# Volgograd Conservatory

State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education "Volgograd State Conservatory named after P. A. Serebryakov" (Russian: Государственное бюджетное образовательное учреждение высшего образования «Волгоградская государственная консерватория имени П. А. Серебрякова») is one of the Russian conservatories, a higher educational institution of arts in the city of Volgograd. It is named after the Soviet pianist Pavel Serebryakov.

## History

The Volgograd Conservatory traces its history back to music classes that opened on January 6, 1911, in Tsaritsyn. They were located in a building on the corner of Moskovskaya and Astrakhanskaya streets. They included training in three specialties: violin, cello and piano. The tuition fee was 80 rubles per year.
The work of the school was interrupted by the Great Patriotic War. It resumed work only in 1957.

## Names

The Volgograd Conservatory had the following official names and organizational-legal forms:
* 1917 to 1923 — Tsaritsyn Music School
* 1923 to 1936 — Stalingrad Music College
* 1936 to 1961 — Stalingrad Music School
* 1961 to 1963 — Volgograd Music School (due to the renaming of Stalingrad to Volgograd)
* 1963 to 1989 — Volgograd School of Arts
* 1989 to 1994 — Volgograd School of Arts named after P. A. Serebryakov
* 1994 to 1996 — Volgograd Higher Municipal School of Arts (College of Arts) named after P. A. Serebryakov
* 1996 to 2001 — Volgograd Municipal Institute of Arts named after P. A. Serebryakov
* 2001 to 2003 — Municipal Educational Institution of Higher Professional Education (MEI HPE) "Volgograd Institute of Arts named after P. A. Serebryakov"
* 2013 to 2015 — Municipal Educational Institution of Higher Professional Education (MEI HPE) "Volgograd Conservatory (Institute) named after P. A. Serebryakov"
* 2015 to 2024 — Municipal Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education "Volgograd Conservatory (Institute) named after P. A. Serebryakov"
* Since 2024 — State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education "Volgograd State Conservatory named after P. A. Serebryakov"

## Structure

The structure of the conservatory consists of the Faculty of Higher Professional Education, the Faculty of Secondary Professional Education, and the Faculty of Additional Professional Education.

### Faculty of Higher Professional Education

The Faculty of Higher Education includes the following departments:
* Department of Piano Performance
* Department of String Instruments
* Department of Wind and Percussion Instruments
* Department of Folk Instruments
* Department of Vocal Arts
* Department of Conducting
* Department of Pop and Jazz Music
* Department of Music History and Theory

   ### Faculty of Secondary Professional Education

The Faculty of Secondary Professional Education includes the following subject-cycle commissions:
* SCC "Piano"
* SCC "String Bowed Instruments"
* SCC "Wind and Percussion Instruments"
* SCC "Folk Instruments"
* SCC "Vocal Arts"
* SCC "Choral Conducting"
* SCC "Solo and Choral Folk Singing"
* SCC "Music Arts of the Stage"
* SCC "Music Theory"
* SCC "General Piano"
* SCC "Social and Humanitarian Disciplines"
* SCC "Painting"

### Faculty of Additional Professional Education

The Faculty of Additional Professional Education includes:
* Continuing Education Courses
* Choral Studio
* Training in additional general developmental programs in the arts for children and adults

## Students

As of January 2025, 630 students are studying at the Conservatory.
Notable graduates:
* Vladimir Migulya (composer)
* Irina Dubtsova (singer, songwriter)