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THE STUDENT CHOIR of the BELARUS STATE ACADEMY of MUSIC (BSAM)<\/strong><\/em>
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The Student Choir of the Belarus State Academy of Music (BSAM) was formed by the BSAM Department of Choral Conducting. The invariable head throughout 45 years (1962-2007) was the National artist of the USSR, professor <\/em>Victor ROVDO <\/em><\/strong>(1921-2007). For an operating time of professor Rovdo the Choir received the \u00abGran Prix\u00bb at the First International Competition of Music High Schools of the CIS and Europe (Kishinev, Republic of Moldova), three \u00abGold Diplomas\u00bb and the \u00abOscar\u00bb at the II International Choral Competition (Darmstadt, Germany), the \u00abGrand Prix\u00bb at the XVI International Festival of Church Music (Hajnovka, Poland), and the \u00abGrand Prix\u00bb at the \u00abMagutny Bozha\u00bb International Choral Festival (Mogilyov, Belarus).<\/span><\/p>\n

Since 2008 the art director and the conductor of The Student Choir of the BSAM is Inessa BODYAKO<\/strong><\/em> (a class of the professor of V.Rovdo). She was a chorus master of the Academic chorus of National television and radio broadcasting company of Republic of Belarus, founder and conductor of Chamber chorus \u201cCantemus\u201d becoming the prize-winner of the international choral competitions in Italy (\u00a0Arezzo\u00a0,\u00a0Gorizia), Spain (Tolosa), \u00a0Poland\u00a0(Hajnowka),\u00a0Belarus\u00a0(\u00a0Minsk\u00a0). At two international competitions\u00a0Inessa\u00a0 has been recognised by “the best conductor”, in three –\u00a0choirs under\u00a0her management won the higher award – Gran-Prix of competition (Minsk, Gorizia, St-Peterburg). Inessa was the juror of republican and international competitions, gave master classes in Germany, France, was responsible for choral projects in Belarus including Open Conductor\u2019s competition named after V. Rovdo, Choral pages of the XX-th century, female chorus \u201cCharouniya lilei\u201d. From 1997 up to now she is a regent of the\u00a0 Orthodox Christmas church (Minsk).<\/span><\/p>\n

Today under the direction of Inessy Bodyako, head of\u00a0Choral Conducting Chair (since 2011), the student\u2019s collective with well known conductors represents the project \u00abChoral pages of the XX-th century\u00bb in which frameworks concerts of modern Polish, Swiss and Bulgarian choral music have already taken place. Students of chorus constantly take part in master classes of leading representatives of foreign choral culture.<\/span>
\n To The Student Choir of the BSAM possesses the first performance in Belarus to G.Handel\u2019s oratorio \u00abIsrael in Egypt\u00bb. Thanks to Belarus-German cooperation, the student\u2019s chorus left time and again on tour to Germany in which frameworks the Mass c-moll W.A.Mozart (2006), D.Shostakovich\u2019s Thirteenth symphony (2008), G.Handel\u2019s oratorio \u00abIsrael in Egypt\u00bb (2009), Donizetti\u2019s opera \u00abAnna Bolena\u00bb (2009) and Verdi\u2019s \u00abIl Corsaro\u00bb (2011) has been performanced.<\/span><\/p>\n

Among significant concert events of last time it is possible to note:<\/span><\/p>\n