Odesa National Music Academy named after AV Nezhdanova ( uk, Одеська національна музична академія імені А. В. Нежданової) or Odesa Conservatory is a Ukrainian state institution of higher music education. Its courses include
postgraduate education
Postgraduate or graduate education refers to Academic degree, academic or professional degrees, certificates, diplomas, or other qualifications pursued by higher education, post-secondary students who have earned an Undergraduate education, un ...
.
History
The Odesa Conservatory was established in 1913 on the foundation of the music college (opened in 1897) of the Odesa branch of the
Imperial Russian Music Society.
The founder of the conservatory was a prominent Polish composer, conductor and teacher
Witold Maliszewski
Witold Maliszewski (russian: Витольд Осипович Малишевский, uk, Вітольд Йосифович Малішевський; 20 July 1873 – 18 July 1939) was a Polish composer, founder of Odessa Conservatory, and a profes ...
(1873-1939), a student of
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov . At the time, his name was spelled Николай Андреевичъ Римскій-Корсаковъ. la, Nicolaus Andreae filius Rimskij-Korsakov. The composer romanized his name as ''Nicolas Rimsk ...
and
Alexander Glazunov
Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov; ger, Glasunow (, 10 August 1865 – 21 March 1936) was a Russian composer, music teacher, and conductor of the late Russian Romantic period. He was director of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory between 1905 ...
, and a teacher of Mykola Vilinsky and
Witold Lutosławski.
In 1923 it was divided into a music institute and a technical school, which in 1928 were merged into the Music and Drama Institute.
In 1934 the Odesa Conservatory was re-established in the previous form.
In 1950 it was named after the outstanding opera singer
Antonina Nezhdanova
Antonina Vasilyevna Nezhdanova (russian: Антони́на Васи́льевна Нежда́нова, – 26 June 1950), was a Russian and Soviet coloratura soprano.
Nezhdanova was born in , near Odesa, Ukraine, then in the Russian Empire. ...
.
On May 8, 2012, by the decree of the
President of Ukraine
The president of Ukraine ( uk, Президент України, Prezydent Ukrainy) is the head of state of Ukraine. The president represents the nation in international relations, administers the foreign political activity of the state, condu ...
, the conservatory was renamed to academy and granted the national status.
References
External links
Official site
Music schools in Ukraine
Universities and colleges in Odesa
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