Petrozavodsk State Conservatory named after Glazunov was founded in 1967. In 1991, the institution acquired the status of an independent university. In 2003, the conservatory was named after Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov, an outstanding Russian composer. He played a significant role in the development of Russian music education.
Annals
The Petrozavodsk Conservatory named after Glazunov is an institution with a long history. The question of opening such an institution in Petrozavodsk first arose at the beginning of the twentieth century. Thanks to the efforts of public figures and musicians of the region, in 1919 the Higher music classes began to work in the city. On their basis, a conservative program arose in the specialties of composition and piano.
During this period, relations began with the graduates of the St. Petersburg Conservatory - musicians of Petrograd-Leningrad. The traditions of the future Petrozavodsk State Conservatory named after A.K. Glazunov were laid by Nikolai Kusevitsky - conductor, Yuri Shaporin - composer, Nikolai Solnyshkov - teacher, Nestor Zagorny - pianist, who headed it in 1918.
Higher music classes. In the thirties, graduates of the Leningrad Conservatory, pianists and composers Leonid Glikman and Leonid Vishkarev, were active in Petrozavodsk. These people played a significant role in the formation and development of musical art in Karelia.
Gelmer Sinisalo, an original composer who for many years headed the Union of Karelian Composers, owes much of his success to the Leningrad School. In the forties and fifties, a music school, a symphony orchestra, a philharmonic society, and a theater functioned successfully in Petrozavodsk.
To increase the level of teaching and creative growth of performers, it was necessary to create a higher educational institution. In 1967, thanks to the joint efforts of musicologists, members of the symphony orchestra and composers, a conservatory was created in Petrozavodsk. Initially, it acted as a branch of St. Petersburg.
In 1967, Georgy Lapchinsky, the first director of the branch, and Pavel Serebryakov, professor, people's artist of the USSR, rector of the Leningrad Conservatory, greeted students with greetings.
In the early years, the leading professors of Leningrad conducted activities at the Petrozavodsk branch: P. A. Serebryakov, Yu. M. Kramarov, A. A. Lazko, Yu. A. Bolshiyanov, P. K. Orekhov, P. I. Govorushko, A. B. Shalov. These people laid down the traditions of high professionalism that are inherent in Russian musical pedagogy.
Reputation
The Petrozavodsk State Conservatory named after A.K. Glazunov has gained the authority of a recognized center for the training of highly qualified specialists, both in the Russian Federation and abroad. It conducts scientific, methodological and concert performance.
Modernity
The Petrozavodsk State Conservatory named after A.K. Glazunov has been headed by V. A. Soloviev since 2002. The institution occupies one of the main places in the Russian Federation in terms of scientific and creative potential.
In the Petrozavodsk State Conservatory named after A.K. Glazunov, 126 teachers hold full-time positions. Among them 47 associate professors and candidates of sciences, 28 doctors of sciences and professors.
More than forty university teachers have honorary titles and awards of the Republic of Karelia and the Russian Federation. The conservatory trained more than 4 thousand specialists who are active in various Russian cities.
Graduates work in Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia, China, the Republic of Korea, Sweden, Finland, Israel, Germany, New Zealand, Australia, the USA and Canada. In Russia, they can be found in Perm, Kislovodsk, Khabarovsk, Vladivostok, St. Petersburg and Moscow.
Collective
Artists of the Petrozavodsk Conservatory Glazunov most often perform in a special Great Hall. It is he who is best suited for large-scale musical events.
Among the artists who performed in this hall, winners of international competitions Amanda Pucci Jones, Ron Wilkins, Valery Grokhovsky, Daniil Kramer, Victor Chernomortsev, Evgeny Polikanin, Zlata Bulycheva, Olga Sosnovskaya, Olesya Petrova, Evgeny Mikhailov, Alexander Lubyantsev, Alexander Sklyarov, Yuri Shishkin, Andrey Gorbachev, Alexander Tsygankov, Alexey Arkhipovsky, Dmitry Illarionov, Pavel Milyukov.