Published on: 2026-10-04
Source: Moscow Government – Правительства Москвы –
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The Moscow Secondary Specialized Music School (MSSMS) (college) named after the Gnessins is celebrating its 80th anniversary. It is one of the country’s leading centers of musical education, which preserves traditions and helps young talents step onto the big stage. Sergey Sobyanin reported this in his channel in the messenger “Max.”
Today, in honor of the school’s anniversary, there will be a grand eight-hour concert marathon on the stage of the concert hall of the Gnesin Russian Academy of Music, featuring all departments of the music school. Admission to the event is free.
“Congratulations to the talented team of this wonderful educational institution on its anniversary! I wish you inspiration and students who are in love with art,” wrote Sergey Sobyanin.
Source: the Mayor of Moscow’s channel in the messenger “Max”
The Gnessin State Musical College was founded in 1946 on the initiative of pianist and teacher Elena Gnessina. Since 1962, classes have been held in the historic Apraksin-Buturlin estate on Znamenka Street.
Among the graduates of the Gnessin Moscow Special School of Music are world-famous performers, composers, and cultural figures. For example, pianists Boris Berezovsky and Dmitry Shishkin, violinist Alexey Lundin, cellist Boris Andrianov, conductor and cellist Alexander Rudin. More than two thousand professionals have graduated over the years, and today the school has 1,266 students, with 170 teachers and accompanists conducting classes.
The methodological approaches developed at the Gnessin School are used by teachers in various cities and countries. The student orchestra “Gnessin Virtuosi,” founded in 1990, has performed numerous times in France, Japan, the United States of America, Germany, Switzerland, Spain, Italy, and Mexico.
“Students of the Moscow Gnesin Secondary Special Music School regularly win awards at international competitions: this year, clarinetist Elizaveta Gamaris (14 years old) became a laureate of a competition in Paris, pianist Konstantin Tsirin (8 years old) won a silver medal at a competition in China, and Elen Virabyan (15 years old) received an award in Prague,” noted the Mayor of Moscow.
The Gnesin School actively develops educational projects: they hold festivals such as “Under the Sky of Gnesinka,” “January Evenings,” the International Competition-Festival of Young Performers named after the Gnesins Gnessin Competition for Young Musicians, and other programs.
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