Ukrainian National Tchaikovsky Academy of Music

The Tchaikovsky National Academy of Music (Kiev Conservatory) is a Ukrainian state institution of higher music education. It falls under the fourth category of accreditation.

The Kiev Conservatory was founded in 1913 at the Kiev campus of the Music College of the Russian Musical Society. The organization of the conservatory was spearheaded by Sergei Rachmaninoff, Alexander Glazunov, and Peter Tchaikovsky. The first directors were V. Pukhalsky (1913) and Reinhold Gliere (1914 — 1920). In 1925, the lower years were separated from the Conservatory to form a musical college, while the older classes became the Mykola Lysenko Music and Drama Institute.

In 1938, the Conservatory received the order of Lenin award. In 1940, the conservatory was named after P. Tchaikovsky. In 1995, the President of Ukraine elevated the Conservatory's status, and renamed it the P. Tchaikovsky National Music Academy of Ukraine.

The Conservatory occupies a building built in the 1890's as the hotel "Continental". The building was destroyed during World War II, but was rebuilt in 1955, at which point a concert hall was added (architects L. Katok and Ya. Krasny). It is located on Horodetsky street 1/3.

Professors

• Serhiy Bashtan, bandura
• Bobyr Andriy, bandura
• Mykola Davydov, bayan
• Volodymyr Kabachok, bandura
• Volodymyr Antonov, flute

Alumni

Composers:

• Lesia Dychko,
• Leonid Hrabovsky, 1959
• Ivan Karabyts, 1971
• Boris Lyatoshynsky,
• Igor Poklad, 1967
• Levko Revutsky,
• Valentin Silvestrov,
• Yevhen Stankovych

Conductors

• Wolodymyr Kolesnyk,

Performers

Singers

• Edgar Bastidas,
• Dmytro Hnatyuk, 1951
• Evgeniya Miroshnichenko, 1957, singer
• Vyacheslav Polozov, tenor (Metropolitan Opera, La Scala)

• Solomon Khromchenko, 1931

Pianists

• Alexander Brailowsky, pianist
• Vladimir Horowitz, pianist
• Valentina Lisitsa, pianist
• Herman Makarenko, 1986
• Leo Sirota, pianist
• Alexander Uninsky, pianist

Bandurists

• Bobyr Andriy
• Volodymyr Kushpet, bandurist
• Victor Mishalow, bandurist
• Kost Novytsky, bandurist
• Andriy Omelchenko, bandurist

External links

• Official site of the conservatory