SERVICE TO MUSIC: IRINA STOLYAR – STROKES TO THE CREATIVE PORTRAIT

Abstract

In this article the author considers the creative activity of the famous musician Irina Stolyar – pianist, teacher, methodologist, editor-compiler of national music collections from the Republic of Moldova. Then, she describes in detail her work as an expert in the Educational and Methodical Cabinet at the Ministry of Culture in the early 1970s. Special emphasis is laid on her approbation of the new works composed by Moldovan authors that were to be included in concert programs and their further recommendation for the use in pedagogical practice in the children’s music schools and music colleges of the Republic of Moldova. The article analyzes her teaching methodology, which influenced the successful concert performances of students and their further improvement. In the conclusion of the article, the author examines I. Stolyar’s activities as editor-composer of musical collections published in the Republic of Moldova in the period from 2001 to 2009.

Keywords

• teaching methodology
• competition program
• educational-methodical cabinet
• musical compilations
• editor- compiler
• piano miniatures