Khudruk of the Northern Choir showed how to perform Russian Northern songs
Artistic Director of the State Academic Northern Russian Folk Choir Svetlana Ignatieva held an online master class on the performing traditions of Russian Northern songs
Artistic Director of the State Academic Northern Russian Folk Choir Svetlana Ignatieva held an online master class on the performing traditions of Russian northern songs. The broadcast took place on November 7 in Arkhangelsk as part of the final of the All-Russian Choral Festival - 2026.
Honored Artist of Russia, Professor of the Gnessin Russian Academy of Music told about the peculiarities of working with a folk choir consisting exclusively of female voices.
Svetlana Ignatieva paid special attention to the method of learning songs. According to her, the basis of the performance should be, first of all, the comprehension of the text of the work, and only then – work on vocal technique.
During the master class, the Russian folk songs “In the dance, there are girls on the lawn”, “Ah, not one in the field of the track”, “As Sasha had on the oak tree” and “At the green garden” were disassembled. The participants also turned to the works “Niva compressed” and “Ringing echo”, written on the poems of Sergei Yesenin and the music of Alexander Mosolov.
- We showed work on complex choral works that require professional training, and on Russian folk songs that are popular among choral groups. The master class will be interesting and useful for students and teachers of colleges and higher educational institutions, where they study solo and choral folk singing, leaders of folk groups, teachers of additional education, said Svetlana Ignatieva.
The broadcast took place in the communities of the All-Russian Choral Society and the Northern Russian Folk Choir on VKontakte, as well as on the Trukonf platform.
Video recording of the master class "Performing traditions of Russian northern songs" is available in the communities of organizers in the social network "Vkontakte".
