Vera B. Nosina

V. Nosina is a Professor at the Gnesins Russian Academy of Music, a Merited Artist of the Russian Federation, a Honoured Cultural Worker of Kyrgyzstan and a Laureate of numerous international competitions.

She began her musical education at the Samara School of Music in the class of Tamara Barynina, then continued her studies at the Samara Music College in the class of Lydia Muravyeva.

From 1960 to 1967, she studied at the Gnesin State Musical Institute (now The Gnesin Russian Academy of Music). She also did a postgraduate course under the guidance of Professor Alexander Iokheles, an outstanding representative of the school of K. N. Igumnov.

Since 1965 she has been working at The Gnesin Russian Academy of Music. At the same time, she taught special piano classes at the Schnittke Moscow State Institute of Music (from 2005 to 2013 — Head of the Department of Special Piano), and at the Chopin Moscow State College of musical performance. For a number of years, she also worked at the Gnesin Moscow State College of Music, regularly conducting master classes in Russia and abroad.

More than 170 graduates have finished studies in the V. B. Nosina's class. Among them there are many famous musicians, Folk and Honoured Artists of Russia and Kirghizia, Honoured Cultural Workers of the Russian Federation, Honoured Workers of Higher School, holders of academic degrees in Art History and Pedagogical Sciences, Doctoral Degrees in Musical Arts (USA).

Many of her students have received high awards at prestigious international competitions, including Horowitz and Memory of E. Gilels (Ukraine), C. Filtsch (Romania), N. Rubinstein (France), «Les nuits pianistique» in Aix-en-Provence (France), «Golden Parnassus» (Poland), Princess Lalla Meriem (Morocco), L. Janacek in Brno (Czech Republic), J. S. Bach in Würzburg (Germany), «Premio Jaen» in Jaen (Spain), competitions in Houston (Texas, USA.), in Zurich (Switzerland), S. Benditsky (Saratov), S. Savshinsky (Saint-Petersburg), D. Kabalevsky (Samara), Z. Ismagilov (Ufa), M. Balakirev (Krasnodar), «Path to mastery» (Moscow; Rostov-on-Don), all-Russian «Delphic games» (Moscow; Yekaterinburg), A. Karamanov (Simferopol)

V. Nosina performs in Russia, Europe (Greece, Italy, France, Spain, Sweden, Poland, Denmark, Lithuania, etc.) and in the United States. She conducts seminars and masterclasses, gives lectures on musical styles and performing skills in many cities in Russia, the CIS, Europe and the USA.

V. Nosina's scientific work is mainly devoted to the study of Baroque music and, in particular, the work of J. S. Bach. She is the author of a number of articles, including those translated into foreign languages, and two monographs.

V. Nosina is a member of the jury of many international competitions: in Germany, Spain, France, Italy, Austria, Poland, Lithuania, and Russia.

Publications:

• Manifestation of Musical-Rhetorical Principles in the Keyboard Sonatas of C. P. E. Bach // Musical Rhetoric and the Art of Piano Playing. Collected Works of the Gnesin State Musical Pedagogical Institute, Issue 104. — Moscow: Gnesin Institute, 1989;
• On the Composition and Content of J. S. Bach’s French Suites // Interpretation of J. S. Bach’s Keyboard Works. Collected Works of the Gnesin State Musical Pedagogical Institute, Issue 109. — Moscow: Gnesin Institute, 1990;
• Symbolism in the Music of J. S. Bach and Its Interpretation in «The Well-Tempered Clavier» / Study Guide for Faculty Development Programs. — Moscow: Gnesin State Musical Pedagogical Institute, 1991;
• On Working on Prokofiev’s Second Sonata in the Class of Professor A. L. Iokheles // Interuniversity Collection. — Rostov-on-Don: Rostov State Pedagogical University, 1993;
• Alexander Lvovich Iokheles: Musician and Educator // Traditions of Russian Piano Pedagogy. Collected Works, Issue 132. — Moscow: Gnesin Russian Academy of Music, 1995;
• On the Symbolism of J. S. Bach’s «French Suites» // B. L. Yavorsky, Bach’s Keyboard Suites; V. B. Nosina, On the Symbolism of J. S. Bach’s «French Suites». — Moscow: Klassika-XXI, 2006;
• Music Was His Destiny // Fortepiano (Piano). — Moscow: EPTA, 2002, No. 2 (16);
• Symbolism in the Music of J. S. Bach. — Moscow: Klassika-XXI, 2006 (two editions);
• The Enigma of J. S. Bach’s Fourteenth Invention // Processes of Musical Creativity. Collected Works, Issue 8 (166). — Moscow: Gnesin Russian Academy of Music, 2005;
• The Sorcerer of Sound // B. M. Berlin: Musician, Personality, Educator. — Moscow: Gnesin Russian Academy of Music, 2006;
• Holistic Thinking in Musical Education // Musical Education and Upbringing in Russia, CIS Countries, and Europe in the 21st Century: State and Prospects. Proceedings of the III International Conference. — St. Petersburg: St. Petersburg Conservatory, 2008;
• Musical Style as an Expression of a Mode of Thinking // Musical Education in Russia. Abstracts of the Interuniversity Scientific and Practical Conference. — Moscow: A. G. Schnittke Moscow State Institute of Music, 2008;
• 24 Piano Sonatas by D. I. Krivitsky (Preface) // 24 Piano Sonatas by D. I. Krivitsky, 2008;
• J. S. Bach’s French Suites as a Musical-Philosophical Treatise on the Nature of Motion // Three Hundred Years of the Piano. — Moscow: A. G. Schnittke Moscow State Institute of Music, 2009;
• My Teacher A. L. Iokheles // Piano Pedagogy of Russia 1918-2008. — Moscow: A. G. Schnittke Moscow State Institute of Music, 2008;
• Reading the Meaning of a Musical Work as a Teaching Tool // Problems of Piano Pedagogy. Collection of articles, Gnesin Russian Academy of Music. — 2011;
• Symbolika w muzyce Jana Sebastiana Bacha [Symbolism in the Music of Johann Sebastian Bach] // Zeszyty Naukowe «Forum», Issue I. — 2011. (In Polish);
• Hidden Meanings in the Music of J. S. Bach // Igraem s nachala [Playing from the Beginning]. Musical newspaper. — 2012. — No. 5 (99);
• On My Teacher A. L. Iokheles // Muzykant-klassik [Classical Musician]. — 2012. — No. 3-4;
• The Age of Iokheles // Piano Forum. — 2012. — No. 2 (10);
• The Music of J. S. Bach in the Work of A. B. Goldenweiser // Mentor: Alexander Goldenweiser Through the Eyes of His Contemporaries. — Moscow — St. Petersburg: Universitetskaya Kniga. — 2014;
• Musical Rhetoric in the Keyboard Sonatas of C. P. E. Bach // Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: On the 300th Anniversary of His Birth. — Moscow: Moscow Conservatory. — 2017;
• Number Symbolism in J. S. Bach’s Two-Part Invention No. 14 in B-flat Major // Topical Issues of Piano Pedagogy. — Moscow: Soglasie. — 2017;
• The Gift of Discovery // Petrov, Yu. P. The Secret Writing of Baroque Music: Collection of Scientific Works and Memoirs about the Author. — Moscow: Muzyka, 2019. Educational Materials and Lectures: «Musical Rhetoric and Performance». Audio teaching aid — Library of the Alfred Schnittke Moscow State Institute of Music. 2011;
• «Baroque, Classical Sonata». Lecture series on interpretation. Special class, 1st-4th year students. 2013.

As a Vice-President of the International Association of teachers and musicians «Art and education of the XXI century», she organizes international forums, festivals and competitions in Greece, Portugal, Italy, Austria, Lithuania, Russia, including: festival-competition «Musica Classica» (Moscow, D.T.C. «Ruza»), festival-competition «Music without borders» (Lithuania, Druskininkai).