First Music College of Irkutsk (1922-1931)

Of great importance for the development of state music education in Eastern Siberia was the creation of the first Irkutsk Music College, which combined the private music school of E.G. Gorodetskaya, music classes at the People's University and the University of Music into a cultural and historical space. Opened in September 1922, the Music College taught students in the Instructor-Pedagogical, Performing and Scientific-Theoretical Departments with specialties: piano, solo and choral singing, violin, cello and wind instruments. Tuition at the Music College was paid, with the exception of only the poorest students and children of teachers. From the very beginning, the college had music classes for children, which were transformed into a Music School in 1923. The concert activities of teachers and students aimed at democratizing musical culture were of great importance in the life of the Music College. In 1922-1931, vocalists G.V. Karpitskaya, P.G. Nezhinsky, opera singer O.S. Zhiteyskaya, owner of the extraordinary beauty of the coloratura soprano V.P. Tomilovskaya worked at the music college; pianists T.N. Sementsova, N.A. Nikolskaya, O.E. Sibbul, K.F. Glivinskaya-Trofimova, A.S. Gershkovich, E.K. Rusanova-Porotova, E.K. Larionova, M.P. Kleber, P.M. Berlinsky; violinists I.A. Kozhevnikov, E.P. Medvedev, K.S. Vyshinsky, V.A. Kursky, N.N. Tikhonov, A.S. Morgen; cellist P.P. Nikolsky; choirmasters M.I. Lifshits and N.N. Glagolev; M.I. Kalinovsky (wind instruments) and others. The Music College and the Children's Music School were consistently led by: A.I. Yanberg, N.G. Silakov, N.N. Tikhonov, A.S. Morgen. Due to financial problems, in 1930/1931, the Irkutsk Music College was transferred to Krasnoyarsk, where it became part of the local music college. Only on July 22, 1936, on the basis of a decision of the Presidium of the East Siberian Regional Committee of the CPSU(b), secondary music education was revived in Irkutsk. In 1937, the new music college became known as the Irkutsk Regional Music College, today it is the Irkutsk Regional Music College named after Frederic Chopin.

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