Moscow Higher School of Music. Tchaikovsky (conservatory)

The famous Moscow Conservatory named after Tchaikovsky became second after the appearance of St. Petersburg. Its founder, Nikolai Grigorievich Rubinstein, was to not only organize the training of professional composers and performers in the city. Change, breaking stereotypes about a non-serious attitude to music in Moscow can be compared only with the opening of virgin land. The first virtuoso among pianists of Europe managed to cope with this in just a few years.

It all started with ...

Organized by N. Rubinstein and V. Kologrivov in 1860, music classes on the basis of the RMS for a few years grew to such an extent that it required their expansion. Since 1865, a young and persistent celebrity made daily visits to representatives of city authorities. At that time, Rubinstein was not 25 years old. In the end, thanks to the petition of the patroness of the RMS, Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna, before the emperor the Moscow Higher Musical College was opened. This happened in September 1866.

From the very beginning of the institution and until his death at 46 years (1881) Nikolai Rubinstein remained the permanent director, conductor of the student orchestra and professor of the piano class.

By the beginning of the 1980s, thanks to the efforts and leadership of a single person, the level of musical enlightenment in Moscow society had ceased to be inferior not only to St. Petersburg, but to many European centers. Foreign talents went to study in Moscow, to receive Russian education!

The Tchaikovsky Tchaikovsky Theater began to wear the conservatory a little later.

New buildings and concert halls

The first room (the house of Baroness Cherkasova) two years later ceased to meet the requirements of the conservatory. The suitable building and property of the IRMO in 1877 was the house of Vorontsov (in B. Nikitskaya). Great Conservatory of. Tchaikovsky occupies the rebuilt corps at this address today.

By the end of 1895, the school had 430 employees. A concert hall was absolutely necessary for the extensive concert activity of the music society. The brother of the founder of the Conservatory occupied himself with collecting funds for these purposes. The head of the St. Petersburg Higher Music School Anton Rubinstein was a special fund. Thanks to the collection from concert activity, private donations, government and city subsidies, knowledge and forces of the academician of architecture VP Zagorsky, the construction of new buildings was started at the same place.

Old and new

From the former building, built in the 18th century, there was only a facade adorned with the famous half-rubble.

Three years later, classes began in new premises, the Small Concert Hall was opened. This date coincided with the fifth anniversary of the death of PI Tchaikovsky, who for many years worked in the conservatory for the glory of Russian musical culture.

Under the new building were located the office and extensive basements. In the office building there were apartments for employees and employees. In 1901 the construction was completed completely. Subsequent changes were made in the early 40s of the 20th century. In accordance with the increased cultural demands of Moscow, another floor was built on the project of architect IE Bondarenko. In the highest musical institution. Tchaikovsky (conservatory) opened another concert hall, called Rachmaninovsky.

About the most famous concert hall in the world

A distinctive feature of the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory is beautiful acoustics. The magnificent sound of the orchestra and grand piano would have pleased Tchaikovsky himself. The conservatory hall initially accommodated up to 2,500 listeners. Currently, in accordance with the requirements for comfort, the number of seats has been reduced to 1,737 seats.

Honorary title of. Tchaikovsky Conservatory was in 1940. And in 1954 a monument to the great composer was erected near the square in front of the main building.

Since November 2006, the Great Hall of the Moscow State Conservatory is named after the founder of the main Russian higher musical school, N. G. Rubinshtein.

Orchestral organ in the best of halls

Moscow patrons did a lot during the years of the reconstruction of the musical alma mater: from the purchase of carpets and furniture to the beautiful organ produced by Cavalier-Koll. During the Paris World Exhibition in 1900, he was named the best in the world.

The unique instrument differs completely unusual possibilities, representing a certain universal combination of an orchestra and a piano. No wonder in music there was such a term as organ symphony. A magnificent tool occupies a space of 70 square meters. M, the department in front of him and the basement room for the bellows. 3136 metal and wooden pipes are controlled by 50 registers.

Higher Moscow Musical College. Tchaikovsky (conservatory) has an excellent opportunity to educate professionals who masterly master classical and modern art.