10 Notable alumni of
Kazan State Conservatory
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Kazan State Conservatory is 1966th in the world, 661st in Europe, and 72nd in Russia by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 10 notable alumni from Kazan State Conservatory sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Sofia Gubaidulina
- Enrolled in Kazan State Conservatory
- Studied in 1949-1954
- Occupations
- film score composercomposerclassical pianist
- Biography
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Sofia Asgatovna Gubaidulina was a Soviet and Russian composer of modernist sacred music. She was highly prolific, producing numerous chamber, orchestral and choral works. Her output has been described as exploring the tensions between Western and Eastern music, and has been characterised by "innovative use of microtonality and chromaticism, rhythm over form and use of contrasting tonalities.
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Mikhail Pletnev
- Occupations
- pianistconductorcomposer
- Biography
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Mikhail Vasilievich Pletnev is a Russian pianist, conductor and composer.
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Oleg Lundstrem
- Occupations
- composerbandleaderconductorjazz musician
- Biography
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Oleg Leonidovich Lundstrem was a Soviet and Russian jazz composer and conductor of the Oleg Lundstrem Orchestra, one of the earliest officially recognized jazz bands in the Soviet Union (full official name: The State Oleg Lundstrem Chamber Orchestra of Jazz Music, Russian: Государственный камерный оркестр джазовой музыки под управлением Олега Лундстрема; currently, Oleg Lundstrem Memorial State Jazz Orchestra, Russian: Государственный оркестр джазовой музыки имени Олега Лундстрема).
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Konstantin Lopushansky
- Occupations
- screenwriterfilm directordrama teachermusic educator
- Biography
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Konstantin Sergeyevich Lopushansky is a Soviet and Russian film director, film theorist and author. He is best known for directing the apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic films Dead Man's Letters (1986), A Visitor to a Museum (1989), Russian Symphony (1994), and The Ugly Swans (2006).
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Youri Egorov
- Occupations
- pianist
- Biography
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Youri Aleksandrovich Egorov was a Soviet and Dutch classical pianist.
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Airat Ichmouratov
- Occupations
- conductorclarinetistcomposer
- Biography
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Airat Rafailovich Ichmouratov is a Volga Tatar born Russian and Canadian composer, conductor and klezmer clarinetist. He is a founding member and clarinetist of award-winning Montreal-based klezmer group Kleztory and invited professor at Laval University in Quebec, Canada.
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Sofya Gulyak
- Occupations
- pianistmusic educatorclassical pianistmusic professor
- Biography
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Sofya Gulyak is a Russian classical pianist. She was the first woman to win the Leeds Piano Competition.
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Vladimir Romashkin
- Occupations
- singercinematographermusician
- Biography
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Vladimir Ivanovich Romashkin was an Erzya Mordvin folklorist, researcher, musician, and documentary filmmaker who is considered a significant figure in the cultural revival of the Erzya, Moksha, Shoksha, and Qaratay people. He also created the musical group Toorama.
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Almas Monasıypof
- Occupations
- pedagogueconductorcomposer
- Biography
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Almaz Monasypov was a Soviet and Russian composer of Tatar origin. He was an art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1987), People's Artist of the Tatarstan Republic (2000), and laureate of the State Prize of the Republic of Tatarstan named after Gabdulla Tuqay (1991). He used traditional Tatar musical techniques such as baits (Tatar: бәет), munajats (Tatar: мөнәҗәт), and booksinging (Tatar: китап көе) in modern music. The symphony-poem Musa Jalil (Symphony II) and the vocal-symphonic poem In the Rhythms of Tuqay (Tatar: Тукай аһәңнәре, Russian: В ритмах Тукая) are recognized as Tatar national musical classics.
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Elwirä Misbaxova
- Occupations
- musician
- Biography
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Elvira Rafailovna Misbakhova is a Volga Tatar born Russian / Canadian violist and violinist. Misbakhova is presently Associate Principal Viola at the Orchestre Métropolitain of Montreal, Trois-Rivières Symphony Orchestra and the Longueuil Symphony Orchestra.
