Gnessin State Musical College

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The Gnessin State Musical College, or the Gnessin Russian Academy of Music (Российская академия музыки имени Гнесиных) is a prominent music school in Moscow, Russia. It was established on February 15, 1895 by the sisters Eugenia, Helena, and Maria Gnessin, who had graduated as pianists from the Moscow Conservatory with great distinction. The college has been considered an elite music school ever since.

[edit] Alumni

• Joseph Kobzon, Legendary Russian vocalist
• Roberto Cani, Italian violinist
• Evgeny Kissin, Russian pianist
• Boris Elkis, Russian composer
• Alina Ibragimova, Russian violinist
• Sasha Ivanov, Russian film composer
• Yuri Katz, Israeli-American music producer
• Yakov Okun', Russian jazz pianist
• Oleg Kroll, Russian jazz pianist
• Alexandr Brill, Russian jazz saxophonist
• Dmitri Brill, Russian jazz saxophonist
• Yakov Kazyansky, Russian composer and jazz pianist
• Lev Knipper, Russian composer and NKVD agent
• Alexander Kobrin, Russian pianist
• Oleg Maisenberg, Ukrainian pianist
• Quynh Nguyen, Vietnamese pianist
• Boris Parsadanian, Armenian-Estonian composer
• Alla Pavlova, American composer
• Vissarion Shebalin, Russian composer
• Anatoly Sheludyakov, Russian pianist
• Vladislav Shoot, Russian composer
• Viktor Suslin, Russian composer
• Aleksey Volodin, Russian pianist
• Eugene Izotov, Russian oboist

[edit] Faculty

• Mikhail Fikhtengoltz, Russian violinist
• Anna Kantor, Russian pianist
• Aram Khachaturian, Armenian composer
• Alexander Kobrin, Russian pianist

[edit] External links

• Gnesin Official website (English)