Svetlana<br /> Sigida

Svetlana
Sigida

  • D.A.
  • Professor

Curriculum Vitae:

 

Education:
1994 – The Moscow State Conservatory, Ph.D.
Dissertation:
“Musical Culture in the United  States during the Great Depression: Establishment of the National Identity” vol. 1 – 231 p.; vol. 2, musical examples, 117 p.
Advisor:
Dr. Israel Nestiev

1969 – The Moscow State Conservatory, post graduate diploma in musicology Thesis: “National Identity in Aaron Copland’s Music”, 200 p.
Advisor:
Dr. Israel Nestiev

1964 – Musical College of Moscow State Conservatory, diploma in secondary school music

1965 – The Moscow State Pedagogical University, diploma in mathematic.

Education:
1994 – The Moscow State Conservatory, Ph.D.
Dissertation:
“Musical Culture in the United States during the Great Depression: Establishment of the National Identity” vol. 1 – 231 p.; vol. 2, musical examples, 117 p.
Advisor:
Dr. Israel Nestiev

1969 – The Moscow State Conservatory, post graduate diploma in musicology Thesis: “National Identity in Aaron Copland’s Music”, 200 p.
Advisor:
Dr. Israel Nestiev

1964 – Musical College of Moscow State Conservatory, diploma in secondary school music

1965 – The Moscow State Pedagogical University, diploma in mathematic.

Positions:
1998 – The Visiting Professor, Universidad Nacional de San Juan, Argentina.
1998 – Director, Winton Marsalis Festival, The  Moscow State Conservatory.
1997 – Dave Brubeck Festival, The Moscow State Conservatory.
1996, 1998, 2006 – Director, George Crumb Festival, The Moscow State Conservatory.
2003 – Full Professor of musicology.

1995 – 2003, Dotsent of Musicology, The Moscow State Conservatory.
Speciality seminars:

“American Music of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries”
“Modern British Music after 1900”.

1971 – 95, Faculty of Musicology.
1993 – Co-ordinator and Visiting Professor, Quelph University, Canada, summer session at the Moscow State University.
1993 – Director, Music Festival of Philadelphia Composers: George Crumb, Jay Reise, Richard Wernick.
1991 – Director of Russian-American Music Festival, The Moscow State Conservatory, Boston University, New England conservatory of music.
1985 – 2003, Director, International Relations Department of the Moscow State Conservatory.
1980 – 1985, Vice-Director of the Music Library of the Moscow State Conservatory.
1970 – 80, Librarian of the Moscow State Conservatory.

Awards:
Soros Scholarship for American Studies, 1989.
Medal “ Memory on 850-anniversary of Moscow” 1997.
Dena Epstein Foundation 1999.
Fulbright Scholarship 1999-2000.
Rockefeller Foundation – Bellagio 2002.

Teaching:

1992, 1994, 1996: 1998, 2002, 2005, 2007 – Short study in the United  States of America: The Library of Congress, The New York Public Library, The New England Conservatory of Music, The Harvard University, The Indiana University, The Southwest Texas State University, The University of Connecticut, The University of Pennsylvania.

1995, 1996, 2000, 2006 Great Britain, The  Royal Academy of Music, The Trinity College with the support of British Council.

1993, France: Superior Conservatoire Nationale in Paris with the support of French Cultural Center in Moscow.

Publications:

Conferences, lectures:
 

  • The integration of the historical document in American musical tradition on the example of piece “The portrait of Lincoln” (1942) by A. Copland. Paper on the XXXV International Conference of the Russian Society of American Culture Studies named “Cultural Pluralism: Literature, History, Arts”. The Moscow State University, 2009, December 12-15.
  • The reflection of  Edgar A. Poe’s carnival  images in the Leonid Andreev’s drama.
  • “The Black Maskers” and the musical suite with the same title by American composer Roger Sessions. Paper on the conference named “The problems of contemporary foreign arts”. Ukraina, Yalta, University of Yalta, 2009, September, 15-17.
  • Edgar A. Poe’s Heritage and XXI century. The International Conference, dedicated 200-years of birthday E. Poe / Petersburg University and Russian National Library. Petersburg, 2009, September 10-11.
  • Multimedia in American music of the end of Twentieth century. Paper on the IV International Conference named “The world Music: the problems of Study”. The Moscow State Conservatory, 2009, April 11-12.
  • “National Identity in American music”. Topic on the V-th Fulbright All-Russia Alumni Conference named “Innovation and Education: Global Concerns, National Conceptions”. The Moscow State University, 2009, March 23-24.
  • Multimedia project of Harry Partch “The delusion of Fury” at the context of the multyethnicness. Conference named “Music at the system of intercultural communications on the edge of XX-XXI centuries”. Institute named  Ippolitov-Ivanov, 2009,  October, 16-17.
  • The integration of the document in American music. Topic on the Second International Conference named “The synthesis of documental and artistic in the Literature and Arts”. Kazan, Kazan State University, 2008, May 5-9.
  • The Russian-American Cultural Dialog. Paper on the  International Academic Conference “The Bicentennial of Russian-American relations”. Moscow, The Russian Academy of Science, 2007, November 8-10.
  • African-American Subjects in American Opera: Scott Joplin’s Treemonisha and George Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess. Papers on the conference named “Russian-American Links: African-Americans and Russia”. S.- Petersburg. Russian Academy of Science and Petersburg State University, 2007, September, 20-21.
  • “The contemporary Russian composers – V. Martynov, A. Wustin, A. Raskatov”. USA, The Mont-Claire University, New Jersey, 2007, January 29-31.
  • “Sergey Taneyev and his creative activity”. USA, University of Connecticut, Storrs, 2007, February 6-10.
  • “Early American Art Music and Anthony Philip Heinrich”, Conference “To 230-anniversary of USA’s foundation, The Moscow State conservatory, May 2006.
  • “Louis Moreau Gottschalk and Kreole music”, Conference dedicated 60-years from birthday of Professor M. Saponov, June 2006.
  • “The festivals of contemporary music in Russia”. USA, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 2005, September 12.
  • The Music Education in Russia”. The Michigan State University, Lansing, 2005, September 22-25.
  • “Mixed Media in the music of Harry Partch”. The report on the conference under the title “The many languages of the USA: finding a voice-recovering public cultures”. Minsk, Belarus, 2001, April 17-19.
  • “Leo Ornstein  as the ultra modernist of the 20-th century”. The report on the conference  under the title “Russian archives abroad”. The Moscow State Conservatory, 2000, April 11-12.
  • “The musical theater of Meredith Monk”. The report on the conference under the title “We are others; in the context of the cultural and historical experience of United States”. The Moscow State University, 2000, February 5-6.
  • “Distinguished Russian pianists – professors of the Moscow State conservatory”. The lecture. School of music, The University of North Carolina, Chappell Hill, 2000, October 9.
  • “The role of “American Five” in the musical culture of USA”. The report on the conference “The problems of contemporary foreign art”. Sevastopol, Ukraine, September, 2000, 14-17.
  • Series of twenty-four lectures: “The History of Russian Music”, Universidad de San  Juan, Argentina, 1998.
  • “The  musical culture of the United  States during 30-40-th of XX-th century and the formation of national identity”. The report on the conference “The United States: establishment and development of the national tradition and character” at the Moscow State University. Moscow, 1999, January 28-29.
  • “Russian Literature and American Opera”. The report on the conference under title “American  literature and  Russia”, Association of American Studies in Russian Universities, 1995, December 4-9.
  • “The musical project of W.P.A., his meaning for the development of the culture in United States”. The report on the conference under the title.
  • “New Deal  by F. D. Rousvelt and his role for USA and Russia”. The Institute of USA and Canada. Moscow, 1995,  October 31-November 1.
  • “Russian Opera of the Nineteenth Century” at University of Michigan, University of Maryland, Boston Conservatory, Southwest Texas University, USA, 1994-6.
  • “Russian Music from the Eighteenth to Twentieth Century: A Series of Lectures”, Quelth  University, Canada, 1993.
  • “Perspectives of Russian Music of the Second Half of the Twentieth Century”, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA, 1992.
  • “New Music and New Politics in the Soviet Union”, Indiana University, USA, 1989.
  • “Music Education in the USSR”, Rutgers  University, USA, 1989.
  • “Musical Collections in the Library of the Moscow Conservatory”, Harvard  University, USA, 1989.
  • “Musical Collections in the Library of the Moscow Conservatory”; Berlin, Germany, IAMB Conference, 1985.
  • “Problems of Periodization of American Music History”, Bulgarian Conservatory, Sofia, Bulgaria, 1986.
  • “For the 125th Burthday of Taneev”, Conference dedicated to Taneyev, Moscow State Conservatory. 1981.
  • “Music culture of USA”, Lecture. Moscow University, 2001, March 26.
  • “Music culture of Great Britain”. Peter Maxwell Davies. Belarus, Minsk, 2001, April 20.
  • Russian-American cultural internal affairs. The Library of the Moscow State Conservatory, March, 2004.
  • Afro-American subject in American opera of Twentieth century / Sevastopol, Ukraine, September, 2004.
  • Stylistic model and allusions in the Ives’ music. The Institute of art. Moscow. October, 2004.
  • Black themes in American music of the Twentieth century. The Moscow State Conservatory, November, 2004.
  • The problem of choice the subject in American music of Twentieth century. The Moscow University, December, 2004.
  • The Russian documents at the Moldenhauer’s archives (The Kibrary of Congress, USA). The Library of the Moscow State conservatory. March, 2005.