Belarusian State Academy of Music

Notable alumni

• Mieczysław Weinberg taught and studied composition 1939-41
• Anatoly Bogatyrev - composer, founder of the modern Belarusian school of composition, a professor of the Belarusian State Music Academy, People's Artist of Belarus
• Peter Podkovyrov - composer, honored art worker of the Byelorussian SSR
• Vasily Efimov - Belarusian composer, choral conductor, teacher, Honored Artist of Belarus
• Michael Kroshner - composer, Honoured Artist of the Byelorussian SSR
• Nicholas Aladov - composer, educator, People's Artist of the Byelorussian SSR
• Vladimir Olovnikov - Belarusian composer
• Evgeny Glebov - Belarusian composer, People's Artist of the USSR
• Igor Luchenok - Belarusian composer, People's Artist of the USSR
• Dmitry Smolski - Belarusian composer, guitarist and composer, father of Victor Smolski
• Andrei Mdivani - Belarusian composer, honored art worker of Belarus
• Galina Gorelova - Belarusian composer
• Vyacheslav Kuznetsov - Belarusian composer
• Basil Rainchik - Belarusian composer
• Jadwiga Poplavskaya - Belarusian singer, member of the group "Verasy"
• Oleg Eliseenkov - Belarusian composer
• Vladimir Borzov - poet, Belarusian composer and performer of his own songs
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• Marina Starostenkova - pianist, concertmaster and music teacher
• Constantine Yaskov - Belarusian composer
• Natalia Mikhailova - conductor, chorus master
• Ivan Kostyakhin - Conductor of the National Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre of Belarus
• Eta Tyrmand, composer and music teacher
• Peter Vandilovsky - conductor Chamber Orchestra of the Belarusian State Academy of Music
• Vyacheslav Volich - Conductor of the National Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre of Belarus
• Vladimir Ovodok - pianist, conductor of the Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra of the Gomel
• Nina Zuev - vocalist, Donetsk State Music Academy.
• Julia Starostenkova - Pianist, concertmaster, music teacher

  Notable teachers

• Vasily Zolotarev - composer and pedagogue, Honored Artist of the RSFSR, a pupil of Rimsky-Korsakov
• Anatoly Bogatyrev - the founder of the modern Belarusian school of composition, composer, educator, social activist, Distinguished Artist of the Byelorussian SSR, winner of the State Prize, Honored Artist of the Byelorussian SSR
• Vladimir Olovnikov - composer and educator, People's Artist of the Byelorussian SSR, Honored Art Worker of the BSSR
• Ludmila Kolos - singer, professor, head of the singing department
• Lydia Muharinskaya - musicologist and folklorist
• Nina Yudenich - musicologist
• Victor Rovdo - choral conducting, People's Artist of USSR, professor, head of Department of Choral Conducting from 1963-2007.
• Nicholas Vikentievich Proshko - balalaika player, singer, composer, teacher and conductor. Winner of the All-Union Contest
• Kaleria Stepantsevich - musicologist, professor of
• Vitaly Kataev - conductor
• Mikhail Kozinets
• Michael Drinevsky - choral conducting
• Valery Shatsky - pianist
• Igor Olovnikov - pianist
• Yuri Gildyuk - pianist
• Eugene Gladkov - folk music
• Galina Osmolovskaya - performer of folk music
• Marina Ilyina - performer of folk music
• Nicholas Sevryukov - folk music
• Tamara Nizhnikova - vocalist
• Irina Shikunova - vocalist
• Victor Skorobogatov - vocalist
• Eta Tyrmand, composer and music teacher
• Vladimir Budkevich - performance on wind instruments
• Gennady Zabara - performance on wind instruments
• Anna Zelenkova - choral conducting
• Larissa Shimanovich - conductor-choirmaster, assistant professor
• Vladimir Skorokhodov - clarinetist, Honored Artist of Belarus, PhD, Doctor of Cultural Studies, Professor
• Valentin Chaban - professor
• Vladimir Perlin - cellist, Professor, Honored Artist of the Republuc of Belarus
• Leonid Petrovich Yushkevich - Professor, pianist, piano teacher