CONTENTS

From the editor ………………………………..……………………………………7

VITA BREVIS, ARS LONGA

Svetlana Cherepova, Ekaterina Stepanova

FIRST OPEN SIBERIAN REGIONAL VOCAL COMPETITION

NAMED AFTER V.V. SOTNIKOVA ………………………………………….…..8

CREATIVE ROADS

Albina Shakirova

TATAR ACADEMIC OPERA AND BALLET THEATER

NAMED AFTER M. JALIL: THE BEGINNING OF THE PATH ……………….26

WORKS AND CHARACTERS

Olga Ivanova, Ekaterina Graf

TYPICAL FEATURES OF BENJAMIN BRITTEN'S STYLE:

ANALYSIS OF “MISSA BREVIS” ….……………………………………………36

Elena Bogatyreva, Luka Belozerov

OLIVIER MESSIANE. JAPANESE SKETCHES “SEVEN HAI-KU” …………..51

VERBUM DE MUSICA

Sergey Merkulov

"ARE YOU ABLE TO HEAR MUSIC, ROBERT?":

REFLECTION OF EVENTS, PHENOMENA

AND PROCESSES THROUGH THE PERCEPTION OF MUSIC …………….....68

CONCERT LIFE OF THE CITY

Author's concert of the magazine's editor-in-chief ………………………………...81

Information about authors ……………………………………………………….91