Moscow Schnittke State Institute of Music


Moscow Schnittke State Institute of Music is a music academy in Moscow, Russia.
WWW schnittke-mgim.ru

History

The educational institution was founded in 1918 as the 1st People's Music School, and over time it changed its name: October Revolution Music School.
The origins of the creation of the educational institution were outstanding figures of national musical culture - Boleslav Yavorsky and N. Bryusova.
Konstantin Shchedrin taught in the institute.
On 13 April 1993 the academy received a university status.
In 1949–1953, Alfred Schnittke studied at the October Revolution Music Academy, and then worked here for some time as a teacher of theoretical disciplines. In 1999, the institute was named after him.
The rector of the institute from 2016 is Anna Schebrakova.