Stages of development and typological features of solo perfomance of the Kharkiv button accordion (bayan) school

Abstract

Background. The article tells about solo performer’s creativity of accordion player of Slobozhanchina region, which is an inherited constituent of pedagogical activity. The relevance of a study is shown through regarding of historical stages of creation of tradition of solo concerto activity of the leading performers on button accordion in the artistic higher education establishments of Slobozhanchina region. The experience of concert form of making music by the accordion players in the region Slobozhanchina has not yet become an object of special treatment and systematisation and therefore calls for throughout profound investigation. Theoretical background. Performers activity of teachers of Department of folk instruments is revealed in works by such scholars as M. Davydova (2005), T. Bolshakova (1992), V. Zelenuk (2010), M. Imkhanitsky (2001), Yu. Loshkov (2008), L. Ponikarova (2004), A. Semeshko (2009), L. Snedkova (2013), V. Pluzhnikov (2016), A. Svetov (2009) etc. Researchers novelty of this study is caused by lack of fundamental and systematical works devoted to exploration of regional specific of stages of creation of solo concert button accordion performance of Slobozhanchina region. The authors regard events of regional meaning, which caused their influence on the changes into process is of performance on button accordion and give a chronology of creation of professional education in educational institutions of different levels, reveal personal role of renowned performers in propagation of the performance on the button accordion. The aim and the task of the research is to define stages of creations of solo concert musician activity of button accordion player of the Slobozhanchina region and reveal their regional peculiarities on the example of experience of professors of Department of folk instruments of Ukraine in Kharkiv I. P. Kotlyarevsky National University of Arts. Conclusions. The research defines 4 main stages of development and outlines typological traits of Kharkiv button accordion school: 1) high level of technical skills as attribute of professional performance on button accordion which is conjoined by expense by extensive emotional expression; 2) specific system of means of play on the accordion, the freedom of fingering, independence of right and left hands, technological leading of the instruments, chord technique which is characterised by soft progressions through joining of vertical and horizontal layers; 3) tradition of interaction between the performers and composers which are capable of playing the folk instruments including button accordion and actively composing for them; 4) culture of ensemble hearing and musical intellect which are characteristic for specific of folklore instrumental music Modern folklore instrumental music of Slobozhanchina region is characterised by overall inclination of the musicians too satisfy demand of objectively existing performance culture.