Yelena SHIN

                                  Nationality: Republic of Kazakhstan

                                  Contact information:

                                  Phone number: 8-777-220-50-29

                                  E-mail: shin.i.yelena@gmail.com

                                  Position: Associate Professor

The name of specialty and code: "Piano".

Full-time employee þ

1. EDUCATION:  

1974 – 1977 — Assistantship; specialty – Piano, led by Professor Eva Kogan; Almaty State Conservatoire named after Kurmangazy, KazSSR;

1967 – 1972 — Diploma with Honours commissioning qualifications of Performer; Accompanier; Instructor; Chamber ensemble's Principal; specialty – Piano, taught by Professor Eva Kogan; The State Institute of Arts named after Kurmangazy, KazSSR;

1963 – 1967 — Diploma with Honours commissioning qualifications of Music School Teacher; Accompanier; specialty – Piano, taught by Yelena Kaspinna; Music High School associated with Moscow Conservatoire named after Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Moscow, RSFSR;

1958 – 1962 — Certificate with Distinction; specialty – Piano, Music School named after Amre Kashaubayev, Alma-Ata, KazSSR.

2. AWARDS: 

3. WORK EXPERIENCE: 

September 2017 - till now – The Kazakh National Conservatoire named after Kurmangazy, Associate Professor in Compulsory Piano Department;

September 2009 – September 2017 – The Kazakh National Conservatoire named after Kurmangazy, Associate Professor in Voice Department;

September 2007 – September 2009 – The Kazakh National Conservatoire named after Kurmangazy, Associate Professor in Choral and Orchestral Conducting Department;

September 2001 – September 2007 – The Kazakh National Conservatoire named after Kurmangazy, Associate Professor in Compulsory Piano of Voice and Conducting Faculty;

August 2001 – September 2001 – The Kazakh State Conservatoire named after Kurmangazy, Associate Professor in Compulsory Piano of Voice and Conducting Faculty;

August 1999 – August 2001 – The Almaty Conservatoire named after Kurmangazy, Associate Professor in Compulsory Piano of Voice and Conducting Faculty;

May 1980 – August 1999 – The Almaty State Conservatoire named after Kurmangazy, Assistant Professor in Compulsory Piano Department;

November 1973 – May 1980 – The Almaty State Conservatoire named after Kurmangazy, Full-time Instructor in Compulsory Piano Department;

September 1973 – November 1973 – Music High School named after Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Almaty, Full-time Instructor;

February 1973 – August 1973 – The Guryev Music High School, Full-time Instructor in Piano Performance;

February 1968 – February 1973 – The State Institute of Arts named after Kurmangazy, Almaty, Accompanier. 

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE:

May 2017 — The Kazakh State Special Music Residential School for talented children named after A.Zhubanov, Chairman of The State Examination Board on Compulsory Piano

September 1988 – September 2017 — The Kazakh National Conservatoire named after Kurmangazy, Voice and Conducting Faculty Senate's Member
May 2006 – June 2006 – Aktobe Music College named after Akhmet Zhubanov, Chairman of The State Examination Board

August 1999 – September 2008 – The Kazakh National Conservatoire named after Kurmangazy, Head of Compulsory Piano Department
Oktober 1997 – August 1999 – The Almaty State Conservatoire named after Kurmangazy, Dean of Voice and Conducting Faculty
1990 – 1992 – The Almaty State Conservatoire named after Kurmangazy, Executive Secretary of The Conservatoire Addmissions Office

February 1973 – July 1973 - The Guryev Music High School, Head of Piano Department

1. Ruslan SOVET – Grand Prix in Solo Performance (Compulsory Piano Discipline) of The II International Competition EURASIA PIANO FORUM in Piano Category for students of different specialties, Astana, 2016
2. Ruslan SOVET – Grand Prix in Ensemble Performance of The II International Competition EURASIA PIANO FORUM in Piano Category for students of different specialties, Astana, 2016
3. Yelmar BURIBAYEV – Grand Prix in Ensemble Performance of The I International Competition EURASIA PIANO FORUM in Piano Category for students of different specialties, Astana, 2015
4. Miras AKIMBEK – 1^st Prize in Solo Performance (Compulsory Piano Discipline) of The IV International Competition EURASIA PIANO FORUM in Piano Category for students of different specialties, Astana, 2018
5. Martebe ABIDILDA – 1^st Prize in Solo Performance (Compulsory Piano Discipline) of The IV International Competition EURASIA PIANO FORUM in Piano Category for students of different specialties, Astana, 2018
6. Dinara YESTAYEVA – 1^st Prize in Solo Performance (Compulsory Piano Discipline) of The IV International Competition EURASIA PIANO FORUM in Piano Category for students of different specialties, Astana, 2018
7. Yelmar BURIBAYEV – 1^st Prize in Piano Solo Performance of The I International Competition EURASIA PIANO FORUM in Piano Category for students of different specialties, Astana, 2015
8. Anargul SARGOZHAYEVA – 1^st Prize in Piano Solo Performance of The I Republic Competition in Piano Category for students of different specialties, Astana, 2013
9. Zhibek NAURYZBAYEVA – 1^st Prize in Ensemble Performance of The II International Competition EURASIA PIANO FORUM in Piano Category for students of different specialties, Astana, 2016
10. Arai KUDAIBERGEN – 2^nd Prize in Solo Performance (Compulsory Piano Discipline) of The III International Competition EURASIA PIANO FORUM in Piano Category for students of different specialties, Astana, 2017
11. Ulzhan MUSULMANBAYEVA – 2^nd Prize in Solo Performance (Compulsory Piano Discipline) of The III International Competition EURASIA PIANO FORUM in Piano Category for students of different specialties, Astana, 2017
12. Zhibek NAURYZBAYEVA – 2^nd Prize in Solo Performance (Compulsory Piano Discipline) of The II International Competition EURASIA PIANO FORUM in Piano Category for students of different specialties, Astana, 2016
13. Meruyert ILES – 2^nd Prize in Piano Solo Performance of The I International Competition EURASIA PIANO FORUM in Piano Category for students of different specialties, Astana, 2015
14. Anna LATYNTSYEVA – 2^nd Prize in Piano Solo Performance of The I Republic Competition in Piano Category for students of different specialties, Astana, 2013
15. Maral ABITBEKOVA – 3^rd Prize in Ensemble Performance of The II International Competition EURASIA PIANO FORUM in Piano Category for students of different specialties, Astana, 2016
16. Anastasia VOROBYOVA – 3^rd Prize in Ensemble Performance of The II International Competition EURASIA PIANO FORUM in Piano Category for students of different specialties, Astana, 2016
17. Anna LATYNTSYEVA – 3^rd Prize in Ensemble Performance of The I Republic Competition in Piano Category for students of different specialties, Astana, 2013
18. Anargul SARGOZHAYEVA – 3^rd Prize in Ensemble Performance of The I Republic Competition in Piano Category for students of different specialties, Astana, 2013
19. Aigerim KALIKHANOVA – Best classical performance in Ensemble Performance of The I Republic Competition in Piano Category for students of different specialties, Astana, 2013
20. Gaukhar MUKHAMBEDYAROVA – Certificate of participation at The I International Competition EURASIA PIANO FORUM in Piano Category for students of different specialties, Astana, 2015

4. PUBLICATIONS, SCIENTIFIC WORKS: 

5. CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION (2010-2016): 

6. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:

1. 25-30 January 2016 – Professional development training workshop The new design of teaching programs within the framework of competency-based approach; Almaty, Republic of Kazakhstan, The Kazakh National Conservatoire named after Kurmangazy
2. 12-25 November 2012 – Masterclasses of Marco Balderi (Italy); Almaty, Republic of Kazakhstan, The Kazakh National Conservatoire named after Kurmangazy
3. 1-14 October 2012 – Masterclasses of N.Bekmukhambetov, Honored Artist of Kazakhstan, Honored Artist of Tatarstan; Almaty, Republic of Kazakhstan, The Kazakh National Conservatoire named after Kurmangazy
4. 14-15 March 2012 – Masterclasses of Professor N. Sharippova Students' as a part of The Republic research-to-practice conference dedicated to Professor N. Sharipova's 80^th birthday anniversary; Almaty, Republic of Kazakhstan, The Kazakh National Conservatoire named after Kurmangazy
5. 16 February – 24 May 2012 – Kazakh Language Course; Almaty, Republic of Kazakhstan, The Kazakh National Conservatoire named after Kurmangazy
6. 26 September - 2 October 2011 – Masterclasses of P.Nersessian, Honored Artist of Russian Federation, Professor of The Moscow State Conservatory named after P.I.Tchaikovsky; Almaty, Republic of Kazakhstan, The Kazakh National Conservatoire named after Kurmangazy
7. 25-31 August 2011 – Masterclasses of M.Voskresensky, Professor of The Moscow State Conservatory named after P.I.Tchaikovsky; Almaty, Republic of Kazakhstan, The Kazakh National Conservatoire named after Kurmangazy
8. 5 December 2008 – Computer skills course as a part of The Digital divide reduction Program in The Republic of Kazakhstan; Almaty, Almaly Distirict Local Administration
9. April 1985 - Internship at The Moscow State Conservatory named after P.I.Tchaikovsky

7. SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS (RESEARCH AREA):

Educational Mission

What are the aims and objectives of your teaching methods?

The target is to contribute to young musicians becoming highly competent professionals in a competitive modern world.

Fitting students with piano skills in tight time limits my objectives are to teach them to perform solo, ensemble, and accompaniment on the piano.
How do you see your graduates at the end of the course?

An alumnus is to be a professional, a many-sided and a very cultured person, a thinker - one who is able to acquire and consolidate information and be-well versed in classic and modern music. Moreover, a successful alumnus is competitive and internationally at a premium.

What kind of methods do you practice to pursue these aims?

Building right motivation, as high as possible integration of specialty and piano curriculum, implementing new effective teaching methods, individual attention to every single student, and reasoning students to widen music range of interest are guarantors of goal achievement. 

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