Ekaterina G. Agapova

Education:

2006–2010 – State College of Pop and Jazz Art; 2010–2015 – Gnesin Russian Academy of Music, Pop and Jazz Singing Department (class of Head of Department and Associate Professor K. V. Politkovskaya); 2015 – Volgograd State Socio‑Pedagogical University, postgraduate candidate in speciality 13.00.08 Theory and Methodology of Vocational Education.

Teaching activity:

2009–2010 – pop‑vocal teacher at Lyceum No. 2010 named after Hero of the Soviet Union M. P. Sudakov; 2010–2012 – pop‑ and jazz‑vocal teacher at the Children’s Jazz School attached to the State College of Pop and Jazz Art; 2011 – Gnesin Russian Academy of Music (preparatory courses); since 2016 – Gnesin Russian Academy of Music, teacher of pop and jazz singing and vocal‑teaching methodology.

Awards:

• 1999–2004 – laureate of the International Competition «Malenkiye zvezdochki»;
• 2003 – laureate of the International Festival‑Competition «Muzykalnaya raduga»;
• 2004 – Grand Prix of the International Competition «Malenkiye zvezdochki»;
• 2005 – laureate of the International Festival‑Competition «Muzykalnaya raduga»;
• 2007 – laureate of the Moscow International Festival‑Competition of Children’s and Youth Artistic Creativity «Otkrytaya Evropa»;
• 2007 – first prize in the TV contest «Start UP! Russian Talents»;
• 2007 – laureate of the Contemporary Youth Pop Competition «Mayskiy zhuk»;
• 2007 – at the World Championships of Performing Arts (Los Angeles, California) received two gold, two silver and two bronze medals;
• 2008 – laureate of the 6th Moscow International Festival of National Arts «Krasota spaset mir»;
• 2009 – winner and laureate of the All‑Russian competition «Molodye darovaniya Rossii».

Letters of appreciation:

• Letter of appreciation from the Head of the Volgograd City Administration for artistic work (2004);
• Letter of appreciation for participation in the concert programme for widows and mothers of those who died in peacetime «Prervannyy vals» (2005);
• Letter of appreciation for participation in a charity concert for orphans and children deprived of parental care marking Defender of the Fatherland Day (2008);
• Letter of appreciation for participation in the charity project «Poy so mnoy» (2008);
• Letter of appreciation for participation in the charity concert «S pesney po zhizni» within the project «Poy so mnoy» (2009);
• Letter of appreciation for preparing the winner of the Moscow Festival of Children’s Patriotic Song in the category «U voyny ne zhenskoye litso» (2010);
• Letter of appreciation for charitable assistance and support given to the federal state‑security bodies of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Kremlin (2012);
• Letter of appreciation for professionalism, creativity and high performance standards shown during a festive concert dedicated to Security Services Day of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Kremlin (2015);
• Letter of appreciation as chair of the jury of the 6th International Festival‑Competition of Children’s and Youth Creativity «Zvezdny dozhd» (Voronezh, 2016) for high professionalism, conscientious and effective work in developing each child’s unique individuality, fostering their moral and creative potential and promoting a spiritually rich lifestyle among the younger generation.

Concert activity:

• Charitable Foundation for the Support of Children’s Artistic Creativity «Byuro “Zhar‑Ptitsa”» with the support of the Department for Upbringing and Supplementary Education of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation;
• international touring and artistic programme «Dialog kul’tur: 7 stran mira» (Russia, Belgium, France, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, July 2004);
• solo concerts at club‑restaurant «$8½», «Vosem s polovinoy dollarov» (2010, 2011);
• regular participation in concerts dedicated to Security Services Day, Defender of the Fatherland Day and Moscow City Day organised by the Federal Protective Service of the Russian Federation.