Nagornov, Mikhail Mikhailovich

Born December 10, 1983 in Simferopol . He began to study music at the age of 14. He began to engage in classical guitar at the Children's Art School "Small Academy of Arts" in Kazan under the guidance of a teacher Gulnara Shaykhutdinova. He graduated from the school as an external student in three years, and in 2001 he entered the Kazan Music College named after I.V. Aukhadeev. Here his teacher was the Russian guitarist and composer, Honored Artist of the Republic of Tatarstan Vitaly Harisov. In his class, continued studies at the Kazan State Conservatory named after N. G. Zhiganov and graduate school ^[1] .

Even during his studies for high creative achievements, Nagornov was awarded a scholarship of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation “Young Talents” (2004-2005) ^[2] , and in 2009 - the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Tatarstan ^[3] ). In August 2009, he took a course at a guitar school as part of the VI International Festival of Classical Music in Bodrum ( Turkey ).

He participated in creative meetings and master classes of famous musicians, including: Nikolai Komolyatov (Russia), Vladimir Dotsenko (Ukraine), Philip Villa (France), Zoran Dukic ( Croatia ), David Pavlovich ( Hungary ), Marchin Dylla ( Poland ), Aniello Desiderio (Italy) .

Since 2010, she has been teaching guitar at the Department of Folk Instruments of the Kazan Conservatory ^{[4] [5]} . From the same year, he gives concerts and gives master classes, concerts are held in the philharmonic halls in Novosibirsk ^[6] and Orenburg ^[7] , in the Obraztsova cultural center in St. Petersburg ^[8] , in the cities of Tatarstan, Yaroslavl, Nizhny Novgorod, Yekaterinburg and Kurgan region, Tyumen, Izhevsk, Cheboksary, Ulyanovsk, Yoshkar-Ola. Participants and guests of the master classes invariably note his ability to work with guitarists of any age ^[9] , and concert listeners - “ impeccable performing technique combined with a rich sound palette ” ^[10] , and “subtle and poetically soulful sound, mesmerizing with its“ guitar intellectualism "" ^[11] . He is one of the authors and organizers of the “Many-Faced Guitar” guitar subscription in Kazan ^[12] .

Since 2018, she has been acting as an invited teacher of summer and winter guitar schools in Russia - “Guitar Renaissance” (Kurgan Region) ^{[13] [14]} , “Summer Guitar School of Yuri Kuzin” (Novosibirsk) ^[15] .

Currently ^{[ what? ] In} addition to the Kazan Conservatory, he also teaches at the Kazan State Institute of Culture ^[16] .

• 2004 - I prize of the XIII Open Competition of Young Performers on Folk Instruments named after S. Saidasheva (Kazan);
• 2004 - III prize of the International competition of classical guitar performers (Togliatti);
• 2007 - Diploma winner of the Tabula Rasa International Festival-Competition;
• 2009 - III prize of the International Competition "Guitar in the XXI Century" (Kazan) ^[17] ;
• 2009 - Diploma-recipient of the X International Classical Guitar Competition ( Nizhny Novgorod );
• 2009 - III prize of the VIII International Competition for Classical Guitar Performers and Guitar Ensembles ( Belgorod );
• 2010 - II prize of the VII International Guitar Festival named after the master I. E. Kuznetsov ( Magnitogorsk );
• 2011 - II prize of the International Guitar Virtuosi Competition for Guitars (St. Petersburg) ^[18] ;
• 2011 - II prize of the International Frauchi Classical Guitar Competition (Nizhny Novgorod);
• 2014 - III prize International festival-competition "Classical guitar", (Novosibirsk);
• 2015 - II prize of the S. D. Orekhov International Competition, (Kazan) ^[19] ;
• 2016 - II prize of the International Competition “Classical Guitar”, (Novosibirsk) ^[20] - in the finals he performed with the Novosibirsk Small Symphony Orchestra, the main conductor is I. Novikov ^[21] ;
• 2018 - II Prize of the International Music Festival “Guitar Magic” (St. Petersburg) ^{[22] [23] [24]} .

• International Competition of Folk Instruments S. Saidasheva (Kazan) ^{[25] [26]}
• International Festival-Competition "Cup of Five" (Kazan) ^[27]
• International competition of folk instruments performers “Volga Cup” (Kazan) ^{[28] [29] [30]}
• International competition of musical and instrumental performance "Kazan Music Yort" (Kazan) ^[31]
• All-Russian festival-contest "Guitar Renaissance" (Kurgan) ^[14]
• All-Russian competition of young performers on folk instruments and folk song "Springs of Udmurtia" (Izhevsk) ^[32]
• All-Russian competition of young musicians playing guitar "Six spring strings", chairman of the jury (Dimitrovgrad) ^[33]
• Interregional contest of young performers on stringed and plucked instruments named after Maksimova and Pavlova, chairman of the jury (Cheboksary) ^{[34] [35] [36]}
• X, XI Republican competition of classical guitar performers. Yu.Kyrchanova, chairman of the jury (Yoshkar-Ola) ^[37]
• All-Russian competition of musical performance "Constellation of young talents" (Kazan) ^{[38] [39]}
• All-Russian competition of folk instruments "Our hopes" (Nizhny Tagil) ^[40]
• VI Regional Competition for Guitar Performers (Cheboksary) ^[41]
• I Yaroslavl Regional Open Competition for young classical guitar performers (Yaroslavl) ^[42] .

• Interview with laureate of the International Festival “Guitar Magic” Mikhail Nagornov
• Youtube Guitarist Channel
• Report on the concert of the jury of the Republican contest of young performers on the guitar
• Review of the concert of Mikhail Nagornov and Mikhail Totsky
• The page of the teacher on the site of the Kazan State Conservatory named after N. G. Zhiganov