The Gnessin State College of Music () and Gnessin Russian Academy of Music () comprise a music school in Moscow.Moisenko, Rena. (1949) Realist Music: 25 Soviet Composers, London: Meridian Book, Ltd.
History
Originally known as the Gnessin Institute, it was established on February 15, 1895, by three sisters: Evgenia Fabianovna, Elena Fabianovna, and Maria Fabianovna Gnessin.Phillips, Anthony & Prokofiev, Sergey. (2006). "Sergey Prokofiev Diaries, 1907–1914: Prodigious Youth", p. 498 Ithaca: Cornell University Press. Each of the Gnessin sisters had studied piano and graduated with distinction from the Moscow Conservatory.Phillips, Anthony & Prokofiev, Sergey. (2006). "Sergey Prokofiev Diaries, 1907–1914: Prodigious Youth", p. 498 Ithaca: Cornell University Press. Construction of the modern building began in 1937, interrupted during the war and resumed in 1943. The main part of the academy was built in 1946.
The college quickly became, and remains, an elite music school, considered second only to the Moscow Conservatory.
Founders The Gnessin sisters were born in Rostov-on-Don, the children of Rostov Rabbi Fabian Osipovich Gnessin.Hundert, Gershon David. (2008) The YIVO encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe: Volume 2, p. 1595 New Haven: Yale University Press The entire family appears to have possessed musical talent. Their brother, Mikhail Fabianovich Gnessin, was a composer and teacher who later served (1945–1957) as head of Gnessin State Musical College.
Alumni
Russian unless otherwise stated
Georgy Andryushchenko, opera singer Alexey Arhipovsky, balalaika virtuoso Yulianna Avdeeva, pianist Rim Banna, Palestinian singer, composer and arranger Nikolay Baskov, singer Sonya Belousova, Russian-American composer, pianist and recording artist Dmitry Belosselskiy, bass Evgeny Belyaev, singer Boris Berezovsky, pianist Vasilisa Berzhanskaya, opera singer Dima Bilan, singer and Eurovision winner Artyom Bogucharsky, actor and clarinetist Ivan S. Bukreev, singer Roberto Cani, violinist Timofei Dokschitzer, trumpeter Larisa Dolina, singer and actress Marina Devyatova, singer Egine, Armenian-Russian singer and songwriter Boris Elkis, composer Ivan Farmakovsky, jazz pianist and composer Slava Gelfand, violinist Alexander Goldstein, composer Alina Ibragimova, violinist Dimitri Illarionov, guitarist Alexander Ivashkin, cellist Eugene Izotov, oboist Mungonzazal Janshindulam, Mongolian pianist Elena Kats-Chernin, composer Sati Kazanova, singer Yakov Kazyansky, composer and jazz pianist Aram Khachaturian, Armenian composer Leonid Kharitonov, singer Philipp Kirkorov, singer and actor Evgeny Kissin, pianist Lev Knipper, composer Alexander Knyazev, cellist Joseph Kobzon, Russian vocalist Rustam Komachkov, cellist Maria Krushevskaya, Russian harpist Elena Kuznetsova, pianist and teacher Edward M. Labkovsky, singer Irina Lankova, Belgian pianist Alexander Levine, Russian-British composer Konstantin Lifschitz, pianist Oleg Maisenberg, pianist Alexander Malofeev, pianist Maxim Mironov, tenor Roman Moiseyev, conductor Sofia Moshevich, Canadian scholar, pianist, and teacher Alexander Muravyov, pianist Quynh Nguyen, Vietnamese pianist Boris Parsadanian, Armenian-Estonian composer Olga Pashchenko, pianist Alla Pavlova, American composer Kirill Rodin, cellist Vadim L. Ruslanov, singer Alexei T. Sergeev, singer Prokhor Shalyapin, singer Konstantin Shamray, pianist Vissarion Shebalin, composer Natalia Sheludiakova, Russian-Australian pianist and teacher Anatoly Sheludyakov, pianist Dmitry Shishkin, pianist Vladimir Shkaptsov, singer Vladislav Shoot, composer Alexander S. Sibirtsev, singer Leonid Sigal, violinist Viktor Suslin, composer Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor Svoy, Russian-American songwriter/producer Mikael Tariverdiev, Georgian-Armenian composer Valentina Tolkunova, singer Daniil Trifonov, pianist Pava Turtygina, composer and pianist Julia Volkova, singer from the band t.A.T.u. Aleksey Volodin, pianist Marina Yakhlakova, pianist Inna Zhvanetskaya, Ukrainian composer Igor Zubkovsky, cellist Israel Borisovich Gusman, conductor
Faculty
Timofei Dokschitzer, Russian-Ukrainian trumpeter Mikhail Fikhtengoltz, violinist Grigori Gamburg, conductor Mikhail Gnessin, composer and brother of founding sisters Maria Grinberg, Russian-Ukrainian pianist Aram Khachaturian, Armenian composer Alexander Kobrin, pianist Volodymyr Kozhukhar, conductor Ivan Mozgovenko, clarinetist Nelli Shkolnikova, Russian-Australian violinist and teacher Natalia Shpiller, opera singer Lyubov Streicher, composer and violinist Inna Abramovna Zhvanetskaia, composer Valentine Yanovna Zhubinskaya, pianist and composer
References
External links Gnesin Academy of Music official website (Russian) Gnessin State Musical College website (Russian)