Belarusian State Academy of Music

The history of the Belarusian State Academy of Music (before 1992 – the Belarusian State Conservatoire named after A. Lounatcharsky) is to a great extent the history of the Belarusian musical culture and arts of the 20th century.

Founded in 1932, the Belarusian Academy of Music has become a major centre of musical education, performance, composition and musicology. Famous musicians of their days stood at its cradle – composers N. Aladov and V. Zolotaryov, musicologists Yu. Dreisin and M. Matisson, pianists A. Klumov, G. Petrov and V. Semashko, violinists A. Besmertny and A. Vivien, cellists M. Orlov and B. Fidlon, double-bass players I. Solodchenko and M. Slovachevsky, horn player Ya. Stegenny, oboist G. Popovitsky, singer A. Bonachich, conductor I. Bari.

Belarusian State Academy of Music

The Belarusian State Academy of Music has formed a scientific school of modern musicology, its development is linked with the names of famous Belarusian musicologists S. Nisnevich, L. Moukharinskaya, G. Glouschenko.

Belarusian State Academy of Music

Courses Offered

• Graduate Programs

Departments

• Piano and Composition-Musicology Department
• Orchestra Department
• Vocal and Choir Department
• Department of Folk Instruments
• Interdepartmental Divisions
• Pedagogical Department (Mogilyov)
• Department of Advanced Vocational Training

Contact Details
Belarusian State Academy of Music
Internatsionalnaya str. 30
220030, Minsk, Belarus
Tel.: +37517 2274942
Fax: +37517 3285501
Belarusian State Academy of Music Official Website: http://www.bgam.edu.by/