Artistic Personality Research Articles

THE PHENOMENON OF DISCURSIVE RESONANCE (ON THE MATERIALS OF THE ART EVENT)

The phenomenon of resonance in the context of discursive and psychological research is considered. The concept of "discursive resonance" is introduced, which denotes the phenomenon of an "explosive" increase in social or individual discourse in response to a certain socially significant event. The research is based on the materials of a high-profile cultural event - the exhibition of one of the Sixtiers artists A. Gorska. The purpose of the article is to understand the psychological factors of the discursive resonance caused by the exhibition. A psychological analysis of the visual and textual materials of the exhibition, reflecting the personality of Alla Gorska and her biographical path, was carried out in comparison with the texts of the discourse generated by the exhibition, in particular, according to posts on social networks Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube. The factors of the resonant discursive reaction of society are determined, which are both the personal traits of the artist and the peculiarities of her situational environment: the need for self-determination, to resolve the issue of one's own authenticity; the conscious choice of Ukrainian culture as the basis for one's own identity; the experience of rallying around an idea; love of freedom; resistance energy, readiness to resist the system; the heroism of the artist's personality. The demand for these personal qualities in modern society at the individual and societal levels is analyzed. Mechanisms of resonance as a psychological phenomenon are determined, the channels of which are (a) resonance due to provocation; (b) resonance through identity; and (c) resonance due to conducting parallels. The personality of A. Gorska appears for the current generation as a role model of an internally free person who can behave following her values under any circumstances and knows how to implement these values in life, in her actions, how to organize relevant events, and how to surround herself appropriate human environment. These are the personal life competencies that a truly authentic free person oriented to their realized values should have. A kind of "provocation" by the personality of A. Gorska took place. The "trigger" of the resonance explosion was the modern "embodiment" of those meanings that are the real factors of resonance. Keywords: resonance, discourse, self-determination, self-awareness, authenticity, self-identification, deep personal needs, personal traits, personal development, role model

가스펠 음악이 엘비스 프레슬리(Elvis Presley)의 음악에 끼친 영향과 의미

Elvis Presley’s Grammy Awards, all three of which were won in the Gospel category, highlight a lesser-known facet of his musical legacy. His unwavering commitment to gospel music led to his posthumous induction into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame. This study explores the impact of gospel music on Presley’s musical career and the significance it held for him. Presley grew up in the Southern United States, where gospel music culture was not significantly differentiated from secular music, allowing for a seamless integration of various gospel music styles. Even after achieving rock and roll stardom, he continued releasing gospel records and incorporated gospel songs in movies and various other shows. He used gospel music as a key element in shaping his musical style, structuring his backup vocals around gospel quartets throughout his career. By infusing traditional gospel music with contemporary sounds, he crafted his own musical identity, presenting it with unwavering confidence to the general public and the music industry. Gospel music was indeed an integral part of his artistic persona. He introduced gospel music to the world of rock and roll, reserving a prominent place for it on his stage. This approach underscored the significance of gospel music in the broader music scene. Elvis Presley’s gospel music can be re-evaluated as having emerged as a pioneering force during the formative phase of contemporary Christian music.

Presentation of the artist in the regional journal periodical

The artistic component of the literary-artistic and public-political magazine Literary Ternopil» (2008–2019) was formed by publications that show the current state of painting in the region through familiarization with the personalities of artists and their creative work. The article highlights and analyzes typical textual means of presenting the artist in the specialized section «Artist of the Number». As a result of the research, it was found that the text presentation is based on the involvement of elements of drawing, which are manifested in the depiction of heroes in action, retelling of life situations, depiction of the area, interiors, etc. The plot-compositional organization of the texts includes biographical, everyday, socio-political, historical, psychological contexts, to reflect which the authors provide data on education, places of creative work, participation in exhibitions, obtaining titles, cooperation with various artists, describe external signs, worldview and inner qualities of artists. Expressions of art critics, connoisseurs of painting, and artists themselves are used compositionally. The presenters of the artists are the titles of the publications in which the starting point of the image is formed. It remains constant or changes: it can be individual / collective, synchronous / diachronic, shift in space (natural environment, premises, native land, abroad), have an emotional / intellectual dimension, focus on a situation or involve a whole range of information. An important component of the presentation is the art history characteristic in combination with evaluative and figurative expressions. For this purpose, artistic means of speech and stylistically marked vocabulary (names of subjects of professional activity, artistic directions, styles, and techniques), names of famous Ukrainian artists, names of iconic paintings, their cycles, names of exhibitions, etc., are involved. All these aspects are aimed at reflecting the spiritual, intellectual, creative development of the artist.

Personality-related characteristics of artists creating Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR) videos and their role in evoking ASMR sensation in others

Research regarding the Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR), a pleasant tingling experience especially perceived on the skin of the scalp and neck and elicited by certain audiovisual stimuli, has so far focused on the consumers of ASMR content. In this study, the perspective was switched to the ASMR artists, focusing on their personality and ability to trigger ASMR in other people. N = 132 predominantly student participants watched 19 ASMR videos from different ASMR YouTubers (who interacted with the same stimulus) with a varying number of subscribers. The evoked ASMR sensation and the perceived personality of the ASMR artists was assessed. Moreover, n = 152 ASMR YouTubers and n = 138 Walking Tour YouTubers completed several personality and mental health questionnaires, which were also filled out by the 132 predominantly student participants. While the ASMR YouTuber's number of subscribers does not seem to play a role in triggering ASMR in others, the perception of the ASMR YouTuber as sympathetic, relaxed, close, empathic and agreeable is correlated with ASMR sensation. With regard to their personality, ASMR YouTubers consistently differ to some extent from other (Walking Tour) YouTubers (openness to experience, empathy) and a predominantly student sample (openness to experience). The notion that certain perceived personality traits of ASMR YouTubers might have an influence on the viewer's ASMR sensation adds to the knowledge of which factors are important in triggering ASMR in other people.

Darius Milhaud’s vocal cycle «Machines agricoles»: outrage or confession?

Relevance of the study. Darius Milhaud's vocal cycle Machines Agricoles (op. 56) was written in 1919. The significant date of creation of the cycle in the year of the end of the First World War forever tied it to a dramatic cultural and historical context, which did not remain aloof from Milhaud's artistic tasks, but was reflected by numerous semantic overtones in the concept of the work, the principles of organization and the original characteristics of the musical language. However, the vocal cycle Machines Agricoles appears in most musicological works as an example of the artist's joke, vocal curiosity, "Dadaist provocation" and the manifestation of youthful enthusiasm. It is a fairly established opinion that the cycle does not deserve any special attention, because it contains nothing but an outrageous declaration of everyday life. Therefore, turning to the cycle Machines Agricoles in the broad context of the intersection of many cultural layers of that time, identifying the semantic dimensions of their actualization in the original work of art and determining the main vectors of its understanding is an urgent question of modern musicology..
 The main objective of the study is to identify the specifics of the design and organization of the vocal cycle Machines Agricoles by Darius Milhaud as an expression of the artist's unique spiritual world.
 The scientific novelty is determined by the fact that the composition of the cycle is considered as a unique semantic continuum, which was conditioned by the emotional and intellectual flows of the spiritual life of Darius Milhaud. For the first time, the text of the work is examined in a broad contextual field, in which Machines Agricoles appear as a confessional phenomenon.
 The methodology of the article is based on historical, comparative, genre-stylistic and phenomenological methods of analysis.
 Results / findings and conclusions. Darius Milhaud's vocal cycle Machines Agricoles appears as a unique phenomenon of his spiritual life. Іn the cycle are reflected the mental and psychological characteristics of the artist's personality, which determined his unique role in the cultural context of France between the two world wars, as well as the difficult fate of his works written in the second half of the 20th century.
 Machines Agricoles are organically included in the context of French music and appear as the discovery of mental models and worldview guidelines that determine the specificity of national culture. Pastorale as a special spiritual dimension of human existence in the post-apocalyptic environment of post-war Europe; a sense of the subtle semantic layers of the artist's self-realization in the context of French musical traditions inextricably linked to the concept of mastery, clarity, "doneness"; the desire to create a complete sound world from equal layers of meaning, formed by expressive timbre means (the voice and each instrument has its own line) - all this testifies to the depth of the concept of the cycle and its unique role in the formation of Milhaud's creative credo.
 The paradoxical non-acceptance of these aspects of the composer's work in the majority of historical sources caused a misunderstanding of the originality of Milhaud's artistic position in the works of later years, prevented us from feeling the boundless sincerity, emotional vulnerability and trusting intonation of the author's address to the listener.
 Darius Milhaud's vocal cycle Machines Agricoles appears as an intimate confession of the author, which transforms a traumatic life experience into a new spiritual space, opens up opportunities to enter the world of perfect balance, and is evidence of the sound of a vulnerable soul that, despite everything, retains its human essence and ability to create.

교내 도서관 대출도서를 통해 살펴본 초등 저학년이 선호하는 그림책의 특성 연구

This study analyzes the characteristics of picture books preferred by first and second graders, focusing on in-school library loan books of five public elementary schools in Korea. There are four criteria for preference analysis: ‘author’, ‘publisher and publishing year',‘genre',‘theme', and‘painting style'. The subjects of the study were 1,485 lower grades from five elementary schools in four regions, and the data targeted the top 100 picture books that these students borrowed from the school library from 2023.03.02. to 2023.08.31. As a result of the study, the countries preferred by the lower grades were Korea, Japan, the United States, and the United Kingdom in order, and the lower grades tended to prefer picture books with publication years after the 2000s. In addition, picture books with stories were preferred over verse picture books and information picture books, and fantasy stories were especially preferred. Next, the subjects of the lower grade's most preferred picture books were ‘growth’, ‘preference’, and ‘family’. Then 1st and 2nd graders preferred‘artist style' that shows well artist's personality. Research examining the preference for picture books of lower grades can provide a basis for future related research. First, it can be a starting point for research comparing parents and teachers' preferences for picture books with children's preferences within the concept of dual readers, and can provide clues to picture books that school teachers can use in the curriculum. It will also help you understand children's emotions through picture books and understand their level of understanding, emotions, and thoughts about picture books in depth.

Choral conducting as a way of realizing the creative potential of a student choirmaster

Statement of the problem. The modern information society using cutting-edge digital tools and resources, requires innovative approaches in education aimed at shaping the personality of students in all the diversity of their activities. In today’s globalized space, where innovation and creativity are key success factors, it is important to cultivate students’ skills in creative thinking and self-expression. The turbulent Ukrainian present became a challenge for the development and establishment of a new educational system oriented on the personal type of teaching. An urgent need to improve pedagogical technologies encourages the search for a new educational paradigm, allowing Ukraine to stay abreast of global innovative processes. The course “Choral Arrangement” is aimed at developing the creative potential of choirmaster students, which is undoubtedly a relevant task in the modern educational space. Objectives, methods, and novelty of the research. The personal oriented approach in higher education is an actively researched topic, by domestic (Podmazin, 2006; Bekh, 2003) and foreign (Heikkila, Niemivirta, Nieminen, & Lonka, 2010) authors. A number of studies are devoted to pedagogical innovations (Dychkivska, 2004; Ihnatovich, 2019; Danilenko, 2006) and the psychological and pedagogical aspect of personal development (Moliako, 2003; Turynina, 2007; Mishchykha, 2010), the musical pedagogy (Smyrnova, 2021; Zhernovnykova, & Van Tsin I, 2017; Plotnytska, 2021) and the contemporary trends in choral conducting education too (Dolchuk, 2008; Smyrnova, 2008; Karpenko, 2021; Semenchuk, 2022). However, the questions of the impact of choral arrangement on the development of music creative skills of choirmaster students, as well as the search for innovative teaching methods and organizational forms that contribute to the formation of unique musical personalities, requires further analytical refinement. The purpose of the article is to determine the role of choral arrangement in developing the creative potential of choirmasters’ students, their musical thinking, performance and interpretive skills. The study is also focused on finding innovative approaches to teaching the “Choral Arrangement” discipline that contribute to more effective development of unique artistic individuals, which capable to self-improvement and professional growth as choral conductors. The interaction of personal, competence and contextual approaches to the professional training of a specialist, necessary in the process of developing his creative abilities, led to the involvement of such research methods as theoretical and comparative analysis of pedagogical conceptions. Also, “case study” method was considered as one of the way for creation of choral arrangement. Results and conclusion. The discipline "Choral arrangement" is an extremely important component of the formation of the artistic personality of the future choirmaster, as it develops his musical thinking and creative abilities, most actively contributes to the disclosure of his creative potential, helps him learn a whole series of practical skills necessary for a choirmaster – the leader and artistic director of a singing group, that is, it directly affects his demand and “competitiveness” in the profession of choral master. Arranging, which allows you to transform and enrich musical works, deepen or vary their sound characteristics and emotional expressiveness, provides an opportunity for their original interpretation, is a powerful tool for the rapid progress of a musician’s creative abilities. Modern educational conditions require new methods and forms of teaching in the field of choral pedagogy, including choral arrangement. Use of the “case study” method (teaching on the example of specific situations), various experiments, online communication and an arsenal of computer technologies (variation of the composition of choral voices, creation of new timbre sounds, improvisation, multi-style arrangements, collective creativity, electronic sound processing by computer programs, etc.) will contribute to the fullest disclosure of the creative potential of choirmaster students.

Harry Styles as a Cecaelia: Sexuality, Representation and Media-lore in “Music for a Sushi Restaurant”

The music video for Harry Styles’s 2022 track “Music for a Sushi Restaurant” (directed by Aube Perrie) provides a surprising representation of the pop star (arguably at the peak of his career) appearing as a cecaelia (a monstrous figure with a human head, arms and torso giving way to tentacles around its midriff). The video is notable in two distinct contexts. First, in terms of Styles’s trajectory as a popular music performer who has received intense media attention because of his fan base, artistic persona and ambiguous sexual identity; and second, in terms of the articulation of a relatively minor media-loric (i.e. modern folkloric) entity in a high profile popular cultural context. The article discusses these aspects before moving to an analysis of the music video showing how Styles’s role as a cecaelia serves as a representation of his career position, public profile and desire to assert his creative-industrial agency in the early 2020s. The music video thereby illustrates the potential of media-loric figures to represent complex themes in contemporary cultural discourse.

Interpretation of Ballet Art Through Screen Directing Means

The purpose of the article is to carry out a holistic analysis and determine the specifics of directorial means of interpreting ballet art in showing the formation of an artistic personality and delineating scientific guidelines that will contribute to studying the phenomenon of ballet directing in the screen and stage space. Research methodology. The research used an interdisciplinary approach based on the following general scientific methods: induction, deduction, complex art analysis, and synthesis, which contributed to the elaboration of a broad factual basis of the screen interpretation of ballet creativity in the context of the formation of the ballet personality of the performer. Argumentation of the uniqueness of ballet directing in the context of screen art was provided by using methods of systematization and generalization. The typological method helped to consider common artistic principles in the creative pursuits of masters of screen and stage art. Analytical and systematic methods contributed to the study of the art history aspect of the problem. Scientific novelty. The article systematizes and expands scientific ideas about the place and role of screen and stage directing in the system of humanitarian knowledge. The art of directing is defined as a universal type of artistic and aesthetic activity; the mutual influence is clarified and the mutual enrichment of theatrical and audiovisual arts in the development of directing tools is shown. Conclusions. It has been found that the directors' screen creativity expands and deepens knowledge of ballet art, and gives impetus to the active development of the ballet masters’ creativity, ballet performers in the stage space, in particular, in the production of musicals.

A comparison of personality type congruence with learning achievement of students from the primary school teacher education program at Adzkia University

Personality type can be defined as an image of oneself manifested publicly. John Lewis Holland argues that personality type influences career choices and job satisfaction. Holland's Career Theory states that the most congruent personality types for a teacher's career are social, entrepreneurial, and artistic personality. The personality types that are less suited for a teaching role include the investigative, conventional, and realistic types. This research aimed to compare the congruence or incompatibility of personality types with the learning achievement of Primary School Teacher Education students at Adzkia University. This comparative quantitative study used the personality test arranged based on the concept of Hexagonal Theory by John Holland. The research sample comprised 161 selected using a simple random sampling technique. The research results show that 60% of the students' personality is congruent with their job as a teacher, whereas the remaining 40% shows the opposite. The average academic achievement of student’s personality congruent with their job as a teacher is 81.6, while student personality opposite is 78.9. There is only a 2.1 point difference between the two. Furthermore, there is no difference in the learning achievement of students with the congruent personality type and those without. The hypothesis test result shows that personality type has no impact on learning achievement.

Crossroads of Eastern Europe and the Arctic North – Artistic Personas and Creative Processes of Border-Crossing Artists

This essay explores the development of an artistic persona and choices within the creative processes of border-crossing artists. Similar to the act of border crossing, the transcorporeal experience contains attempts to enter the unity of the body of the artist and the artwork with the socio-politics of the new site for artistic expression. In the action of border-crossing, artistic practice enters the holistic approach as the human, functioning in the new and unfamiliar society, and as the artist, thus continually shaping the individual’s artistic persona and artistic voice. The focus group data from the early-career border-crossing artists originating from Belarus and living in Lithuania are used alongside my autoethnographic data as a Lithuanian artist living in the Arctic North and the visual data from a middle-career artist from Lithuania living and working in the Nordic and Arctic North regions. This data was used for the reflexive analysis. The results outline the possible impact of border-crossing on artistic practice.

Characteristics of Colour Expression in Modernist Art

The expression of colour has a special role in modern aesthetics, with psychological factors and emotional components. The characteristics of colour are directly related to the personality, concept and artistic background of modern artists. Studying the special charm of colour from the perspective of its production, its expression, its artistic nature and its psychological characteristics, we can discover the distinctive characteristics of colour expression in modern art and the great visual impact it brings.

Edith Nesbit's contemporary fairy tales: The influence of childhood experiences on artistic manifestation

This research conducts a comprehensive examination of the influence exerted by early life experiences on an author's literary corpus, with a particular emphasis on Edith Nesbit (1858-1924), the author of children’s novel, and her incorporation of childhood memories to enrich the contemporary fairy tale genre. Utilizing Melanie Klein’s (1882-1960) theoretical framework, a renowned Austrian-British psychoanalyst, the investigation endeavours to deliver an exhaustive analysis of Nesbit's artistic persona. Nesbit's children's narratives, as modern fairy tales, embody an internal realm of unconscious reverie akin to Klein's concept of phantasy. Central to Nesbit's tales are young protagonists who confront challenges associated with separation from caregivers, the establishment of identity, reality appraisal, body image maturation, and object relations. Edith Nesbit's harrowing childhood experiences shaped her into the imaginative author she ultimately became. By delving into the realm of fantasy and creativity, Nesbit achieved a sense of completeness and resilience, allowing her to overcome her feelings of loss and vulnerability. This research aims to shed light on the complex link between a writer's formative years and their creative expressions by examining the remnants of Nesbit's early life experiences. Furthermore, by emphasizing Edith Nesbit's ability to transform her experiences into her artistic body of work, this study also demonstrates the power of artistic expression as a means of self-exploration and healing.

THE RECITER’S CREATIVITY IN THE CONTEXT OF REGIONAL CULTURAL CREATION (BY THE EXAMPLE OF ACTIVITY BY HONORED ARTIST OF UKRAINE RAISA RESHETNYUK)

The purpose of the article is to cover the stages of the life-stage development of the Chernihiv Philharmonic’s reciter, laureate of reciter’s national competitions, Honored Artist of Ukraine Raisa Reshetnyuk (1948–2014), understanding her contribution to the development of Chernihiv region’s culture of the ending of the 20th – the beginning of the 21th centuries. In the field of view of the author – the formation of artistic personality of Raisa Reshetnyuk as the reciter in the late 1970’s, the study of her major literary-and-musical programs “Solo for the Violin and the Clarinet” by the life and works of young P. Tychyna, “On the Wings of Song” by the circumstances of M. Kotsyubinsky’s life and work, the lyric poetry by T. Shevchenko “I’ll build the House and the Room…”, “My Sophia Rusova” (about the life feat of S. Rusova). The significant contribution of R. Reshetnyuk to the modern Shevchenkian was emphasized – the creation of a literary-and-musical work based on the poem-mystery by T. Shevchenko “The Great Cellar”, where R. Reshetnyuk was the author of the idea, performer and director. The educational orientation of literary-and-musical compositions created by R. Reshetnyuk, based on the works of authors, who lived and created in Chernihiv region (P. Tychyna, M. Kotsyubynsky, L. Glibov and others), caused their inclusion in the concert plan of the Philharmonic Lecture, headed by R. Reshetnyuk. The wide audience (schoolchildren, college and universities students, teachers etc.) regularly saw these programs. Historical-chronological, source study and logical-resumptive methods constitute the methodological basis of the work to study Raisa Reshetnyuk’s creativity, the analysis of data from periodical sources. The scientific novelty of the research is conditioned by the fact of the first research in the national theater science and the Ukrainian culturology the creativity of Raisa Reshetnyuk as the only representative of reciter art in Chernihiv region. The results of this research made it possible to draw a conclusion that R. Reshetnyuk’s many years of creative activity were closely intertwined with the socio-cultural context of the time and became an important period in the development of artistic life in Chernihiv region. Her work was aimed at forming the public perception of Chernihiv as one of the centers of national cultural formation. The educational nature of R. Reshetnyuk’s work influenced the development of the musical life of Chernihiv region at the end of 20th – beginning of the 21th centuries. This influence can be traced to the emergence of numerous examples of contemporary composer creativity by M. Demidenko, A. Tkachuk, M. Zbaratsky, V. Kotsur, M. Borsch which were written specifically for the literary-and-music programs of R. Reshetnyuk. Further study of R. Reshetnyuk’s creative activity can continue in the direction of clarifying the features of her work with literary sources, generalization of her directorial work in forming the repertoire of the Philharmonic Lecture, the study of the influence of the reciter on the development of the humanitarian space of the Chernihiv region of the late 20th – beginning of the 21th centuries, will help to form an integrated picture of the artistic life of the region.

The competition as an ‘exchange’ of values: An aesthetic and existential perspective

In a music competition, victory is never unequivocal. Such a competition is a rivalry not just of artistic personalities, but also of the aesthetic values manifested through performances, which are measured and compared, often leading to relativisation. The performances of one candidate can be devalued compared with those of others. So are we dealing more often with the devaluation of one performance compared to another, or with the instability of the assessment criteria and changing circumstances to the issuing of the value judgement? While questions of an aesthetic nature can be considered in isolation from the interpreter of a musical work, that does not apply when we look at the ‘value exchange’ of a competition from the perspective of a gifted and sensitive performer engaged in rivalry.

Art “talismans” of Kharkiv: symbols and thoughts. In memory of Tetyana Vyerkina and Volodymyr Ptushkin

Statement of the problem. In 2022, Kharkiv I. P. Kotlyarevsky National University of Arts celebrates the 105th anniversary of its foundation and, despite the difficult conditions of wartime, it honours the memory of its outstanding artists – T. Vyerkina and V. Ptushkin. Continuing the national tradition, their creative legacy is a remarkable achievement of Ukrainian musical art. The creative experience of these prominent artists reveals the ways for the further successful development of the University and the domestic musical art, and its comprehending becomes one of the urgent research tasks. Recent research and publications. The life and creativity of T. Vyerkina and V. Ptushkin were reflected in the modern musicology studies (portrait-book “Tetiana Vierkina: to Change the World by Art”, 2016; Shubina, 2019; Verbitska-Shokot, 2007; Drach, 2009; Bondarenko, 2014; Derkach, 2015; Krichenkova, 2015; Sediuk, 2017; Savchenko, 2018; Kuzmina, 2019; Nikolaievska, 2020). In the context of the article the linguistic-cultural and musicological works on the theory of symbols and concepts were important (Svyrydov, 2011; Dmytrenko, 2015; Gazheva, 2021; Nikolaievska & Shapovalova, 2021). In connection with T. Vyerkina’s and V. Ptushkin’s creativity the symbolism of the concept as “talisman” was not considered. Objectives, methods, novelty of the research. The purpose of the study is to consider the individual contribution of People’s Artists of Ukraine, Professors T. Vyerkina and V. Ptushkin, to the development of creative traditions of Kharkiv I. P. Kotlyarevsky National University of Arts. The proposed cultural-epistemological approach, based on existential reflection, is innovative in the disclosure of the topic, which makes it possible to see the “concentric circles” of the influence of an artistic personality in the spatial and temporal coordinate system of culture. Metaphorically likening such an influence to the action of a “talisman”, we fill this concept with a symbolic meaning. Research results. A compositional-dramaturgical, genre-style and performing-interpretative analysis of V. Ptushkin’s romance “Talisman”, which was constantly performed by T. Vyerkina in a duet with the composer, is presented; her performance of the vocal part became “exemplary” from the composer’s viewpoint, which allowed this musical piece to “inherit” the status of a kind of stage talisman for both artists. The circles of influence of the concept-symbol “talisman” have been revealed: in art, at various levels, artists themselves, their works, ideas, , principles, schools, performance versions, i.e., that creative energy, which according to the model of concentric circles covers different layers of cultural life, often become “talismans”. The interpretation of the creative work by T. Vyerkina and V. Ptushkin, presented in the article, reveals the significance of the pedagogical activity of artists as “teachers-talismans”, bearers of the achievements of the “school”, and reveals the symbolism of the “talisman” metaphor in the “composer – performer – listener” system. So, not every student manages to find “his” teacher, that is, one with whom a special internal “energy-informational” connection is established, however, if this search becomes successful, then a “talisman symbol” appears, the function of which is performed by the teacher and his school. Talent, creative energy, charisma, professionalism contribute to the appearance of such a “teacher-talisman”. In the same way, the performer may or may not become a kind of “talisman” for the composer to attract listeners to him. The idea of “actual performing intoning” (T.Vyerkina) and personal characteristic composer’s intonation (V. Ptushkin) were tested on the concert stage, demonstrating the unity of theory and practice. The role of the festival “Kharkiv Assemblies”, founded by T. Vyerkina, and the history of the development of the University of Arts – a kind of “talismans” of the city – are also interpreted in a symbolic way. At the centre of the Festival, which took place within the walls of the University, has always been a Human as a creative personality, and this theme covers different eras. Popularization of the Ukrainian art, in particular works by Kharkiv composers, for which T. Vyerkina often was became the first interpreter, was one of the dominant festival strategies. So, the musical composition appears as a meta-message from the Past through the Present to the Future, and this makes art able to model new strategies of cultural development. Conclusion. The comprehension of the traditions of the Alma Mater and the ways of their continuity in the system of “resonant connections”, which is based on the phenomenon of the university as a centre of knowledge, and the grateful memory of Kharkiv artists open up an inexhaustible prospect of further researching the “concentric circles” of their influence on the development of domestic musical art.

Modelling university students’ preferences and interconnectedness among various careers/occupations in Ghana

The incongruity between academic programmes pursued and the career path among graduates in recent times suggests that career path does not always lead to programme choice and vice versa. Different occupations/professions not directly found in the area of academic programmes pursued could appeal to graduates. This study sought to examine how the various occupations/professions in Ghana appeal to university graduates. This study modelled university students’ preferences and interconnectedness among various careers/occupations in Ghana. The descriptive survey design was used. The census technique was used to capture all 144 final-year university students pursuing a BED accounting programme with a university in Ghana. Data were collected using an adapted Occupational Inventory Profile ((OIP) and data were analysed with the Partial Least Square Structural Equation Model (PLS-SEM). The study found that technological activities, mathematical computation activities, managerial-clerical activities, scientific research activities, persuasive-enterprising activities, and fine art activities significantly predicted mechanical-technological occupation, mathematical computation occupation, managerial-clerical occupation, science research occupation, persuasive-enterprising occupation, and fine art occupation. Additionally, there was also strong interconnectedness between the six various occupations among BED Accounting students in Ghana. Though the career path of BED accounting students does not generally agree with the realistic and artistic personality type, the study found that these students have a significant interest in activities and occupations in line with these personality types. This suggests that the personality of university students studied had an interest in several occupations not trained for, suggesting that they had a combination of personality types in varying degrees for the various occupations studied. Therefore, it was recommended that teaching pedagogies should vary and the government should create more employment opportunities to better prepare graduates to pursue careers outside what they were trained for. Graduates should also be equipped with skills and resources to be able to create their own jobs in their areas of interest outside or along their professional training. The theoretical and other practical implications of the findings of the study have also been adduced.

“Study for the Left Hand” by Bela Bartok

The complexity of the artistic personality of the musician Bela Bartok also includes his works for the piano, he himself being a master of the keyboard, who, in his capacity as a composer, was concerned with enriching the piano art with new technical and aesthetic means. The "Study for the Left Hand" was originally intended as the first movement of a piece entitled "Sonata", but Bartók did not continue to compose the other parts. The initial idea grounds the construction of the work on the three dominant sections of this strict form. The tonality of the secondary theme is F major and the structure is that of a simple tripartite lied, consisting of three periods. Each period consists of two symmetrical phrases. The F sound of the bass, on which rests the cadential chord of the exposition passing into the soprano opens the second large section of the sonata, the development. The first part of it elaborates the expressive theme of the bridge. The secondary theme appears at the end of the development, having a more prominent romantic profile. The concluding theme draws soaring arcs and the Coda brings the main theme descending for the first time, ending the work with a final declamation of the main motif, which travels triumphantly through the registers of the keyboard.

Technical Aspects of the Focal Topics in the Production of the Television Feature for Kurdish Satellite Channels for Kurdish Satellite Channels

This study aims to identify the technical aspects of the content topics in the production of the TV feature for the Kurdish satellite channels. The researchers used the descriptive approach and the content analysis satellite channels )TV features broadcasted on )Rudaw and Kurdistan٢4 )٣٠( method for the contents of and after analyzing the content of the sample, the study ,٢٠٢٢/6/١ till ٢٠٢١/١/١ during the period from reached several results, the most important of which are: The most important topics of the posters presented in the two channels are )real-life story narrator and interviews about types of work(, then )lifestyle(. And )good living(, the results of the analysis showed that the majority of the characters for the topics of the personality that were presented in the two channels were ordinary people, then the artistic personality. The results also showed the different types of TV camera movements in the production of the features and showed that the )cut( effects got the largest ratio between the other transitions, and finally .the results showed that )the angle of view( is the most used among all types of angles Content of feature ,٢4 Key words: Features, Production, Feature Production, Rudaw and Kurdistan .production

Four masters of the Saratov piano school

The Saratov Piano School is one of the most outstanding music schools in Russia, owing to its rich history and deep-rooted traditions. The Saratov Conservatory, founded as the third conservatory in the country and the first in the province, has played a pivotal role in shaping the school's identity. The school's lineage can be traced back to renowned pianists such as K. Igumnov and G. Neuhaus, among others. The school takes pride in its contemporary pianist pleiad, which includes several notable names such as Albert Tarakanov, Anatoly Katz, Anatoly Skripai, and Lev Shugom. Each of these pianists possesses a distinctive artistic personality and has their own preferences in terms of repertoire selection. However, due to its location on the periphery, the school has struggled to gain wider recognition.