The N.G. Zhiganov Kazan State Conservatory (Russian: Казанская государственная консерватория имени Н.Г. Жиганова) is a higher musical education institution in
Kazan
Kazan; , IPA: Help:IPA/Tatar, ɑzanis the largest city and capital city, capital of Tatarstan, Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Volga and the Kazanka (river), Kazanka Rivers, covering an area of , with a population of over 1. ...
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Tatarstan
Tatarstan, officially the Republic of Tatarstan, sometimes also called Tataria, is a Republics of Russia, republic of Russia located in Eastern Europe. It is a part of the Volga Federal District; and its capital city, capital and largest city i ...
, Russia. The conservatory was founded in 1945 by
Soviet
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Tatar
Tatar may refer to:
Peoples
* Tatars, an umbrella term for different Turkic ethnic groups bearing the name "Tatar"
* Volga Tatars, a people from the Volga-Ural region of western Russia
* Crimean Tatars, a people from the Crimea peninsula by the B ...
composer
Najip Jihanov who was a rector of the institution during 1945-1988. In 2000 the Conservatory was named after him.
In 2009, the Conservatory had around 110 faculty members and 700 students. The educational programmes are realised at seven departments - piano, orchestra, choir conducting, vocal, folk instruments, theory and composition, Tatar musical art. Since 1989, the rector of the institution is professor , the first
organist
An organist is a musician who plays any type of organ (music), organ. An organist may play organ repertoire, solo organ works, play with an musical ensemble, ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers or instrumentalist, instrumental ...
of
Tatar
Tatar may refer to:
Peoples
* Tatars, an umbrella term for different Turkic ethnic groups bearing the name "Tatar"
* Volga Tatars, a people from the Volga-Ural region of western Russia
* Crimean Tatars, a people from the Crimea peninsula by the B ...
ethnicity. Since 2021, the rector of the institution is professor .
Notable faculty
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Najip Jihanov
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Albert Leman
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Fuat Mansurov
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Mansur Mozaffarov
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Natan Rakhlin
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Notable alumni
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Vlada Borovko - operatic soprano
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Larissa Diadkova - mezzo-soprano (transferred to
Saint Petersburg Conservatory
The N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov Saint Petersburg State Conservatory () (formerly known as the Petrograd Conservatory and Leningrad Conservatory) is a school of music in Saint Petersburg, Russia. In 2004, the conservatory had around 275 faculty member ...
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Youri Egorov
Youri Aleksandrovich Egorov (; 28 May 1954 – 16 April 1988) was a Soviet and Monegasque classical pianist.
Early years
Born in Kazan, USSR, Youri Egorov studied music at the Kazan Conservatory from the age of 6 until age 17. One of his earl ...
- pianist (transferred to
Moscow Conservatory
The Moscow Conservatory, also officially Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory () is a higher musical educational institution located in Moscow, Russia. It grants undergraduate and graduate degrees in musical performance and musical research. Th ...
)
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Sofia Gubaidulina
Sofia Asgatovna Gubaidulina (24 October 1931 – 13 March 2025) was a Soviet and Russian composer of Modernism (music), modernist Holy minimalism, sacred music. She was highly prolific, producing numerous Chamber music, chamber, Orchestra, orch ...
- composer (1954)
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Oleg Lundstrem
Oleg Leonidovich Lundstrem (also spelled Lundstroem, Lundström, ; 2 April 1916, Chita, Zabaykalsky Krai, Chita — 14 October 2005, Korolyov, Moscow Oblast, Korolyov, Moscow Oblast) was a Soviet Union, Soviet and Russian jazz composer and cond ...
- jazz composer and conductor (1953)
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Almaz Monasypov - composer, conductor, and cellist.
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Airat Ichmouratov
Airat Rafailovich Ichmouratov (, Tatar language, Tatar Cyrillic: Айрат Рафаил улы Ишмурат,) born 28 June 1973, is a Volga Tatar born Russians, Russian / Canadians, Canadian composer, conducting, conductor and klezmer clarin ...
- composer, conductor, and clarinetist.
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Mikhail Pletnev
Mikhail Vasilievich Pletnev (, ''Mikha'il Vas'ilevič Plet'nëv''; born 14 April 1957) is a Russian pianist, conductor and composer.
Life and career
Pletnev was born into a musical family in Arkhangelsk, then part of the Soviet Union. His fath ...
- pianist, conductor, and composer (transferred to
Moscow Conservatory
The Moscow Conservatory, also officially Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory () is a higher musical educational institution located in Moscow, Russia. It grants undergraduate and graduate degrees in musical performance and musical research. Th ...
)
External links
Kazan Conservatory website (in Russian)
Kazan Conservatory website (in English)
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Music schools in Russia
Educational institutions established in 1945
1945 establishments in the Soviet Union
Education in Kazan