Svyatoslav S. Golubenko

He is a laureate of international and all‑Russian competitions (including the Republican Competition for Wind Instrument Ensembles in Kazan (as a member of the Syrinx Flute Quartet; 1999, Third Prize), the Fifth International Competition for Young Wind Instrument Performers in Togliatti (2001, First Prize), the Third All‑Russian Open Festival‑Competition of Chamber Ensembles «Syzran‑2003» (as a member of the Syrinx Flute Quartet, First Prize and a special prize «For an outstanding interpretation of Russian music»), the Third Moscow Festival‑Competition «Harp Art of Russia» (Original Composition category) (Second Prize as a member of an ensemble, 2006), the Second International Competition «Contemporary Art and Education» (Third Prize as a member of an ensemble, 2007, Moscow–Ruza), the Fourth International Competition of Slavic Music (held within the framework of the International Festival of Slavic Music) (2008, Moscow, First Prize as a member of the Syrinx Flute Quartet), the Second All‑Russian Competition «Musicology: The Young Scholars’ Word» (Kazan, 2006, Second Prize for the paper «The Moscow Conservatory at the Turn of the 1930s and 1940s» supervised by Associate Professor E. S. Vlasova)).

He was born in Moscow.

In 1996 he graduated from the Central Music School at the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory (class of Yu. N. Dolzhikov and A. V. Korolyov); in 2001 he graduated with honours from the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory (class of A. V. Korneyev); in 2003 he completed a postgraduate assistant traineeship at the Conservatory in the specialisation «Orchestra of Contemporary Music» (supervisors V. G. Tarnopolsky and I. A. Dronov).

In 2011 he defended his PhD thesis in art history, «The Moscow Conservatory in the Pre‑War Period and in the First Years of the Great Patriotic War» (supervisor Associate Professor E. S. Vlasova), at the Nizhny Novgorod State Glinka Conservatory.

He took part in the research project «Russian Musical Art of the 1920s–1950s: A Synergetic Approach to the Study of Socio‑Cultural Processes» (2008–2010, Russian Foundation for Basic Research grant No. 08‑06‑00212, project leader E. S. Vlasova).

From 2003 to 2005 he worked for the Admissions Committee of the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory, and from 2004 to 2008 he also served as Assistant to the Vice‑Rector for Research and Creative Work of the Conservatory. From 2005 to 2009 he headed the Department for the Moscow Conservatory Website.

From 2009 to 2012 he was Head of the Department for the Website of the Central Music School at the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory.

From 2010 to 2019 he served in the civil service, working at the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation. He advanced from Deputy Head of the Department of Art Education of the Department of Science and Education to Acting Director of the Department.

He participated in the development of regulatory and legal documents governing assistant traineeships, documents intended to implement the powers of the Ministry of Culture of Russia in the field of education in culture and the arts, and in the preparation of the annual state report on the state of culture in the Russian Federation (2014–2016). He was involved in organising and holding the All‑Russian Competition for Young Scholars in Culture and the Arts (2014–2018); he coordinated issues related to the establishment and operation of educational institutions within cultural and educational complexes in Vladivostok, Kaliningrad, Sevastopol and Kemerovo (2018–2019), as well as the activities of educational and research institutions in the field of culture and the arts, and the Russian Academy of Arts, subordinated to the Ministry of Culture of Russia. He oversaw issues of international cooperation in education and research in the field of culture and the arts. During this period S. S. Golubenko also served as Executive Secretary of the Commission for the Attestation of Candidates for the Positions of Heads of Educational Organisations subordinated to the Ministry of Culture of Russia, and as Secretary of the Commission for the Selection of Candidates for Presidential and Government Scholarships of the Russian Federation for students and postgraduates.

In August 2019 he was appointed Vice‑Rector for Academic Affairs of the Gnesin Russian Academy of Music. In February 2022 he became Vice‑Rector for Academic and Educational Work. In October 2024 he was appointed First Vice‑Rector.

In April 2021 and again in February 2025 he was elected Vice‑President of the Association of Music Educational Institutions, which as of August 2025 unites 88 leading educational institutions in the field of musical art in Russia, the Republic of Belarus and Mongolia.

He coordinated the implementation of the action plan for the 150th anniversary of E. F. Gnesina (pursuant to Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 388 of 20 June 2022 «On the Celebration of the 150th Anniversary of the Birth of E. F. Gnesina» in 2024).

Teaching activities:

Since 2005 he has taught the course «Methodology of Teaching Woodwind Instruments» at the Department of Performance History and Theory of the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory. He also contributes to the course «Introduction to the Specialisation».

From 2007 to 2010 he also taught chamber ensemble and the methodology of teaching wind instruments at the Moscow State Chopin College of Musical Performance.

From 2020 to 2022 he taught the course «Educational and Methodological Support of the Educational Process»; since 2023 he has also taught «Principal Instrument» at the Gnesin Music College. Since 2020 he has taught the flute class and the course «Methodology of Teaching Woodwind Instruments» at the Gnesin Russian Academy of Music.

Since 2023 he has been an Associate Professor of the Department (the academic title was conferred by Order of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation No. 2022/nk‑2 of 27 October 2023). Since 2023 he has also taught the flute class at the Gnesin Music College. Since 2025 he has been Professor of the Woodwind Department of the Gnesin Russian Academy of Music.

He has served on the juries of several all‑Russian and international competitions for wind instrument performers. As Chairman of State Examination Boards he regularly takes part in final state examinations for graduates of Russian colleges and conservatories. He regularly gives masterclasses in various Russian cities (Moscow, Syktyvkar, Surgut, Saratov, Smolensk, Tambov, Togliatti, Samara, Nizhny Novgorod, Arkhangelsk, Vladivostok, Cherepovets, Tyumen, Lugansk, Donetsk, Mariupol and others).

He takes part in professional development courses for teachers of educational institutions within the framework of the National Project «Culture» (Gnesin Russian Academy of Music, 2022, 2023, 2024).

Creative activities:

His performance activity has been devoted primarily to chamber music. He is the initiator and artistic director of the Syrinx Flute Quartet (founded in 1998). The quartet’s most notable project has been the annual New Year’s concerts «Flute Extravaganza» (Rachmaninov Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, 31 December), held since 2004. On the basis of the quartet, the Russian flute ensemble «The Grand Flute Ensemble» was founded in 2007 (active until 2022). In 2022 he was one of the organisers and the producer of the Moscow Flute Ensemble. The repertoire of these ensembles includes works for between five and sixteen flutes.

He has taken part in numerous international and all‑Russian festivals, including «Moscow Autumn», «Universe of Sound», «Noble Seasons», the Moscow Music Festival‑Forum «Classica», «My Favourite Flute» and «Great Flute Days», among others.

He is the author of numerous arrangements for flute ensembles (from four to twelve flutes). In 2013 the publishing house Muzyka issued the collection «Popular Miniatures. From the Repertoire of the Syrinx Flute Quartet: Transcriptions by S. Golubenko».

In 2023 the publishing house Amirit issued a two‑part anthology (collection of works) for four flutes featuring previously unpublished works by contemporary Russian composers.

Research activities:

His research work focuses on the history of the Moscow Conservatory in the 1930s and 1940s.

He is the author and compiler of the book «The Moscow Conservatory during the Great Patriotic War» (Moscow, 2005), of radio programmes on Radio Orpheus, and of publications in the newspaper Rossiysky Muzykant and in the journals Muzykovedenie, Orkestr, Muzykalnaya Zhizn, Iskusstvo i Obrazovanie, and Scientific Notes of the Gnesin Russian Academy of Music.

In 2025 he took part as one of the experts in the documentary project Dzen – «The Power of Culture. 1941–1945», in the film «Music during the Great Patriotic War».

Organisational and public activities:

From 2004 to 2010 he organised annual remembrance trips («Memory Watches») by students and postgraduates of the Moscow Conservatory to the Smolensk Region (the towns of Yelnya and Smolensk and the settlement of Verkhne‑Dneprovsky) to the battle sites of the 8th Krasnopresnenskaya People’s Militia Division. He initiated the erection of a memorial plaque in Yelnya in memory of the fallen members of the Conservatory.

He developed the project for the celebration of the 60th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945 at the Moscow Conservatory in April–May 2005 (the Festival «60 Years of Memory»).

Between 2006 and 2009 he was involved in the preparation and implementation of numerous festivals and competitions of the Moscow Conservatory, including events dedicated to the 140th anniversary of its foundation.

Since 2022 he has been Co‑organiser of remembrance trips («Memory Watches») to the battle sites of the 8th Krasnopresnenskaya People’s Militia Division for students of the Gnesin Russian Academy of Music (together with the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory).

He holds the rank of Actual State Counsellor of the Russian Federation, 3rd Class (Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 16 of 19 January 2015).

He has received letters of appreciation from the Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation (2012, 2018, 2022), a letter of appreciation from the Russian Academy of Education (2017), a certificate of honour from the Russian Federal Treasury (2022), and the medal «For Diligence and Benefit» of the Federal Treasury (2023).

He has been awarded the commemorative medal «World Youth Festival 2024» and a certificate in recognition of his contribution to the preparation and holding of the World Youth Festival 2024, signed by the President of the Russian Federation V. V. Putin (2024).

He is a member of the Accreditation Commission of the Federal Service for Supervision in Education and Science for the accreditation of experts and expert organisations engaged in state accreditation of educational activities (Orders of Rosobrnadzor No. 1185 of 2 December 2020 and No. 1883 of 16 November 2023).

He has been a member of the National Accreditation Council since 2023.

He has been a member of the International Union of Musical Figures since 2025.

Professional development and advanced training:

From 2013 to 2024 he completed professional development courses at the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, the Academy of Civil Protection of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia, the Russian State University for the Humanities, the Moscow Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, the Horizon Centre for Continuing Education of the Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia, the Gnesin Russian Academy of Music, the State‑Funded Educational Institution of the Kaliningrad Region «Educational and Methodological Centre», and the National University of Public Service. The topics of these programmes included «Public Finance Management», «State and Municipal Procurement Management for Heads and Commission Chairpersons», «Mobilisation Training in Federal Executive Bodies and Other State Bodies», «Business Russian», «The Contract System: Practical Issues of Organising, Conducting, Participating in and Monitoring Procurement», «Main Directions of Reform of Supervisory and Oversight Activities», «Anti‑Corruption», «Current Trends in the Development of Universities’ International Activities», «New Methods in Teaching Woodwind Instruments», «Regulatory and Methodological Support of Higher Education Programmes» and «Countering the Ideology of Terrorism and Extremism».