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Pyotr Tchaikovsky National Music Academy of Ukraine ( uk, Національна музична академія України імені Петра Чайковського) or Kyiv Conservatory is a Ukrainian state institution of higher music education. Its courses include
postgraduate education. Located in
Kyiv
Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the seventh-most populous city in Europe.
Kyi ...
,
Ukraine
Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...
.
History
The Kyiv Conservatory was founded on 3 November 1913 at the
Kyiv
Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the seventh-most populous city in Europe.
Kyi ...
campus of the Music College of the
Russian Musical Society
The Russian Musical Society (RMS) (russian: Русское музыкальное общество) was the first music school in Russia open to the general public. It was launched in 1859 by the Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna and Anton Rubinstei ...
. The organization of the conservatory was spearheaded by
Sergei Rachmaninoff and
Alexander Glazunov. The first directors were V. Pukhalsky (1913) and
Reinhold Glière
Reinhold Moritzevich Glière (born Reinhold Ernest Glier, which was later converted for standardization purposes; russian: Рейнгольд Морицевич Глиэр; 23 June 1956), was a Russian Imperial and Soviet composer of German and ...
(1914–1920). In 1925, the junior classes were separated from the conservatory to form a Music College, while the senior classes were merged into the formerly private Music and Drama Institute of
Mykola Lysenko
Mykola Vitaliyovych Lysenko ( uk, Мико́ла Віта́лійович Ли́сенко; 22 March 1842 – 6 November 1912) was a List of Ukrainian composers, Ukrainian composer, pianist, conductor and ethnomusicologist of the late Romantic mus ...
(today the
Kyiv National I. K. Karpenko-Kary Theatre, Cinema and Television University).
Viktor Kosenko taught at both institutions.
The conservatory was revived when Kyiv once again became the capital of Ukraine in 1934. The Music and Drama Institute of Mykola Lysenko was dissolved and its music department was merged back with the Music College, while the drama department served as the basis for creation of the Kyiv State Theater Institute of Les Kurbas. In 1938, the conservatory received the
Order of Lenin
The Order of Lenin (russian: Орден Ленина, Orden Lenina, ), named after the leader of the Russian October Revolution, was established by the Central Executive Committee on April 6, 1930. The order was the highest civilian decoration ...
award. In 1940, the conservatory was named after Tchaikovsky. In 1995, the President of Ukraine elevated the conservatory's status, and renamed it the Petro Tchaikovsky National Music Academy of Ukraine. In 2022, after
Russian invasion, the removal of Tchaikovsky's name was proposed and largely disputed.
Чайковський був росіянином, НА ЧОРТА він комусь треба! Інтерв'ю з ІГОРЕМ КОНДРАТЮКОМ
// Факти ICTV. — 2022. — 22 червня.
The conservatory occupies a building built in the 1890s as the Hotel Continental (built by architects Eduard Bradtman and Georg Schleifer). The building was destroyed during World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...
, but was rebuilt in 1955, when a concert hall was added (architects L. Katok and Ya. Krasny). It is located on Horodetsky street 1-3/11.
Rectors
* 1913–1914 Vladimir Pukhalskiy
* 1914–1920 Reinhold Glière
Reinhold Moritzevich Glière (born Reinhold Ernest Glier, which was later converted for standardization purposes; russian: Рейнгольд Морицевич Глиэр; 23 June 1956), was a Russian Imperial and Soviet composer of German and ...
* 1920–1922 Felix Blumenfeld
Felix Mikhailovich Blumenfeld (russian: Фе́ликс Миха́йлович Блуменфе́льд; – 21 January 1931) was a Russian and Soviet composer, conductor of the Imperial Opera St-Petersburg, pianist, and teacher.
He was bor ...
* 1922–1926 Kostiantyn Mykhailov
* 1926–1934 ''unknown''
* 1934–1948 Abram Lufer
Abram Mikhaylovich Lufer (born in Kiev, 25 August 1905 - died in Kiev, 13 July 1948) was a Ukrainian pianist.
Biography
Abram Lufer was born on 25 August 1905 in Kiev, he took musical education in the Kiev Music School in 1925 under Grigory Be ...
(including the evacuation period)
* 1948–1954 Oleksandr Klymov
* 1954–1968 Andriy Shtoharenko
Andriy Shtoharenko ( uk, Андрій Якович Штогаренко) (15 October 1902 – 15 November 1992) was a Soviet Ukrainian composer and teacher.
Biography
Andriy Shtoharenko was born in the Ukrainian village of Novi Kaidaky (now ...
* 1968–1974 Ivan Lyashenko
* 1974–1983 Mykola Kondratyuk Mykola Kindratovych Kondratyuk ( uk, Мико́ла Кіндра́тович Кондратю́к; May 5, 1931 in Starokostiantyniv – November 16, 2006 in Kyiv) was a Soviet and Ukrainian Chamber concert and opera singer (baritone), educator, ...
* 1983–2004 Oleg Tymoshenko
* 2004– 2018 Volodymyr Rozhok Volodymyr ( uk, Володи́мир, Volodýmyr, , orv, Володимѣръ) is a Ukrainian given name of Old East Slavic origin. The related Ancient Slavic, such as Czech, Russian, Serbian, Croatian, etc. form of the name is Володимѣр ...
* 2018– Maksym Tymoshenko
Maksym Tymoshenko ( uk, Максим Тимошенко, ; born 20 April 1972) is a Ukrainian culturologist and a social activist. He is a doctor of philosophy (2013), a professor of thNational Academy of Culture and Arts Management(2014), an Hon ...
Honorary Professors of the Academy
Riccardo Muti
Placido Domingo
Jack Ma
Oleh V. Krysa
Esteban Valverde Corrales
Mykola Suk
Ye Xiaogang
Jerzy Stankiewicz
References
External links
Official site of the conservatory
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Music schools in Ukraine
Universities and colleges in Kyiv
Music in Kyiv
Maidan Nezalezhnosti
Educational institutions established in 1913
1913 establishments in the Russian Empire
National universities in Ukraine