Kazan Conservatory
Introduction Kazan State ConservatoryThe ''' N.G. Zhiganov Kazan State Conservatory''' (Russian: '''Казанская государственная консерватория имени Н.Г. Жиганова''') is a higher musical education institution in Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia. The conservatory was founded in 1945 by Soviet Tatar composer Najip Jihanov who was a rector of the institution during 1945-1988.In 2000 the Conservatory was named after him.In 2009, the Conservatory had around 110 faculty members and 700 students. The educational programmes are realised at seven departments - piano, orchestra, choir conducting, vocal, folk instruments, theory and composition, Tatar musical art. Since 1989, the rector of the institution is professor , the first organist of Tatar ethnicity. Since 2021, the rector of the institution is professor .
Notable faculty * Najip Jihanov* Albert Leman* Fuat Mansurov* Mansur Mozaffarov* Natan Rakhlin*
Notable alumni * Vlada Borovko - operatic soprano* Larissa Diadkova - mezzo-soprano (transferred to Saint Petersburg Conservatory)* Youri Egorov - pianist (transferred to Moscow Conservatory)* Sofia Gubaidulina - composer (1954)* Oleg Lundstrem - jazz composer and conductor (1953)* Almaz Monasypov - composer, conductor, and cellist. * Airat Ichmouratov - composer, conductor, and clarinetist. * Mikhail Pletnev - pianist, conductor, and composer (transferred to Moscow Conservatory)
External links * Kazan Conservatory website  (in Russian)* Kazan Conservatory website  (in English)