Natalya V. Khlynina

She graduated from the Gnesin State Music and Pedagogical Institute in Solo Folk Singing (class of Honoured Artist of Russia, Professor of the Gnesin Russian Academy of Music S. K. Ignatyeva).

She is a First‑Prize Laureate of the 4th Open International Competition for Performers on Multi‑String Fretless Instruments named after Vera Gorodovskaya (Moscow, 2010) and First‑Prize Laureate of the 3rd Folk‑Art Festival‑Competition «Khraniteli Naslediya Rossii» (Moscow, 2010).

In 1988 she was a vocal soloist with the Tomsk Regional Philharmonic.

In 1989 she became a vocal soloist of the Moscow Regional Philharmonic.

From 1990 to 1994 she was a vocal soloist with Mosconcert.

As a concert artist she has appeared on major stages throughout Russia (including Moscow, St Petersburg, Yaroslavl, Nizhny Novgorod, Samara, Yekaterinburg, Surgut, and other cities) and abroad (Mongolia, China, France, Switzerland, Malta, Japan, and elsewhere).

Alongside her concert career she has been active as a teacher, working at the Gnesin Music College since 1993 and at the Gnesin Russian Academy of Music since 1998.

As a solo folk‑singing teacher at the Gnesin College and Academy she plays a key role in linking secondary and higher education, with many college graduates continuing their studies at the Academy. The artistic style of N. V. Khlynina and her students is marked by distinctive individuality, a strong grounding in the folk‑singing tradition, and a high standard of performance culture.

Her students and graduates sing in renowned Russian folk‑singing ensembles; among them are more than fifty laureates of leading folk‑song competitions, including Kseniya Khaytman, Diana Seryozhina, Serafima Vikman, Darya Shakhurina, Valeria Gellert, Alexandra Vlasova, and Valeria Chinkivskaya.

Students and graduates of her class are members of prominent folk‑singing ensembles, including:

• the Moscow State Folklore Music Theatre «Russkaya pesnya»;
• the Pyatnitsky State Russian Folk Choir;
• the Northern State Folk Choir;
• the Russian Song Choir of All‑Union Radio and Television, among others.

N. V. Khlynina is a regular speaker at academic and practical conferences, has published articles in scholarly and methodological collections and journals, and has authored specialised curricula for music colleges and universities.

N. V. Khlynina serves on juries of numerous all‑Russian and international competitions and festivals, where she also gives masterclasses and creative workshops, in cities including:

• Moscow (2003, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012–2018);
• Kalachinsk, Omsk Region (2003, 2004, 2008);
• Syzran (2006, 2013–2018);
• Nefteyugansk (2006);
• Samara (2010, 2015–2018);
• Baikalsk (2005);
• Novy Urengoy (2007);
• Anapa (2006, 2009);
• Perm (2008, 2012, 2014);
• Ryazan (2008, 2010, 2017);
• Sochi (2008, 2010, 2014, 2015);
• Peterhof (2006); Surgut (2010);
• Kemerovo (2011);
• St Petersburg (2011, 2013, 2014);
• Novosibirsk (2011); Ufa (2011, 2014);
• Nizhny Novgorod (2012, 2013, 2014, 2016);
• Tobolsk (2012);
• Saratov (2012, 2014, 2016);
• Izhevsk (2013, 2014);
• Kostroma (2013, 2015);
• Vladivostok (2015–2017);
• Ulyanovsk (2017);
• Chelyabinsk (2015, 2017);
• Vladimir (2017);
• Serpukhov (2017);
• Podolsk (2016, 2017).

She is an Honorary Jury Member of the International Children’s and Youth Creativity Festival‑Competition «Roza vetrov».

Awards:

• Honorary Certificate from the Presidium of the Moscow City Committee of the Cultural Workers’ Union;
• Honorary Certificate of the Moscow City Komsomol Committee for high performance mastery;
• a Certificate from the Patriarchal Centre for the Spiritual Development of Children and Youth at Danilov Monastery in Moscow;
• Certificates from the Chair of the Russian Cultural Workers’ Union for successful cooperation with Primorye trade‑unions as Chair of the jury of the International Choral Competition «Golos druzhby» (2015–2017).

In addition, N. V. Khlynina has received many letters of thanks and diplomas for her contribution to the development of children’s and youth creativity, her outstanding teaching, and her professional training of folk‑singing specialists.

Participation in competitions and festivals (as jury member or chair):

• all‑Russian Festival‑Competition of Creative Ensembles «Serdtse Rossii», Moscow, DK «Prozhektor»;
• Chair of the jury, International Choral Competition «Golos druzhby 2016», Vladivostok;
• jury member, International Festival‑Competition «Vesennie fantazii», Vologda;
• jury member, International Festival‑Competition «Begushchaya po volnam», Moscow, Academy of Labour and Social Relations;
• jury member, International Festival‑Competition «Bogatstvo Rossii», Moscow, Cosmos Hotel Concert Hall;
• jury member, all‑Russian Youth Creativity Competition «Kapitany mira», Moscow, MISiS;
• jury member, International Festival‑Competition «Raduga talantov», Samara;
• jury member, International Festival‑Competition of Classical and Folk Art «Solnechnyy pavlin», Serpukhov (2017);
• Chair of the jury, National Youth Traditional‑Creativity Festival‑Competition «Yeseninskaya Rus’» (2017);
• jury member, International Festival‑Competition «Moy put’», Vladimir (2017);
• jury member, International Choral Competition «Golos druzhby», Vladivostok (2017);
• jury member, International Festival‑Competition «Moy put’», Ulyanovsk (2017).

Masterclasses:

• masterclass within the International Choral Competition «Golos druzhby 2016», Vladivostok;
• masterclass at the International Festival‑Competition «Vesennie fantazii», Vologda (2016);
• masterclass at the International Festival‑Competition «Bogatstvo Rossii», Moscow, Gnesin Academy College (2016);
• masterclass within the all‑Russian Youth Creativity Competition «Kapitany mira», Moscow, MISiS (2016);
• masterclass at the International Festival‑Competition «Raduga talantov», Samara (2016);
• masterclass at the International Festival‑Competition of Classical and Folk Art «Solnechnyy pavlin», Serpukhov (2017);
• masterclass at the Youth Traditional‑Creativity Festival‑Competition «Yeseninskaya Rus’», Ryazan (2017);
• masterclass at the International Festival‑Competition «Moy put’», Vladimir (2017);
• masterclass at the International Choral Competition «Golos druzhby», Vladivostok (2017);
• masterclass at the International Festival‑Competition «Moy put’», Ulyanovsk (2017).

Publication data:

Her article «On the Interconnection of Secondary and Higher Education: The Example of Solo Folk‑Singing Pedagogical Practice» (pp. 135–141) appears in the collection «Problems and Prospects for the Development of Folk‑Singing Performance and Education in Russia» (dedicated to the centenary of People’s Artist of the USSR, Professor N. K. Meshko), Moscow, 2017.