It is known, the piano occupies a special place among musical instruments, being the most universal and universally significant, since its development has become mandatory for professional musicians of any specialty. Therefore, the department of general piano began with the opening of Aktobe Music School in October 1971 and is still one of the largest by number of teachers and students.

For more than 10 years, the department of “General Piano” was headed by Galina Aleksandrovna Gafurova, who made a great contribution to its formation and the formation of appropriate requirements for the quality of student training.

G.A. Gafurova

In this position, she was replaced by N.T. Chugunova, I.E. Hertz, A.S. Davletova, D K. Faizova, S.V. Bogacheva, A.A. Abdrakhmanova, who put a lot of effort into developing the professionalism of teachers and the creativity of their students.

G. A. Gafurova, S. M. Peshkova, A. N. Arkus, A. N. Eremina, L. I. Smoleva, and Zh.V.Dzotsenidze were the first teachers who organized the complex process of piano training for dombra players and kobyz players, wind players and violin players, vocalists and conductors in Aktobe.

Teachers of the department. From left to right: lower row – L.A. Samokhina, S.A. Veryasova;   middle row – V.M. Yemelyanova, Zh.V. Dzotsenidze; upper row – L.V. Suganova, E.V. Teplinskaya, I.V. Suganova

Teachers of the department. From left to right: M.G. Podlibner, V.M. Yemelyanova, S.V. Bogacheva, S.A. Veryasova, O.U. Akchurina, I A. Kopyto.

In the future, the staff was replenished with new teaching staff, who made a worthy contribution to the development of the department. First of all, these are graduates of the school who continued the work started by their teachers, such as M.G. Podlibner, I.A. Kopyto, I.E. Hertz (Shtro), S.L. Kornilova, V.M. Yemelyanova, T E. Semenova, M.M. Stavitskaya, L.A. Samokhina, E.V. Teplinskaya, D.A. Niyazova, S.Z. Altshuller, S.A. Veryasova. Later they were joined by M.E. Shevchenko, O.U. Akchurina, S.V. Bogacheva. Thanks to their professionalism and creative attitude to work, all of them took their rightful place in the college team.

Teachers of the department. From left to right: sitting – S.A. Veryasova, N.F. Chistopolova, N.T. Chugunova, S.L. Kornilova, V.M. Emelyanova; standing – M.M. Stavitskaya, S.Z. Altshuller, D.A. Niyazova, M.G. Podlibner.

Teachers of the department. From left to right: sitting – S.A. Veryasova, S.L. Kornilova, N.T. Chugunova; standing – I.A. Kopyto, L.A. Samokhina, M.G. Podlibner.

Gradually, the department is replenished with both young and experienced specialists, who are also graduates of Aktobe Music College named after A. Zhubanov, who received their education in the best special educational institutions of Kazakhstan and Russia. They are A.A. Abdrakhmanova, A.A. Karmanova, T.A. Tregub, M.A. Kulmagambetova, B.K. Kozhanbayeva, Z.K. Umurzakova, A.S. Dunaeva, K.A. Gimranova, Z.G. Zhazykbayeva.

Teachers of the department, from left to right: sitting – S.V. Bogacheva, S.O. Lalimenko V.M. Emelyanova, A.A. Abdrakhmanova, O.U. Akchurina.

Second row, from left to right – O.S. Mukhtarov, G.R. Zhumagaliyeva, Z.G. Zhazykbayeva, A.N. Kshaeva, Ch.E. Makibaev, K.A. Gimranova, A.A. Karmanova, A.Sh. Iskakov, Z.K. Umurzakova, A.S. Dunaeva.

2021 year

Mastering the piano is not an easy task for students, who naturally devote most of their study time to studying a special instrument. And nevertheless, despite the objective difficulties, many of them show great interest in piano lessons and achieve significant success, becoming winners of various competitions; take an active part in college concerts.

The teachers of the department organize various events, trying to interest and engage students, to open them a huge world of music. These are thematic and cool concerts, competitions with a diverse and wide repertoire – from arrangements of folk songs to jazz compositions, from classical works to popular music, including vocal and instrumental works to develop the skills of ensemble music playing and accompaniment.

In order to enrich the repertoire, V.M. Yemelyanova published a collection of piano arrangements, including four-handed ones, designed for the students of the department. These are arrangements of Kazakh folk songs and works of composers of Kazakhstan, among which special attention should be paid to the appeal to “Tajik Dances” by A. Zhubanov, dedicated to the 100th anniversary, and to “Kazakh Dances”, dedicated to the 110th anniversary of the composer.

Performance of the teachers V.M. Yemelyanova and B.K. Kozhanbayeva on the open platform “Piano Marathon-2016” with “Tajik dances” by A. Zhubanov in an ensemble arrangement by V.M. Yemelyanova.

One of the most important components of the activity of the department as a whole is the concertmaster’s work, which has become part of a versatile musical and educational process. In this capacity, the teachers of the department are in demand in all the performing departments of the college. So, for many years they have been working with choral conductors M.G. Podlibner, I.A. Kopyto, S.A. Veryasova, with wind players – Z.G. Zhazykbayeva, M.E. Shevchenko, vocalists are accompanied by S.V. Bogacheva, S.B. Tlemisova and G.N. Korchagina, and students of the department of Kazakh folk instruments – V.M. Yemelyanova, M.E. Shevchenko, B.K. Kozhanbayeva. Many of them were awarded prizes and certificates for their concertmaster work at competitions of the city, regional, national and international levels.

Currently, the department employs 15 teachers who make a huge contribution to the system of education of a professional musician, the formation of his aesthetic taste and culture. This is an established creative union of like-minded people united by a common task, which is to introduce college students of different specialties to the boundless field of piano music. The accumulated experience and high professional level of teachers, undoubtedly, become a favorable ground for new achievements of the department of general piano.

                 Concertmaster S.B. Tlemisova at a rehearsal with students of the vocal department

The lesson of General pian of teacher A.A. Karmanova