Specialists from five countries will discuss the problems of art education at a conference in Vitebsk

September 27, Vitebsk / Sergey Kochetov - BELTA /. Issues of art education and upbringing of the younger generation, current problems of modern art criticism will be discussed by scientists and educators from 5 countries at the IV International Scientific and Practical Conference "The World of Art and Children: Problems of Art Pedagogy" in Vitebsk. The conference will be held on September 28-29 at the Vitebsk State University named after P. Masherov, the head of the Department of Music Theory and Musical Instruments, Candidate of Art History, Associate Professor Nelly Matsaberidze told a BELTA correspondent. More than 60 researchers, postgraduate students and teachers from Russia, Latvia, China, the Netherlands, and leading universities and research institutions of Belarus will gather in Vitebsk. The specialists will focus on methodological problems of artistic creativity, issues of humanizing the teaching of art subjects in schools and universities, and will hold discussions on the topic "The World of Childhood in the Modern Artistic Space". For the first time at the traditional forum, the problem of children's artistic creativity and information technologies will be raised. Leading specialists will express their vision of the problems of informatization in the field of music education, the role of modern screen culture in the educational process, as well as a number of other issues related to the use of information technologies in the educational process. "Information technologies are increasingly entering our daily lives, so we decided to offer the forum participants to discuss what this information provides us in the world of live music," noted Nelly Matsaberidze. As part of the conference, master classes "Visualization as a Way to Learn to Perceive the Energy of a Musical Work", "Basics of Spontaneous Vocal Improvisation" will be held. The famous Dutch musicologist and conductor Horringa Dirkjan will conduct a master class together with the participants of the female student choir of VSU on working with musical works of the Western European repertoire. The exemplary choir "Mechta" of Vitebsk Gymnasium No. 3, the exemplary brass band of the commandant's office of the Vitebsk garrison, and the male choir of Vitebsk State University will perform for the conference participants. The organizer of the conference is the Vitebsk State University named after P. Masherov. -0-