Folk Instruments

Direction of bachelor’s degree: 5150700

Direction of the master’s degree: 5A150702

Subjects taught at the department

Bachelor’s educational disciplines:

  • Performing on folk instruments
  • History of the performing arts
  • Folk music notation
  • Study of related musical instruments
  • Ensemble class
  • Methods of teaching on folk instruments
  • Acquaintance with folk musical instruments
  • Methodology for preparing program execution
  • Basics of performing
  • Basics of concert performance
  • Anthology of folk musical instruments
  • Special disciplines of the Master’s degree:
  • Folk instruments
  • Ensemble skill
  • Contemporary trends in the art of music
  • Theory and practice of improving performing skills

 Cooperation agreements of chair

  • State Institute of Arts and Culture of Uzbekistan
  • RSMAL them. R. Glier
  • State Chamber Orchestra of Folk Instruments “Sogdiana”
  • RSMAL  V. Uspensky
  • Tashkent State Pedagogical University named after Nizami

The Department of Folk Instruments of the Tashkent State Conservatory was founded in 1948. Thus, for the first time in the history of the musical culture of Uzbekistan, a systematic training of highly qualified staff in the field of Uzbek folk instrumentalism was organized.

A group of enthusiastic teachers headed by A.I. Petrosyants (1910-1978), the first head of the department of folk instruments, was engaged in the development of this direction from the first day. The outstanding musician possessed an outstanding organizational talent and in the short time of his leadership did a lot for the young faculty, advocating for strengthening its professional foundations.

During its existence, the department has made a significant contribution to the development and improvement of the performing arts on Uzbek folk instruments. More than two thousand broad specialists have graduated from music colleges, specialized academic lyceums and universities.

The training of highly qualified specialists is purposefully conducted – teachers, soloists, ensembles and orchestras; favorable conditions have been created for solving the most urgent problems in educational, scientific and methodological issues, aimed at creating teaching aids according to the degree of difficulty, taking into account the specifics of musical instruments of various timbre.

The task of the department is to study and master the greatest heritage of the Uzbek and world performing school, increase the role of the performer on folk instruments to the level of a fiery  of the best works of Uzbek, Russian and foreign composers, educator of the highly artistic taste of the broad masses of listeners. Students strive to master a high culture of performing, the skills of conducting an orchestra, recording and processing Uzbek folk music, independent work on writing methodological works on the history and theory of performance on Uzbek folk instruments.

Today, students and teaching staff of the department are active participants in republican and international competitions, scientific and practical conferences and seminars.