Saratov Conservatory is a music conservatory in Russia. The conservatory in

Saratov Saratov (, ; rus, Сара́тов, a=Ru-Saratov.ogg, p=sɐˈratəf) is the largest city and administrative center of Saratov Oblast, Russia, and a major port on the Volga River upstream (north) of Volgograd. Saratov had a population of 901,36 ...

, was founded in 1912, and was the first provincial conservatory to be founded in Russia, after St Petersburg Conservatory and Moscow Conservatory. Saratov was, at the time, Russia's third city. The main building of the conservatory had been built in 1902 by architect Alexander Yulyevich Yagn, and originally it housed a music school. Before the opening of the conservatory in 1912, the building was reconstructed by the architect Semyon Akimovich Kallistratov. When Saratov Conservatory opened in September 1912, it immediately had 1,000 students ready to begin their studies.Paul Du Quenoy ''Stage fright: politics and the performing arts in late Imperial Russia'' 2009 p99 In 1935 the Conservatory was named after the tenor

Leonid Sobinov Leonid Vitalyevich Sobinov (russian: Леони́д Вита́льевич Со́бинов, 7 June S 26 May1872 – 14 October 1934) was an Imperial Russian operatic tenor. His fame continued unabated into the Soviet era, and he was made a Peop ...

Former Directors

* Stanislav Kasparovich Echsner ''(Exner, Eksner)'' (19121914) * Josef Ivanovich Slivinskii, pl,

Józef Śliwiński Józef Śliwiński (15 December 1865, in Warsaw – 1930) was a Polish classical pianist, one of the outstanding interpreters of the poetic and romantic repertoire, especially Chopin and Schumann. He was taught by Theodor Leschetizky and Anton Rub ...

(19141916) * George Edvardovich Konyus, en,

Georgi Conus Georgi Eduardovich Conus, french: Georges Conus (russian: Гео́ргий Эдуа́рдович Коню́с, ''Georgy Eduardovich Konyus''; , Moscow 29 August 1933, Moscow) was a Russian music theorist and composer of French descent. He was t ...

(19171919) *

Emil Hájek Emil Hájek, sr, Емил Хајек, Emil Hajek, russian: Эми́ль Яросла́вович Га́ек (March 3, 1886, Königgrätz ( cs, Hradec Králové, north-east Kingdom of Bohemia, Austria-Hungary March 17, 1974, in Belgrade, SR Serb ...

, russian: Эмиль Ярославович Гаек (19201921)

Notable teachers

* Karl Wilhelm (Vasily Georgievich) Brandt, (trumpeter) * Ivan Lipaev (trombone and music history) * Mikhail E. Medvedev, (singing) * Viktor Ivanovich Egorov,

Honored Artist of Russia Merited Artist of the Russian Federation (russian: link=no, Заслуженный артист Российской Федерации, ''Zasluzhenny artist Rossiyskoy Federatsii'') is an honorary title in the Russian Federation. The title is ...

* Natalia Kimovna Tarasova,

Roman Moiseyev Roman Yurevich Moiseyev (russian: Роман Юрьевич Моисеев) (born May 12, 1960 in Moscow) is a Russian conductor. Biography Moiseyev received a musical education at the Academic Music College (1975-1979) and the Gnessins Russi ...

* Konstanty Gorski *

Mikhail Bukinik Mykhailo Yevsiyovych Bukinik ( uk, Михайло Євсійович Букінік) (1872–1947) was a Ukrainian cellist, composer, music educator and music critic of classical music. His four concert études for the solo cello were compul ...

* Tatiana Stepanova - ballet * Arnold Azrikan * Nisson Shkarovsky

Alumni

Alyona Apina Alyona Apina (Еле́на Евге́ньевна А́пина; maiden name — Levochkina) is а Soviet and Russian singer, musical performer, actress and songwriter. Her career started in 1988 and continues to this day. For her unique tone ...

, lead vocalist of

Kombinaciya Kombinaciya (Russian: Комбинация) is a Russian female pop band. The name means "combination," but the Russian word is a double entendre which also refers to a woman's frilly slip, and at the group's 1988 performance in Moscow they wer ...

Fatma Mukhtarova Fatma Sattarovna Mukhtarova ( az, Fatma Muxtarova, russian: Фатьма Мухтарова; 26 March 1893 or 1898Грачева Л Годы и люди: �б. очерков Саратов, 1988. Вып. 3. С. 164-174. – 19 October 1972) was ...

Lidia Ruslanova , birth_date = , birth_place = Chernavka, Serdobsky Uyezd, Saratov Governorate, Russian Empire , death_date = , death_place = Moscow, USSR , genre = russian folk music , instrument = singing , background = solo_singer Lidia Andreyevna Ru ...

* Anna Yevdokimova (pen name ''Anna t'Haron'') — a Russian pianist, Artist, grant holder of the “

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Franciszek Zachara Franciszek Zachara (''b'' Tarnów, Austrian Poland (now Poland), 10 December 1898; ''d'' Tallahassee, Florida, United States, 2 February 1966) was a Polish pianist and composer who concertized extensively throughout Europe in the years leading up ...

, graduated 1919

Exchange programme schools

Royal Carillon School "Jef Denyn" The Royal Carillon School "Jef Denyn" ( nl, Koninklijke Beiaardschool "Jef Denyn"; informally also the Mechelen carillon school) is a music school in Mechelen, Belgium, that specializes in the carillon. It is the first and largest carillon ...

Saratov Symphony Orchestra

Saratov Conservatory has an associated orchestra, the

Saratov Conservatory Symphony Orchestra Saratov (, ; rus, Сара́тов, a=Ru-Saratov.ogg, p=sɐˈratəf) is the largest city and administrative center of Saratov Oblast, Russia, and a major port on the Volga River upstream (north) of Volgograd. Saratov had a population of 901,36 ...

founded in 1912, which traditionally shares its chief conductor with the Saratov Philharmonic Orchestra.

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