Courses of Professional Development for Music Teachers
Alan
Chircop
Malta
Courses of Professional Development for Music Teachers
Over the past twenty five years, Alan Chircop conducted over thirty-five international orchestras in various theatres, concert halls and festivals in twenty different countries.
Apart from the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra, he conducted the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall and Westminster Central Hall in London; the London Concert Orchestra at the London Coliseum – English National Opera; the Sofia Philharmonic – National Orchestra of Bulgaria; the Armenian State Symphony Orchestra and the National Chamber Orchestra of Armenia; the National Symphony Orchestra of Uzbekistan; the National Philharmonic Orchestra of Macedonia; the Cukurova State Symphony Orchestra of Turkey; the State Philharmonic Orchestras of Astana and Almaty, the Orchestra ‘Academy of Soloists’ and the Pavlodar Symphony Orchestra of Kazakhstan; the Symphonic Orchestra of the State National Theatre of Kyrgyzstan; the Karelian State Philharmonic Orchestra, the Tavrichesky Orchestra of Leningrad Region - St. Petersburg, the Kuban Symphony Orchestra, the Kislovodsk - Mineralnye Vody State Symphony Orchestra, the Altai Krai State Philharomonic, the Sochi Symphony Orchestra and the Moscow Youth Symphony Orchestra in Russia; L’Orchestra Citta’ di Ravenna and L’Orchestra Sinfonica Duchi d’Acquaviva in Italy; the Royal Oman Symphony Orchestra; the Leopoli State Symphony Orchestra and the Kiev Virtuosi of Ukraine; L' Orchestre Lyrique de Région Avignon-Provence in France; the Karlovy Vary Symphony Orchestra in Czech Republic; the Mihail Jora Philharmonic of Bacau in Romania; the Pleven Philharmonic Orchestra in Bulgaria; the Westsächsische Philharmonie and the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Symphony Orchestra Leipzig in Germany; the Camerata con Cor(d)e of Belgium and various chamber concerts in Croatia and United Arab Emirates among others.
Gulmira
Kurganbayeva
Kazakhstan
Courses of Professional Development for Music Teachers
Topics of the lectures:
- “How to Manage and Engage Millennials, Gen Z, and Gen Alpha”
- “Career Design”
- “AI in the New Pedagogy"
• Professional Experience: Gulmira Kurganbayeva is a PhD in economics, Master of Public Administration (MPA), analyst, and business trainer with over 10 years of experience. She is the founder and CEO of the online academy “Ұлттық Ұстаз” (Ulttyq Ustaz), as well as the founder of Alem University and UBES School. Her expertise includes consulting on strategic development for more than 50 Kazakhstani companies, including “Sulpak Electronics,” BI Group, “Interoptika,” and others.
• Education and Career: Gulmira Kurganbayeva has held various academic and administrative positions, including the role of rector at the Almaty Management University and dean of the School of Public Policy and Law. She also completed an internship in innovative economics at Duke University in the United States.
• Educational Initiatives: In her work, Gulmira Kurganbayeva aims to create a world-class university – Alem University – which will prepare students with practical skills in business, engineering, pedagogy, and new media. She actively works on forming an educational environment that fosters the development of individuals with high social responsibility.
Sayyora
Gafurova
Kazakhstan
Courses of Professional Development for Music Teachers
Topic of the lectures:
“Stages of the Historical Development of Piano Art in Uzbekistan”
Sayyora Gafurova - Honored Artist of the Republic of Uzbekistan, professor, vice-rector for science and innovation of the State Conservatory of Uzbekistan, laureate of international competitions. She graduated with honours from the specialized music school named after V. Uspensky in the classes of the Honoured Teacher of Uzbekistan T. Popovich and Professor G. Kalmykova. As a schoolgirl, she became a laureate of the Republican competition among secondary school students. During her years of study at the Tashkent Conservatory (in the class of Professor A. Geckelman, in graduate school - in the class of Professor O. Yusupova), S. Gafurova took an active part and became a laureate of various international competitions and competitions in Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan), Leeds (England), Marsala (Italy), Cantu (Italy), Enne (Italy), Paris (France).
Having first appeared on stage at the age of ten, she has been a soloist at the piano for more than forty years and is one of the leading concert pianists in Uzbekistan. Her extensive repertoire includes over twenty works for piano and orchestra by such composers as J. S. Bach, J. Haydn, W. Mozart, L. Beethoven, F. Chopin, J. Brahms, P. Tchaikovsky, S. Rachmaninov.
Gafurova is the first performer in Uzbekistan of a number of masterpieces of the world piano repertoire, including Concerto No. 2 for keyboard and orchestra (E major) BWV 1053 and Concerto No. 4 for keyboard and orchestra (A major) BWV 1055 by J. S. Bach, Concerto Concerto for keyboard by F.E. Bach, Rondo in G major op.129 “Rage over a lost penny” by L. Beethoven (arranged by F. Yanov-Yanovsky for piano and orchestra), Andante spianato and great brilliant polonaise by F. Chopin (author’s version for piano and orchestra), Concerto for piano and orchestra No. 2 in G major op. 44 P. Tchaikovsky.
