“Every Teacher is the Driving Force Behind Science and Education” (An interview with Irina S. Stogniy).

Abstract

Irina S. Stogniy is Doctor of Art Studies and Full Professor of the Analytical Musicology Department at the Gnesin Russian Academy of Music. She is also Editor-in-Chief of the journal Uchenye Zapiski of the Gnesin Russian Academy of Music . Prof. Stogniy is the leader and a regular participant of international research projects in musicology. She is the author of a series of research papers focusing on important theoretical issues in musicology. Among them is the monograph Connotation in Musical Texts (2013). Prof. Stogniy developed a new elective course Musical Semiology for musicologists and composers. The course is delivered in higher music education institutions. She is also the author of a number of educational programmes.

The interview focused substantively on the projects initiated and lead by Prof. Stogniy. They include two research conferences: Semantics of the Musical Language and Christian Images in Art. In her interview, Prof. Stogniy shared her teaching experience with the former students and now teachers of the Gnesin Russian Academy of Music: Olga O. Moskvina and Svetlana A. Pavlova.

Keywords: Irina Stogniy, science, research interests, pedagogical experience, musical semiotics, connotation, conference, students, experiment, publications, plans for the future

For citation: Stogniy I.S., Moskvina O.O., Pavlova S.A. “Every Teacher is the Driving Force Behind Science and Education” (An interview with Irina S. Stogniy) [Electronic source]. In: Sovremennye problemy muzykoznaniya / Contemporary Musicology, 2021, No. 4, pp. 4–29. (In Russ.) DOI: 10.56620/2587-9731-2021-4-004-029