M. Glinka Musical College turns 95

More than 9000 performers have been trained by Minsk State College of Music for 95 years. Among the graduates of one of the oldest educational musical institutions are the author of the national anthem and artists, whose names are known outside Belarus. Laureates, scholarship holders and winners of the President’s Special Fund for the Support of the Talented Youth study here. Students will give a concert at the Philharmonic today. 300 musicians will perform on the stage. The main voices of the Bolshoi Theater of Belarus Nina Sharubina and Stanislav Trifonov, who graduated from the college, will support young virtuosos.

The orchestra of Belarusian folk instruments will go to an international competition in Tallinn after celebrating the College's birthday. The students will conquer Western Europe next semester.