Department of Musical Arts

The Arctic State Institute of Culture and Arts and the Department of Musical Arts were established at the same time in 2000.

Musicians of the highest rank were pioneering the Department’s establishment:

Borisov Radomir Panteleymonovich, Merited artist of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)

Kiseleva Liudmila Petrovna, Merited artist of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)

Gerasimov Kirill Afanasyevich, Merited artist of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)

Amirov Shaukat Sabirovich, National artist of the Russian Federation

Kolodeznikova Valentina Ivanovna, Merited artist of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)

Pikustky Nilolay Vladimirovich, Laureate of International contests, capellmeister of the State Theater of Opera and Ballet of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) named after D.K. Sivcev- Suorun Omolloon

53.03.02. «Musical and Instrumental arts», Bachelor program

Profile: «Bayan, accordion and fretted instruments» 

Qualification: Performer of ensemble. Performer of orchestra. Teacher, director of an on-stage performing group, leader of an orchestra. 

53.03.03 «Art of singing», Bachelor program

Profile- “Academic singing”

Qualification: Singer, teacher.

Afanasyeva Aitalina Savvichna, Head of the Department

Merited artist of the Russian Federation, National artist of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Laureate of International and National contests, Laureate of the 1st prize of the International Tchaikovsky Competition. 

Kordon Ruslana Gennadievna, Assistant Professor

Laureate of International and National contests

Astashev Dmitry Anatolyevich, PhD in Pedagogy, Professor

Laureate of International and National contests

Pikutsky Nikolay Vladimirovich, Associate Professor

Capellmeister, Member of the Theatre Workers Association

Pikutskaya Larisa Yurevna, Associate Professor

Performer

Shumilov Maksim Igorevich, Associate Professor

Gromov Egor Viktorovich, Associate Professor

Laureate of International and National contests

Boyarsky Vladimir Innokentyevich, Associate Professor

Laureate of International and National contests

Pogodaev Mikhail Aleksandrovich, Associate Professor

Griankin Vladislav Vladimirovich, Associate Professor

Laureate of International and National contests

Platonova Alla Aleksandrovna, senior lecturer

Dyakonova Anegina Nikolaevna, senior lecturer

Kiseleva Nadezhda Alekseyevna, lecturer

Kiselev Eduard Anatolyevich, lecturer

Pozhidaeva Tatyana Yurevna, lecturer

On May 27, 2015, the opera The Tsar's Bride by N. Rimsky-Korsakov was presented on the stage of the D.K. Sivtsev-Suorun Omolloon State Opera and Ballet Theater. A special feature of the production is the participation of graduate students of the Department of Vocal Art of the Arctic State Institute of Culture and Arts. The director of the renewal is Honored Artist of the RS (Ya) Prokopy Neustroev, the conductor of the renewal is Nikolai Pikutsky.

A great achievement and success of the department is the participation in the XXV International Glinka Vocal Competition of 5th year student Ekaterina Koryakina (class of V.I. Kolodeznikova, concertmaster L.A. Uskova), where she won the title of the 2nd Prize winner. 

Chairman of the jury, People's Artist of the USSR Vladislav Piavko noted the good vocal school and creative potential of the student.

At the end of 2014, at the end of the Year of Culture, they were awarded:

• Ekaterina Koryakina, the soloist and vocalist, received the Silver Badge of the Theater for creative Achievements, winning the title of the Second Prize Winner at the 25th Glinka International Vocal Competition; A letter of Thanks from the Committee of the State Assembly (Il Tumen) of the RS (Ya) for Science, Education, Culture and Mass Media and Gratitude the theater;
• Honorary badge "Excellent student of culture of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)"Oleg Belyaev, a 4th-year student (class of P.D. Neustroev), was awarded

Many graduates of the department have become leading soloists and artists of the D.K. Sivtsev-Suorun Omolloon State Opera and Ballet Theater of the RS (Ya). They successfully tour at home and abroad. 

The best students of the department, Egor Gromov, Tatiana Krivoshei, Radjana Khalbaeva, Mikhail Pogodaev, became laureates at festivals and competitions that testify to the rapid growth of instrumental performance in the republic. Their skills were appreciated by a competent jury, the chairmen of these creative competitions in different years were People's Artist of Russia Shaukat Sabirovich Amirov, Honored Artists of Russia Gennady Pavlovich Chernichka, Vladimir Alexandrovich Averin.