The Student Bayan and Accordion Orchestra at Kharkiv I. P. Kotlyarevsky National University of Arts: specifics of formation and professional development

Abstract

Statement of the problem. The purpose of this article is to consider the evolution of the creative activity of the student training collective – the Orchestra of Bayans and Accordions – and to determine the role of its founder, Honored Artist of Ukraine, Professor Oleksandr Ivanovych Nazarenko, a conductor, an outstanding representative of the Ukrainian bayan art (second half of the 20th – early 21st centuries). Relevance and scientific novelty of the study. The team under his leadership has existed for over 28 years, it has achieved significant success and acquired its own creative form, and its activities attract the attention of the artistic community and arouse scientific interest, which determines the relevance of this topic. O. Nazarenko’s composer creativity were covered by Kharkiv bayan players and scientists Yu. Dyachenko (2012), M. Plushenko (2017), S. Ptashenko (2013), I. Snedkov (2016), A. Strilets (2018), but the authors did not address to consideration of O. Nazarenko’s activity as an orchestral conductor and the problems of performing skills of the orchestra of bayans and accordions at Kharkiv National University of Arts, the head of which he is. The research methodology is based on a set of historical, genre-style and interpretive approaches. A comprehensive analysis of the activities of the student orchestra and its leader O. Nazarenko allowed to identify certain stages of professional evolution and the main directions of team development. Particular attention is paid to the consideration of O. Nazarenko’s conducting activity and the principles of his work with a student orchestra composed of homogeneous instruments. Based on the analysis of the artist’s work, the issues of specifics of teaching methods, selection of quality repertoire, peculiarities of arrangement for orchestra of bayans and accordions are investigated. Results and conclusions of the study. O. Nazarenko’s multifaceted activity as the director and conductor of the Student Bayan-Accordion Orchestra is very important for preserving in the repertoire and updating works of foreign and Ukrainian, in particular, Kharkiv, composers, and his education of young professional musicians contributes to the development of the Ukrainian folk instrumental performing. Under the guidance of the master, students master a wide range of instrumental capabilities – a bright palette of stroke techniques and techniques of sound production, smooth bellows movement, develop their ideas about working on a piece of music and learn orchestral thinking. Thus, the main task of the Student Bayan and Accordion Orchestra at Kharkiv National University of Arts is to present a qualitative repertoire, master various orchestra arrangement techniques and peculiarities of filigree ensemble performance. For the first time, a complete repertoire list of the orchestra was compiled, which gives an idea of the scale and content of its activities, demonstrates the principles of selection of works that reflect the artistic taste and preferences of the conductor.