Rubin Abdullin (Organist)
Rubin Abdullin, Professor Ph.D., Rector of the Kazan State Conservatoire.
Abdullin graduated from the Piano Department of the Kazan State
Conservatoire under Professor E.A. Monaszon. He studied organ at the Leningrad
State Conservatoire in the class of N. I. Oksentyan (1974). During his
post-graduate studies at the Moscow State Conservatoire he trained as an
organist and teacher under the instruction of L.I. Roizman (1979). From 1973
onwards Abdullin has been teaching a class of specialized piano and organ at the
Kazan State Conservatoire. Among his students there are instructors of leading
music schools, organists, as well as prize-winners of Russian national and
international competitions.
The organist frequently gives concerts at home and abroad. His repertoire
embraces all main styles of the organ music – from Renaissance to the present
day. He performed a great number of major concert programs: “From the History of
Organ Music”, “Johann Bach, his predecessors and contemporaries”, “If Bach ever
kept a diary”, “Portraits of organ composers”, etc. In 2000 he released a
recording of Johann Bach’s Klavierübung III. teil (Organ mass).
Abdullin is a member of the International Union of Musicians
(Russia).
Academic awards, honors, distinctions:
People’s Artist of Tatarstan Republic (1992)
Distinguished Artist of the Russian Federation (1997)
Laureate of the Tatarstan Musa Dzhalil Prize in Literature and Art (1988)
Laureate of the State Russian Federation Award (2000)
People’s Artist of Russia (2007)
Medal “In commemoration of Kazan 1000 years Anniversary” (2005)
“National medal for contribution to the Russian people’s heritage” (2003)
Jubilee medal of the International Union of Musicians (2006)
“Khrustalnaya piramida” (Christal piramyd) Charity Fund Award for
Contribution to the Arts (1997).
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