EDITORIAL COUNCIL
Tamara A. Barysheva
Doctor of Psychological Sciences, Professor, Professor of the Chair of Pedagogics of Primary Education and Art Development of the Child of Institute of the Childhood of the Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia (St. Petersburg), Vice-Chairman of the St. Petersburg office of the International Wagner Union – (“Deutsche Richard Wagner Gesellschaft Bayreuth”), St. Petersburg, Russia.
Sheila Woodward
PhD, Professor of Music and Director of Music Education at Eastern Washington University (USA). Past President of the International Society for Music Education (ISME) and Vice President of the International Music Council, Washington, USA.
Ion Gagim
Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor, Professor of the Department of Art and Art Education of the Alecu Russo Balti State University, Balti, Moldova.
Valery A. Gergiev
Artistic Director and General Director of the Mariinsky Theatre, Professor, People’s Artist of Russia, the Hero of Labor of Russia, laureate of State Prize of Russia, a member of the Council for Culture and Arts under the President of Russia, holder of government awards of Germany (Cross of the 1st class “For Merit”), Italy (Grand ‘ufficialedell’ Ordine al merito), France (Order of Arts and Letters), the Netherlands (“Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion”), Japan (Order of the Rising Sun), the Honorary Title “UNESCO Artist for Peace”, Prize of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music Polar Music Prize and European Award Glashütte Original Music Festival Prize 2010, Honorary President of the Edinburgh International Festival, organizer and leader of international music festivals Honorary Doctor of the Moscow State University, Honorary Professor of St. Petersburg Conservatory, St. Petersburg, Russia.
Vladimir A. Gurevich
Doctor of Arts, Professor, Professor of the Department of Musical and Instrumental Training of the Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia (St. Petersburg), the secretary of the Composers’ Union of St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg, Russia.
Leonid Ya. Dorfman
Doctor of Psychological Sciences, Professor, Head of the Chair of humanities of the Perm State Institute of Culture, Member of the Russian Psychological Society, Member of the International Association on an Empirical Esthetics, Perm, Russia.
Dina K. Kirnarskaya
Doctor of Art, Doctor of Psychological Sciences, Professor, Vice Rector of Public Affairs of Gnessin Russian Academy of Music, Research Supervisor of Producer Faculty, Head of the Chair of History of Music, President of Autonomous nonprofit organization “Talanty-XXI Century”, Member of the Union of Composers of the Russian Federation, Member of the Union of Journalists of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia.
Elena D. Kritskaya
PhD in Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the magazine “Art at School”, Excellent Worker of public Education, Excellent Worker of public Education of the USSR, Author of Textbooks “Music”, Methodological Manuals for Teachers of the National Primary and Basic General Education System, Moscow, Russian Federation.
Alexander A. Melik-Pashaev
Doctor of Psychological Sciences, Professor, Chief Researcher of the “Psychological institute” of the Russian Academy of Education, Editor-in-Chief of Journal “Art in School”, Laureate of the Prize of the Government of the Russian Federation in the field of education, The A.A. Smirnov’s Prize for The First Degree for Contribution to the Development of Psychological Science, K.D. Ushinsky’s Medal for Services in Educational Sciences, G.I. Chelpanov’s Medal, I Degree, etc. Moscow, Russia.
Elena V. Nikolaeva
Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor, Professor of the Department of Methodology and Technologies of Pedagogy of Music Education named after E.B. Abdullin, Institute of Fine Arts, Moscow Pedagogical State University (MPGU), laureate of the Government of the Russian Federation Prize in Education, Honorary Worker of Higher Professional Education of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russian Federation.
LYUDMILA A. RAPATSKAYA (RUSSIA)
Doctor of Pedagogy, PhD in Art History, Professor, Professor of the Department of Methodology and Technologies of Pedagogy of Music Education named after E.B. Abdullin of the Institute of Fine Arts of the Moscow Pedagogical State University (MPGU), Honored Worker of the Higher School of the Russian Federation, member of the Union of Composers of Russia, Moscow, Russian Federation.
Alexandr S. Sokolov
Doctor of Art, Professor, Rector of Moscow P.I. Tchaikovsky Conservatory, Head of the Department of Music Theory, Honored Worker of Art of the Russian Federation, Laureate of the State Prize of the Russian Federation in the Field of Literature and Art, Member of the Union of Composers of Russia, Moscow, Russia.
David Forrest
PhD, Professor, Professor of Music Education in the School’s of Education and Art at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT), Honorary Member of the Australian Society for Music Education (FASME), Melbourne, Australia.
Rodion K. Shchedrin
Honorary Professor of the Moscow and the St. Petersburg State Conservatory, The Beijing Conservatory, Lomonosov Moscow State University, People’s Artist of the USSR, Honorary member of the International Music Council (UNESCO), Composer, Knight of the Order “For Merits Before Fatherland” 1, 2, 3, 4 Degrees and of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Laureate of the State Prize of the Russian Federation in the Field of Literature and Art, laureate of the Lenin prize, State prize of the USSR, Winner of the International Award for the Development and Strengthening of Cultural Ties in the Baltic Sea Region “Baltic Star”, Moscow, Russia.
EDITORIAL BOARD
Elena P. Krasovskaya
Editor-in-Chief
Honorary Worker of Education of the Russian Federation, PhD in Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor, Professor of the Department of Music and Performing Arts at the Institute of Fine Arts of Moscow Pedagogical State University (MPGU), Visiting Professor of Northeast Normal University (Changchun, PRC), Moscow, Russian Federation.
Marina S. Osenneva
Deputy Editor-in-Chief
Honorary Worker of Education of the Russian Federation, PhD in Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Methodology and Technologies of Pedagogy of Music Education named after E.B. Abdullin Institute of Fine Arts of Moscow Pedagogical State University (MPGU), Scientific Secretary of the Dissertation Council 33.2.013.06 for the defense of doctoral and candidate theses on the basis of the Moscow Pedagogical State University, Moscow, Russian Federation.
EVGENIYA A. BABAK (RUSSIA)
Executive secretary
Master of Pedagogical Education, Assistant Professor of the Department of Music and Performing Arts at the Institute of Fine Arts of Moscow Pedagogical State University (MPGU), Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation.
Boris R. Iofis
PhD in Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Theory and Art History at the Institute of Fine Arts of Moscow Pedagogical State University (MPGU), Member of the Union of Composers of Russia, Moscow, Russian Federation.
Alla V. Toropova
Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Doctor of Psychological Sciences, Professor, Professor of the Department of Methodology and Technologies of Pedagogy of Music Education named after E.B. Abdullin Institute of Fine Arts of Moscow Pedagogical State University (MPGU), laureate of the Government of the Russian Federation Prize in Education, Chairman of the Dissertation Council 33.2.013.06 for the defense of doctoral and candidate theses on the basis of the Moscow Pedagogical State University, President of the Interregional Association of Musical Psychologists and Psychotherapists (AMPP), Moscow, Russian Federation.
EKATERINA A. SHKAPA (RUSSIA)
PhD in Art, Associate Professor of the Department of Theory and Art History at the Institute of Fine Arts of Moscow Pedagogical State University (MPGU), Scientific Secretary of the Scientific Council of the Institute of Fine Arts, Moscow, Russian Federation.
ELENA G. SAVINA (RUSSIA)
Editor-Marketer
PhD in Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Methodology and Technologies of Pedagogy of Music Education named after E.B. Abdullin Institute of Fine Arts of Moscow Pedagogical State University (MPGU), Moscow, Russian Federation.