Russian Institute of Theater Arts GITIS

FSBEI HE Russian Institute of Theater Arts (GITIS) is a unitary non-profit educational organization that carries out educational activities in the field of culture, education and science on the basis of a license and is an educational organization of higher education.

History

2023: Senior Lecturer in the Department of Vocal Arts Maxim Pasteur dies

Opera singer Maxim Pasteur died on September 1, 2023. The artist was 47 years old. The cause of death is not named.

Tenor Maxim Pasteur was born in Kharkov on December 4, 1975. In 1994 he graduated from the choral conducting department of the Kharkov College of Music, and in 2003 - the vocal department of the Kharkov State Institute of Arts.

In 2002-03 - soloist of the Kharkov State Opera and Ballet Theater, in 2003 he made his debut at the Taras Shevchenko National Opera of Ukraine.

In 2003, the vocalist made his debut at the Bolshoi Theater as Bayan at the premiere of Glinka's opera Ruslan and Lyudmila, and was later accepted into the opera troupe.

Since 2013, Maxim Pasteur has taught at the Russian Institute of Theater Arts. Until now, he served as a senior lecturer in the department of vocal art.

1922: Meyerhold comes up with the acronym GITIS

The name of the educational institution has changed several times. Historically, the abbreviation GITIS (State Institute of Theater Arts), invented by Meyerhold in 1922, has become entrenched.

1878: Conductor and pianist Shostakovsky founded a music and theater school

The history of GITIS began on November 3, 1878 with the founding of a private music and theater school by conductor and pianist Shostakovsky.