Student of the Great)

The wonderful Russian pianist, the professors of the St. Petersburg Conservatory of Maria, Barinova (1878-1956), are of practical interest and remain relevant today. Interestingly acquaintance with life and creative destiny M.N. Barinic, outlined by her son, conductor of the Mariinsky Theater with 40 years of experience, Y. Gamalem.
M. Barinova brilliantly showed himself in young years on the best concert pops of the world and received the title of professor at the age of 32. Pupil N. Rimsky-Korsakov, Joseph Gofman and Ferrucco Buzoni, she leaves us the memories of their great teachers. Talking about Gofman and Buzoni, Barinova not only describes the recommendations of two pianists associated with work on individual works, but also alone transfers the flavor of the epoch, recalls the circumstances of their acquaintances.
M. Barinova, having studied the techniques of the great masters, created its methodology for piano. Her work called Essays on the Piano Methodology was the first textbook on this issue in Russia. Another book Barinova is a collection of articles published for the first time in 1927, On the development of the creative abilities of students - became now bibliographic rarity. This work not only did not lose its relevance: many recommendations Barinova still wait for their incarnation. We are talking about such violent issues as the organization of musical leisure of adolescents, overcoming stagnation in working with children in crisis periods of their development, the path of admonish schoolchildren to creative musitization, amateur-art problems. Modern leaders of educational institutions and advanced training courses have something to think about this article. Especially important to her reflections on the psychological incompatibility of members of the creative team and the proposed original typology of teachers based on the features of their claims and opportunities. The book is recommended for a wide range of readers