a faculty of fine arts and a theater department (in the first building there is a music department and a faculty in which Bashkir music is instilled in students).
About the Faculty of Music and its departments
You can plunge into the world of music by enrolling in the music department of the Ufa State Academy of Arts. It is a creative team consisting of qualified teachers, honored artists of Russia and Bashkortostan. The faculty allows students to show their creative abilities, opens the way for talented individuals to the world of music.
There are 9 departments in the music department of the state academy. They carry out training of students in the main areas of their future professional activity (for example, there are such departments as choral conducting, vocal art, and folk instruments). At the musicological departments (i.e. related to the history and theory of music, the musical culture of peoples) at the UGAI named after Ismagilov conducted research in the field of the history of foreign and domestic music, the style of professional Bashkir music, etc.
Directions of training at the Faculty of Music
The list of proposed areas of training and specialties is quite wide:
- for those who want in the future to be a concert performer, artist of an ensemble or orchestra, head of a creative team, accompanist, there are in the state academy the directions “Musical Variety Art” and “Musical Instrumental Art”, “Art of Concert Performing”;
- concert chamber singers, concert performers, soloists of the ensemble are prepared in the areas of “Vocal Art” and “The Art of Folk Singing”;
- for people who want to be managers of musical art, music journalists, musicologists, ethnomusicologists, mediaevalists, the direction “Musical-applied art and musicology” is suitable;
- choir conductor, choirmaster, choir artist, conductor who chooses an orchestra of folk instruments or winds, conductor in an opera and symphony orchestra or academic choir - qualifications that can be obtained in the areas of “Conducting” and “Artistic Management of an Academic Choir and Opera and Symphony Orchestra ";
- Soloist-vocalist - a specialty assigned after completion of training at the State Academy of Music and Theater Arts.
About the theater faculty and its departments
Many applicants dream of working in the theater, acting in films. For them, the theater department of the UGAI im. Ismagilova. This faculty has existed since 1971. However, its history began in 1968, when the department of actor and director skills began to function at the university.
The faculty of theater has 3 departments: choreographic art, mastery of actor and direction, history and theory of art. Teachers work with them and have a lot to learn. Teachers not only provide theoretical knowledge to students, but also show choreographic movements, professional acting.
Directions of training at the theater faculty
Ufa State Academy of Arts named after Zagir Ismagilov invites applicants to 4 areas of training, which has a theater faculty:
- "Choreographic art."
- "Theater Studies".
- "Directing the theater."
- "Acting art."
The first 2 areas are related to undergraduate studies. Upon completion of training, graduates are awarded bachelor's qualifications. The remaining areas of training are related to the specialty. At the Theater Directing, graduates receive the qualifications of a stage director, a director of puppet shows in a theater, a drama director, a director of a musical theater, and at Actor's Art - an artist of a musical theater, an artist of puppet shows in a theater, an actor of a drama theater and cinema, an entertainer.
About the Faculty of Fine Arts
At the origins of this department was the famous painter Rashit Mukhametbareevich Nurmukhametov. Thanks to him, the Faculty of Fine Arts appeared in the educational institution. Now this department is a developing structural unit in which creative personalities are formed.
There are 2 departments in the structure of the faculty of fine arts : painting, design and drawing. At the first of these, teachers teach students easel composition, painting. The second department teaches such disciplines as drawing, composition, sculpture, printed graphics.
Directions of training at the Faculty of Fine Arts
Entering the UGAI them. Ismagilov to this department, you can choose one of the proposed areas of preparation:
- History and theory of art.
- Design.
- The sculpture.
- Schedule.
- Painting.
The first area relates to undergraduate studies. “Design” is a specialty. This area prepares designers for work in the field of graphic or industrial design, costume design, environment and vehicles. “Sculpture”, “Graphics” and “Painting” also belong to the specialty. Future sculptors, graphic artists and painters study in these areas.
Faculty of Bashkir music
The Ufa State Academy of Arts named after Zagir Ismagilov has a unique department - the Bashkir music faculty. He appeared in 1996. With its emergence, work began on the creation of Bashkir folk instruments that are no longer in use, and the resurrection of lost performing traditions. The necessary teaching aids are compiled for students.
Thanks to the faculty, Bashkir music has revived. An educational orchestra of folk instruments was created at the educational institution. Its main task is to disseminate forgotten music. Students in the orchestra practice, take part in concerts held on the sites of the city and the republic.
Chairs at the faculty of Bashkir music
This department of the State Academy of Arts has a department of traditional musical performance. It provides training on the program "Instrumental Performance" for the types of instruments that are used in the training orchestra.
Also, the faculty has a department of ethnomusicology. It taught such subjects as the basics of ethnomusicology, folk musical instruments, folk performing traditions, and folk choreography.
For those who decide to enter the Academy of Arts
The first stage in admission is the collection of necessary documents and their submission to the selection committee of the university. Applicants bring to the State Academy of Arts:
- photos;
- passport;
- application addressed to the rector;
- certificate or diploma;
- documents testifying to individual achievements.
The second stage in admission to the State Academy of Arts is the passing of entrance exams. In all areas, the common subjects are literature and the Russian language. In addition to them, in some areas you need an interview, passing a creative and / or professional task. Tests are considered successful if the results are equal to or exceed the established minimum scores.
The minimum points are recommended to be specified in the selection committee, because they can be adjusted annually. According to the admission rules approved for 2017, the minimum scores must be equal to the following values:
- for creative assignment - 70 points;
- for a professional test - 70 points;
- for the interview - 70 points;
- in Russian - from 38 to 52 points (depending on the chosen direction);
- according to literature - from 34 to 40 points (depending on the direction).
Today, the Ufa Academy (Institute) of Arts, named after Ismagilov and located at Lenin Street, 14, is 4 faculties, more than 20 different specialties. Training is carried out on a paid and free basis on full-time and part-time forms. After completing their studies at the university, graduates without any problems find a job. They settle in educational institutions as teachers. Many work in theaters, philharmonic societies, orchestras both in the native republic and abroad in various parts of the country.