16 Notable alumni of
Belarusian State Academy of Music
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The Belarusian State Academy of Music is 1755th in the world, 590th in Europe, and 8th in Belarus by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 16 notable alumni from the Belarusian State Academy of Music sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Alexander Tikhanovich
- Occupations
- singer
- Biography
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Alexander Grigorievich Tikhanovich was a Soviet and Belarusian pop singer, former member of the ensemble Verasy. He was named Honored Artist and People's Artist (Belarus).
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Yadviga Paplawskaya
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- singercomposer
- Biography
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Yadviga Konstantinovna Poplavskaya is a Soviet and Belarusian singer, member of the first ensemble Verasy and a People’s Artist of Belarus (2005).
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Mieczysław Weinberg
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- pianistcomposer
- Biography
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Mieczysław Weinberg was a Polish, Soviet, and Russian composer and pianist. His compositions include 22 symphonies, a host of chamber works (including 17 string quartets as well as sonatas for violin, cello, and piano), a violin concerto, and seven operas. He was a contemporary of Dmitri Shostakovich, and they often shared ideas with each other. A 2004 reviewer considered him as "the third great Soviet composer, along with Prokofiev and Shostakovich". A 2017 article in the New York Times noted that his "darkly lucid music is beginning to gain wider recognition."
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Maria Kalesnikava
- Occupations
- politician
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Maria Kalesnikava is a Belarusian professional flautist and political activist. In 2020, she headed Viktor Babariko's electoral campaign during presidential elections of 2020 in Belarus. Kalesnikava represented the united campaign of Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, then she became a member of the presidium of the Coordination Council formed during the 2020 Belarusian protests in opposition to the regime of Alexander Lukashenko. She is also a founder of the 'Razam' political party.
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Mikhail Kazinik
- Enrolled in the Belarusian State Academy of Music
- Studied in 1975
- Occupations
- musicologistviolinist
- Biography
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Mikhail Semyonovich Kazinik is a music lecturer, teacher, television and radio presenter, and a popularizer of classical music.
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Igor Luchenok
- Enrolled in the Belarusian State Academy of Music
- Studied in 1961
- Occupations
- music teachercomposerfilm score composer
- Biography
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Igor Mikhailovich Luchenok was a Belarusian composer, People's Artist of the Byelorussian SSR (and People's Artist of the USSR), and chairman of the Belarusian Union of Composers.
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Yuri Zisser
- Enrolled in the Belarusian State Academy of Music
- Studied in 2015
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Yuri Zisser was a Belarusian programmer and entrepreneur, known as a founder and owner of TUT.by, the most visited Belarusian web portal.
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Maimuna
- Occupations
- violinistconcertmasterpedagogue
- Biography
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Maimuna Amadu Murashko, known professionally as simply Maimuna, is a Belarusian violinist who represented Belarus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 along with Uzari with the song "Time".
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Margarita Levchuk
- Enrolled in the Belarusian State Academy of Music
- Studied in 2016
- Occupations
- opera singer
- Biography
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Margarita Levchuk is a Belarusian opera singer (soprano). She is a soloist of the Musical House "Classics"; a soloist of the National Opera and Ballet of Belarus; the finalist of the project on the TV channel "Russia-K" "Big Opera" (2017). Levchuk is one of the brightest and most famous opera singers in Belarus.
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Dmitry Smolsky
- Enrolled in the Belarusian State Academy of Music
- Studied in 1960
- Occupations
- music teachercomposerfilm score composer
- Biography
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Dmitry Smolski was a Belarusian composer, Honored Artist of Belorussian SSR (1975), laureate of the State Prize of BSSR (1980), National Artist of the Republic of Belarus (1987), laureate of the Order of Francysk Skaryna (2013), and professor. Dmitry Smolsky was the father of Victor Smolski, best known as the guitarist of the German band Rage.
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Anatoly Bogatyrev
- Enrolled in the Belarusian State Academy of Music
- Studied in 1937
- Occupations
- music teachersingercomposer
- Biography
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Anatoly Vasilyevich Bogatyrev was a Soviet and Belarusian composer and music teacher, seen as one of the leaders of the national school of Belarusian music.
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Niescier Sakałoŭski
- Enrolled in the Belarusian State Academy of Music
- Studied in 1935
- Occupations
- choir directorfolkloristcomposer
- Biography
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Nieścier Sakałoŭski, or Nestor Sokolovsky, was a Soviet composer.
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Halina Harelava
- Occupations
- composermusic teacher
- Biography
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Halina Kanstancinaŭna Harełava, also known as Galina Gorelova, is a Belarusian contemporary composer.
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Marina Osman
- Occupations
- piano teacherpianist
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Marina Vasilieva Starostenkova Osman, is a Belarusian classical and jazz concert pianist.
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Ilya Silchukov
- Enrolled in the Belarusian State Academy of Music
- Studied in 2005
- Occupations
- opera singer
- Biography
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Ilya Silchukou, could also be spelled Ilya Silchukov, is a Belarusian Baryton-noble Baritone. He debuted his career in Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin at the National Opera and Ballet of Belarus in 2005. Ever since his debut he has shared his appearance at several European opera houses. His academic and vocal achievements had shown his preparedness and the alertness of a true opera singer.
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Eta Tyrmand
- Enrolled in the Belarusian State Academy of Music
- Studied in 1949
- Occupations
- pedagoguecomposer
- Biography
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Eta Moiseyevna Tyrmand was a Belarusian composer.
