Berko, Marina Aleksandrovna

Marina Aleksandrovna Berko
Marina Aleksandrovna Berko
Date of Birth	August 13, 1921
Place of Birth	Litin (Vinnytsia region) , Ukraine
Date of death	March 12, 2008 (86 years)
Place of death	Bat yam
Citizenship	USSR , Armenia , Israel
Occupation	Musicology

Marina A. Berko ( August 13, 1921 , Litin (Vinnytsia region) , - March 12, 2008 , Bat Yam ) - Soviet and Armenian musicologist , journalist, teacher. The wife of the conductor A. G. Katanyana .

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Biography

Marina Berko was born in a family of doctors and lived with her family in Kiev before the Great Patriotic War . In 1939, Marina Berko graduated from secondary school and entered the historical-theoretical faculty of the Kiev Musical College , and in 1940 - the same faculty of the Kiev State Conservatory ^[1] .

In 1941, the Berko family was evacuated to Sverdlovsk , where Marina Berko entered the 2nd year of the historical-theoretical faculty of the Sverdlovsk Conservatory ^[2] and studied at this faculty in 1941-1944 and 1945-1946. (in 1944-1945, Marina Berko studied at the Moscow Conservatory , having moved to Moscow for a year for family reasons).

In 1946, Marina Berko graduated from the Ural State Conservatory ^{[3] as the} only graduate ^{[2] of the} historical-theoretical faculty; The entire edition of the Ural Conservatory in 1946 consisted of 12 people.

In the year of the tenth anniversary of the historical-theoretical faculty the conservatory graduated from M. Berko (1946). Her thesis was the first surviving in the manuscript funds of the university: the theme of the work “Romances of A. Borodin”.
- Professor of the Department of Theory of Music of the Ural Conservatory LK Shabalina, ^[4]

From September 1945 to August 1946, Marina Berko combined her studies at the Ural Conservatory with teaching at the Sverdlovsk School of Music , where she taught foreign musical literature, and from September 1946 to August 1956. she taught at the Ural Conservatory at the Department of Music History, continuing to work at the Sverdlovsk School of Music. Among colleagues and friends of M. A. Berko are musicologists V. J. Konen ^[5] , N. F. Orlov , V. M. Scheglov, and among the students who attended her course in the history of foreign music, the singer V. M. Baeva and V. M. Nestyagina , singers Yu. A. Gulyaev and B. T. Shtokolov , conductors P. S. Varivod and P. I. Gorbunov . This period includes the articles by M. A. Berko in the magazine “Soviet Music” about the Sverdlovsk Opera and Ballet Theater and its productions ^[6] ^[7] .

From 1956 to 1999 Marina Berko lives in Yerevan , works as a senior music editor at the film studio “Armenfilm” , a member of the Union of Composers of Armenia (since 1960). During this period, articles, monographs were written, collections of works on Armenian music were compiled. M. A. Berko acts as a music columnist for the newspapers “Sovietak Hayastan”, “Golos Armenii” ^[8] , creates cycles of musical programs for the republican radio. Among the works of M. A. Berko of the Yerevan period are books about the composer L. M. Saryan , conductor G. E. Budagian , about the Yerevan State Komitas Conservatory , articles about the creative path and the works of composers A. G. Arutyunyan , M. Israelyan, R. S. Sarkisyan , K. A. Orbelyan , analytical reviews of congresses and plenums of the Union of Composers of Armenia and other works.

MA Berko was also the editor-compiler of the collection “The Musical Culture of the Armenian SSR” ^[9] .

Her [Marina Berko] articles in the allied press ... helped to gain deserved recognition and fame for our composers such as Edgar Avannisyan , Gazaros Saryan, Avet Terteryan , Tigran Mansuryan , Martun Israelian ... Marina Berko left a deep mark on Armenian musicology and journalism.
- Musicologist Araksiya Saryan , ^[10]

After the death of her husband in 1998, M. A. Berko moved to Israel to her younger sister. She died in Bat Yam in 2008.

Major Works ^[11]

Books

Gevorg Budagyan [Conductor, Nar.art. Armenian SSR] / Marina Berko; Union Theater. figures of Armenia. - Yerevan: STDA, 1989. - 87 p.
Conservatory named after Komitas / M-Higher. and n specialist. Education of the Armenian SSR. Yerevan. state Conservatory them. Komitas. - Yerevan: Hayastan, 1973. - 138 p.
Lazar Saryan. - Yerevan: Luys, 1994. - 93 p. - ISBN 5-545-02759-9 .
Musical culture of the Armenian SSR Sat art. Union of Composers of ArmSSR. / status M.A. Berko. - M .: Music, 1985. - 398 p.

Featured Articles

Ballet "Sona" // Soviet Music: magazine. - M .: Soviet composer, 1958. - № 6 . - p . 147-150 . - ISSN 0869-4516 . ^[12] ^[13]
True to his convictions, Soviet Music: magazine. - M .: Soviet composer, 1969. - № 7 . - pp . 11-13 . - ISSN 0869-4516 .
The second youth of Komitas people // Soviet Music: magazine. - M .: Soviet composer, 1985. - № 11 . - p . 51-57 . - ISSN 0869-4516 .
Two ensembles (about the Chamber Orchestra of the Armenian Philharmonic Society and the Violin Ensemble of Television and Radio of Armenia; letters from cities) // Soviet Music: magazine. - M .: Soviet composer, 1973. - № 1 . - pp . 104-107 . - ISSN 0869-4516 .
Notes on the Sverdlovsk Opera / / Soviet Music: Journal. - M .: Muzgiz, 1954. - № 2 . - pp . 119-123 . - ISSN 0869-4516 .
Martun Israelyan's lyrical monologues // Soviet Music: magazine. - M .: Soviet composer, 1985. - № 6 . - pp . 7-18 . - ISSN 0869-4516 .
At congresses, plenary meetings, reviews // Soviet Music: magazine. - M .: Soviet composer, 1981. - № 3 . - pp . 23-27 . - ISSN 0869-4516 .
At congresses, plenary meetings, reviews // Soviet Music: magazine. - M .: Soviet composer, 1984. - № 10 . - pp . 32-36 . - ISSN 0869-4516 .
The complex truths of Alexander Harutyunyan // Soviet Music: the magazine. - M .: Soviet composer, 1990. - № 11 . - p . 4-9 . - ISSN 0869-4516 .
On the mass work in Armenia // Soviet Music: magazine. - M .: Soviet composer, 1961. - № 4 . - p . 147-152 . - ISSN 0869-4516 .
About our contemporary // Soviet Music: magazine. - M .: Soviet composer, 1958. - № 5 . - p . 39—42 . - ISSN 0869-4516 .
Song - our love and care // Soviet Music: magazine. - M .: Soviet composer, 1978. - № 2 . - p . 62-65 . - ISSN 0869-4516 .
Working review of Armenian music (at the 6th congress of Armenian composers) // Soviet Music: magazine. - M .: Soviet composer, 1968. - № 8 . - pp . 42-47 . - ISSN 0869-4516 .
Reflections after the review (about the music sounded at the plenum of the Union of Composers of Armenia) // Soviet Music: magazine. - M .: Soviet composer, 1972. - № 8 . - pp . 38-42 . - ISSN 0869-4516 .
Tanya (Opera G. Kreitner in the Sverdlovsk Theater) // Soviet Music: magazine. - M .: Muzgiz, 1955. - № 9 . - p . 89-92 . - ISSN 0869-4516 .
Difficult and joyful way of learning (On the works of R. Sargsyan) // Soviet Music: magazine. - M .: Soviet composer, 1978. - № 4 . - pp . 14-17 . - ISSN 0869-4516 .

Notes

↑ Some biographical data of M. A. Berko are taken from her personal files stored in the archives of the Ural and Moscow State Conservatories.
² ¹ ² Additional information about the studies of M. A. Berko at the Sverdlovsk State Conservatory was provided by Dr. E. E. Polotskaya, Doctor of Art History, Professor and Professor L. K. Shabalina, Professor at the Department of Theory of Music at the Department of Art History, Professor.
↑ In 1945 the Sverdlovsk Conservatory was renamed the Ural Conservatory.
↑ Shabalina, 2018 , p. 33.
↑ Kadochnikov, 2018 , p. 59.
↑ Berko, 1954 .
↑ Berko, 1955 .
↑ Fedorovich, Shabalina, 2009 , p. 166-167.
↑ Berko, 1985 .
↑ Saryan, 2008 , p. 7
↑ M. A. Berko is the only author or compiler of the books, articles and collections below, therefore information about the author in the list is almost everywhere omitted.
IS The ISSN number is specified for the Musical Academy magazine, the successor of Soviet music, to which the ISSN number was not assigned.
↑ The list of articles is ordered by headlines (the author is common to all articles), and not chronologically; The cited articles were written in 1954–1990.

Links

Article about M. A. Berko in the Big Biographical Encyclopedia

Literature

Kadochnikov V.P. Valentina Joseph Konen - about himself and about time: an interview // Music in the system of culture: Scientific Herald of the Ural Conservatory: collection. - Ekaterinburg: UGK, 2018. - Vol. 14 - pp . 54-62 . - ISSN 0869-4516 .
A. Saryan. Expert and propagandist of Armenian music // Voice of Armenia: newspaper. - Yerevan: Tigran Mets, 2008. - March 20. http://www.golosarmenii.am/
Ural State Conservatory. M. P. Mussorgsky. 75 years of history / comp. E.N. Fedorovich, L.K. Shabalina. - Ural State Conservatory. Mn Mussorgsky, 2009. - 595 p. - ISBN 978-5-98602-052-5 .
Shabalina LK The first generation of students of the historical-theoretical department of the Ural Conservatory // Music in the system of culture: Scientific Bulletin of the Ural Conservatory: a collection. - Ekaterinburg: UGK, 2018. - Vol. 14 - pp . 23-40 . - ISSN 0869-4516 .

[archives-1] Some biographical data of M. A. Berko are taken from her personal files stored in the archives of the Ural and Moscow State Conservatories.

[Shabalina-info-2] ² ¹ ² Additional information about the studies of M. A. Berko at the Sverdlovsk State Conservatory was provided by Dr. E. E. Polotskaya, Doctor of Art History, Professor and Professor L. K. Shabalina, Professor at the Department of Theory of Music at the Department of Art History, Professor.

[renaming-cons-3] In 1945 the Sverdlovsk Conservatory was renamed the Ural Conservatory.

[_9538a7e3a3661ca3-4] Shabalina, 2018 , p. 33.

[_f3e4cae69cffdd6f-5] Kadochnikov, 2018 , p. 59.

[_560468c3611016d5-6] Berko, 1954 .

[_f4a08456dac7c340-7] Berko, 1955 .

[_fb15cf2f37e5ff96-8] Fedorovich, Shabalina, 2009 , p. 166-167.

[_b3e2c08f7d5275c7-9] Berko, 1985 .

[_ed5d9cbb50890bfa-10] Saryan, 2008 , p. 7

[singleauthor-11] M. A. Berko is the only author or compiler of the books, articles and collections below, therefore information about the author in the list is almost everywhere omitted.

[isbn-sm-12] IS The ISSN number is specified for the Musical Academy magazine, the successor of Soviet music, to which the ISSN number was not assigned.

[title-order-13] The list of articles is ordered by headlines (the author is common to all articles), and not chronologically; The cited articles were written in 1954–1990.

Marina Aleksandrovna Berko
Date of Birth	August 13, 1921 ( 1921-08-13 )
Place of Birth	Litin (Vinnytsia region) , Ukraine
Date of death	March 12, 2008 ( 2008-03-12 ) (86 years)
Place of death	Bat yam
Citizenship	USSR , Armenia , Israel
Occupation	Musicology