Alexander Kurganov and the Formation of the Kazakh Vocal School

AlexanderMatveevichKurganovisoneof the founders of the solosingingdepartment of the KazakhNationalConservatorynamed after Kurmangazy, who had a significantimpacton the development of Kazakhacademicvocalartand the formation of vocalpedagogy.Despitethescale of hiscontribution,A.Kurganov’s work remainsinsufficientlystudiedinRussianmusicology. The purpose of the articleis to identifyandsystematize the maindirections of hispedagogicalactivity, to determineitsrolein the formation of the Kazakhvocalschool.Thesourcesused are biographicalinformation,memoirs of students,interviewsandarchivalmaterials,includingmethodologicaldevelopments of the singer,storedin the library of the Conservatory. The analysis of thesematerialsallowed us to identify the keyprovisions of A. Kurganov’s pedagogicalconcept: the priority of solfeggiointeachingvocalists, the development of innerhearing, the focusonindependentwork of studentsandhighstandards of performingculture. The results of the studyreveal the significance of the methodologicalheritage of A.Kurganovas an actualbasisforimprovingmodernmusicaleducationandtrainingprofessionalsingers.