This section contains information on theatrical, circus, musical state universities Moscow.
The country's leading university in training specialists in cinema, video, television and other screen arts in higher, secondary and additional education programs. VGIK is the only domestic state film school that has an Educational Film Studio with a full technological cycle for the production of film and video films.
Higher Theater School (Institute) named after. M.S. Shchepkin at the State Academic Maly Theater of Russia is the oldest theater school in Moscow. The history of its creation goes back to the Moscow Imperial Theater School, officially founded by Emperor Alexander I on December 28, 1809. Today VTU named after. M.S. Shchepkina is one of the leading theater universities in Russia - the School of Russian Stage Realism. The Maly Theater and its School are a national treasure of Russia.
State Musical Pedagogical Institute named after M.M. Ippolitov-Ivanova is one of the leading professional music educational institutions in the country, determining the high level of Russian performing culture, along with the Moscow and St. Petersburg Conservatories, the Russian Academy of Music. Gnesins.
The State Specialized Institute of Arts is the only educational institution in the world that gives people with disabilities the opportunity to receive a full-fledged higher education in the field of art - music, theater, painting.
The Moscow Conservatory is the only higher educational institution in its class that trains specialists of the highest level. It is unique for its pedagogical, artistic, educational, and scientific achievements. Here you will receive all academic music specialties.
The institute includes an institute of music (HEI), a children's music school named after Yu.A. Shaporin and music college. Currently, work is underway to create new structures focused on postgraduate professional education and training of scientific and pedagogical personnel in the field of music.
One of the oldest and most famous music universities in the country. Many world-class names have emerged from our academy - Z. Dolukhanova, E. Svetlanov, M. Tariverdiev, V. Fedoseev, T. Dokshitser, L. Zykina, K. Ivanov, E. Kisin, Y. Kazakov, I. Kobzon, N. Nekrasov, A. Rudin, V. Dashkevich, D. Tukhmanov and many others, a number of famous choirs, orchestras, ensembles - such as the Moscow State Chamber Choir under the direction of V. Minin, the Folk Ensemble under the direction of D. Pokrovsky and others .
GITIS is one of the most famous and famous theater universities in Russia. The prestige of GITIS consisted of the names of famous actors, known throughout the country, who graduated from our university. The classical, world-famous school of Russian theater art is presented today within our walls. The education received at our university is a guarantee of high excellence in your profession. higher theater educational institution.
The Boris Shchukin Theater Institute is an institute with a long history and one of the leading theater universities in the country, training actors and directors. Our graduates work in the most prestigious theaters in Russia.
Our graduates - recognized masters of Russian theater and cinema - Lev Durov, Leonid Bronevoy, Oleg Basilashvili and Mikhail Kozakov, Valentin Gaft and the tragic man who died on the set of Evgeniy Urbansky, Oleg Tabakov, Tatyana Doronina, Dmitry Brusnikin, Anastasia Voznesenskaya, will best speak about our university. Vladlen Davydov, Natalya Egorova, Vyacheslav Zholobov, Evgeny Kindinov, Sergey Kolesnikov, and Raisa Maksimova, Irina Miroshnichenko, Andrey Myagkov, Vyacheslav Nevinny, Viktor Sergachev and many, many others.
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When switching to distance learning in the field of music education, many questions arise. We are accustomed to the traditional method of teaching music. Creative skills and abilities are transferred to students not through lectures, but through individual training. This is the specificity of music education and the main difference from the forms of training in other specialties. Replacing direct communication with methodological manuals is practically impossible. But in the learning process, a cycle of so-called historical and theoretical disciplines is studied. In music education they are classified as majors. It is through these courses that distance correspondence music education is possible. Correspondence music education is a new specialty, created in the last ten years. Many people are surprised - is it possible to study music in absentia? Yes, as practice shows, this is quite feasible. Anyone wishing to obtain a higher education, but who has a secondary specialized music education, who has graduated from a music school, a technical college of culture, or a music pedagogical college, is accepted for distance learning. Upon completion of training, a state diploma is issued and the qualification “Music Teacher, Music Director” is awarded. Those who have received higher correspondence music education can work in kindergartens, music and educational schools, and children's centers. The educational system for the specialty music education provides for the study of traditional and innovative methods of music education and upbringing. Additional qualifications are being developed and introduced: teacher-organizer of a vocal ensemble, organizer of musical leisure, etc. The goal of correspondence music education is to prepare a music teacher and music director who meets new requirements. The curriculum provides for the study of medical and biological disciplines, general cultural, and musical disciplines. Subject training disciplines: history of music, choral art, harmony, arrangement, vocals, etc. Psychological and pedagogical training of students makes it possible to become a specialist in broad musical erudition, instills a creative approach to organizing and conducting music lessons.
Psychological and pedagogical training includes general, age-related, correctional, musical, and psychological training. Teaches history and modern methods of music education and the ability to work with a child, create conditions for the development of his personality. You can receive a correspondence music education (qualification as a music teacher) using the distance learning system. Distance learning is possible if you have the ability to not only work on a computer, but also be able to apply the latest computer technologies in your work. The ability to adapt educational and methodological work to new computer technologies, in such a conservative education system as music; are taught via correspondence courses. It should be remembered that while technologies for teaching playing a musical instrument, vocals, etc. have not been developed, such training is very problematic and requires individual “live” lessons. But you can acquire skills and develop the ability to teach music by enrolling in correspondence music education.
It is no secret that the capital of Russia is an attractive place from the point of view of obtaining higher education, including music. A lot depends on the choice of educational institution: not all specialties are available everywhere, and budget places are not available everywhere. Where is it better to study in Moscow?
Music universities in Moscow
There are 12 places in Moscow where you can get one or another musical education:
- Russian State University named after. Kosygina provides a variety of educational services, including music. Here you can learn pop art, play common musical instruments, and receive training as a conductor or vocalist. The university provides 50 budget places, and paid education costs from 248,000 rubles/year.
- There are also music programs at the Institute of Contemporary Art. Piano, pop art and academic vocals are what are available for study at this university. There are no budget places, and the price tag for training starts from 120,000 rubles/year.
- You can get paid training in the programs “Variety Musical Art” and “Academic Singing” at Moscow State University. The price per year starts from 101,000 rubles. Similar educational programs are provided by the Moscow Pedagogical State University, this pleasure costs, however, more expensive - 133,100 rubles / year.
- Moscow State Institute of Music named after. A. G. Schnittke is similar to the Russian State University named after. Kosygin in terms of educational programs, except that there is such a specialty as music journalism. There are almost the same number of places - 47, but paid training is much more expensive - from 451,000 rubles / year.
- State Musical and Pedagogical University named after. M. M. Ippolitova-Ivanova provides a greater selection of educational services. 55 budget places are distributed between performing (instruments, conducting, folk singing) and theoretical specialties (musicology, composition).
- Among the music universities in Moscow there are also highly specialized ones. A rather specific musical education can be obtained at the Orthodox St. Tikhon Humanitarian University (conducting, no budget, 70,000 rubles / year) and the Military University of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation (conducting a military orchestra, no budget, and the cost is strictly classified).
- At the Academy of Choral Art. B. S. Popov, you can become a specialist in the artistic direction of an academic choir. There are only 9 places for study at the expense of the budget, and the cost of a year of study is 321,750 rubles.
- The more popular music universities in Moscow for admission are Gnesinka and Moscow State Conservatory.
Moscow State Conservatory named after. P. I. Tchaikovsky
The Moscow Conservatory is one of the oldest in our country (the first conservatory was the St. Petersburg Conservatory, founded in 1862 by Arthur Grigorievich Rubinstein). The Moscow music university was founded in 1866. The conservatory is also famous for the fact that the great Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky once taught there.
The music university is considered one of the leading in our country and the world. Educational programs are quite diverse. Here you can learn to play any instrument, even quite rare ones, such as harp, organ, harpsichord. There is a specialty in music journalism, sound engineering, and you can get acquainted with ethnic musical art. The higher education institution provides 198 budget places, and paid education is quite expensive - 539,000 per year of study in any specialty.
Russian Academy of Music named after. Gnessins
A wide variety of specialties is also present in In terms of instruments, in addition to the harp and organ, there is a gusli and there is a pop-jazz direction. At the academy you can also become a professional composer or master computer music and arrangement. The university has 225 places, and the cost starts from 225,000 rubles. for the academic year.
In the recent past, there were only two universities in Moscow that trained professional musicians. Today, future singers, instrumentalists and conductors have a choice.
Music departments were opened in several state and non-state universities, and in addition, some music schools received the status of higher educational institutions.
Systematic education plays an important role in the training of musicians: music school, college, university, graduate school. At the Russian Academy of Music. Gnesins (Gnessin Russian Academy of Music) and the Moscow State Conservatory. P.I. Tchaikovsky has all these educational levels, at (GMPI) - college, university and graduate school, at (MGIM) - everything except graduate school. State Classical Academy named after. Maimonides (Maimonides State Academic Academy) offers only higher education and postgraduate studies.
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Specialty "Vocal Art"
The most popular specialization is academic (opera) singing. It is represented in almost all music universities, and there are simply no other specializations at the conservatory. Future opera singers study musical literature, working with text, stage speech, developing and staging their voices and, of course, operatic vocals. It is important for them to know a foreign language, preferably Italian, as it is widely used in vocal parts. At the State Academy of Slavic Culture (GASK) you can learn Italian, French, German, and practice vocals using the exclusive Italian methods of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia in Rome. As for teachers, there are big names in every university: the Bolshoi Theater soloist Vladimir Matorin works at the State Academy of Culture and Culture, and Zurab Sotkilava works at the Conservatory. Almost all music universities invite teachers from the conservatory and Gnesinka.
“Folk singing” is also found in many universities: RAM im. Gnessins, Moscow State University of Culture and Arts (MGUKI), (MSI), etc. This specialization differs quite strongly from academic singing: “populists” study the singing styles of various regions of Russia, folk dances, and folk orchestra instruments. Even their methods of extracting sounds are different - not every voice is suitable for performing folk songs.
At the departments of pop and jazz vocals in Gnesinka, State Conservatory named after. Maimonides, (ISI) many already famous performers study. And the names of teachers are well-known not only among specialists: at the State Academy of Arts named after. Maimonides jazz vocals are taught by the soloists of the Lyceum ensemble Anastasia Makarevich and Anna Syrova, and in Gnesinka by famous singers Irina Otieva and Valentina Tolkunova.
Graduate vocalists can work in opera, folk ensembles, pop groups, church choirs, and vocal teachers.
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Specialties "Instrumental Performance" or "Variety Musical Art"
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Specialties "Conducting" or "Choral Conducting"
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Specialty "Composition"
Future composers have little choice: MGK, Gnesinka or GMPI. In addition to general culture and talent, composing requires knowledge of many special disciplines: music theory, harmony, polyphony, analysis of musical works, orchestration, etc.
The composer must be familiar with all musical styles, both classical and modern. Therefore, for example, at the conservatory, students learn how electronic and computer music, and as an elective they will be able to learn English musical terminology. In RAM im. Gnesins even have a separate department of computer music and computer science.
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To enter the specialties “Vocal Art”, “Variety Musical Art” and “Instrumental Performance” it is not necessary (with the exception of the conservatory) to present a diploma of completion of a music school, but it is necessary to have training at the level of its graduate: to know the basics of solfeggio and musical literature, to be able to prepare listening program. The requirements for future composers and conductors are much stricter - they must first graduate from a music school.
As a rule, music specialties require an individual form of training, so the groups are small, and the entrance competition to state universities is very high.
Entrance exams vary not only among different specialties, but also within each specialization. However, there is a so-called “mandatory minimum”:
1. Solo program. For vocalists these are arias, romances and folk songs, for instrumentalists - musical works of various forms, for composers - their own compositions, for conductors - mastery of the piano, vocals, and choir management skills.
2. Colloquium. Here you will have to demonstrate to the commission your cultural level, musical erudition, understanding of the content and form of the works being performed, and knowledge of the works of their authors.
3. Music theory and solfeggio. The basic requirements in universities are almost the same, the difference is in the complexity of the tasks: write a musical dictation, sing or play a melody from sight, analyze a simple piece of music or its fragment (determine the tonality, mode, chords, rhythm, etc.).
Future military conductors will also have to take a physical fitness exam.
Expert opinion
How to choose
Natalia Dmitrieva, Dean of the Vocal Faculty RAM named after Gnessins:
– The quality of a singer’s training depends not so much on the university, but, first of all, on the teacher. It is he who can reveal the “voice nature” and help it develop. Or maybe vice versa. Even in our university there was a case when a teacher tried to transform a young baritone into a tenor, and “broke” him. So if a student’s work with a teacher does not work out, it is better to change the mentor. Before admission you can attend exams and roughly decide which teacher you would like to study with. It is possible (although not necessary) that your wishes will be taken into account when first-year students are assigned to masters.
Music education has always been considered the domain of gifted people, so choosing a university must be approached with great attention. Especially for future musicians, a selection of 10 universities in the world where it is worth getting a higher education in the field of music.
1. Juilliard School (USA)
The private music university, founded in 1905 by conductor Frank Damrosch, is one of the best music universities in the world. Currently, the Juilliard School enrolls 684 students (54% men and 46% women), and tuition costs reach $35,000 per year.
2. Curtis Institute of Music (USA)
The Institute was founded in 1924 by Maria Louise Curtis in memory of her father. The main advantage of this educational institution is that a scholarship is guaranteed to all admitted students, which motivates all poor but gifted musicians. During their studies, students take an active part in the concert activities of the institute (the university has concert and opera stages), which allows students to enter into contacts with major concert agencies already during their studies.
3. Vienna University of Music and Performing Arts (Austria)
One of the most famous European universities offers inexpensive but high-quality education in the field of music. A large number of teachers from Russia and the CIS countries teach at the university.
4. Royal College of Music (UK)
This university was founded in 1883 and is under the patronage of the Prince of Wales. Tuition fees depend on student classification. All exams at this university are recorded on video, so students can appeal using the recordings.
5. Manhattan School of Music (USA)
More than 1,300 students from 40 countries study at the university. The school is located next to Columbia University and other major colleges. Teaching is conducted by the world's leading musicians.
6. National Conservatory of Music and Dance (France)
The oldest conservatory in Europe, which is under the tutelage of the French Ministry of Culture and Communications, trains not only musicians and composers, but also dancers. Conservatory students can apply for a scholarship.
7. San Francisco Conservatory (USA)
The San Francisco Conservatory was founded in 1917 as a piano school and became a conservatory in 1923. The conservatory received its global vocation during the work of the outstanding composer Ernest Bloch there in 1924-1930. For the first time, it was at the San Francisco Conservatory that they began to graduate students specializing in classical guitar and Asian music.
8. Berklee College of Music (USA)
The main feature of the college is its specialization in the latest non-academic musical areas. From the first year, students study jazz, film music and art songs. The college has more than 4,000 students and 500 teachers.
9. Moscow State Conservatory named after P.I. Tchaikovsky (Russia)
Some of the most difficult exams must be passed upon admission to the Moscow State Conservatory named after P.I. Tchaikovsky.
The applicant must demonstrate mastery of the musical subject when entering any faculty. The conservatory trains the best specialists in the field of music and music theory.
10. Cleveland Institute of Music (USA)
A private institute in the USA is very popular among applicants from different parts of the world. About 1,200 applications are submitted to the program annually. Among the institute's teachers there are musicians from Russia and the CIS countries.