Saransk, the capital of Mordovia,
is a large —
scale industrial, scientific
and cultural centre.
The profession skill of nations inhabiting Mordovia, represents itself in none to compare works of the brilliant
sculptor Stepan Erzya. The Art gallery is famous for a rich collection of the paintings by the gifted artists F. Sychkov, V. Ilyukhin, V. Popkov. The mordovian composer
L. Kiryukov, merited workers of Mordovia
G. Suraev-Korolyov, G. Vdovin, A. Averkin,
N. Kosheleva have made a great contribution to the music elaboration. K. Abramov,
Ya. Pinyasov,
N. Erkai, I. Devin, I. Pinyaev are our literary geniuses.
Ensemble «UMARINA» was founded in 1939-40. It propagandized mordovian musical and choreographic art.
Choral, dancing and vocal-choreographic items are based on merry and warm — hearted tunes, pure images. These items are evoked by native mordovian land, its riles and customs, its everyday life and holidays.
The ensemble skill is allied search and pains. The leaders of the ensemble who run it in different
times also had done their best. Here they are: its founder, merited worker in arts of Russia
P. Yemets; composer G. Dekhtyarev; merited worker in arts of Russia G. Suraev-Korolyov; merited worker in arts of Mordovia V. Beloklokov;
choreographer, merited worker of Mordovia
V. Zhestkov.
It was in the ensemble where a number of outstanding performers had a good start in their artistic life. Here they are: gifted folk song performers, national artists of Russia D. Eremeev,
R. Bespalova, M. Antonova, A. Kulikova,
N. Markova; merited artists of Mordovia V. Grachov,
M. Grachova, V. Kudryashev, I. Bataykin, D. Chetyrkin, I. Kalachina; famous Mordovian
dancers merited artists of Mordovia
V. Pcholkin, V. Kargina, T. Gradusova, T. Geraskina, N. Lyug-zaeva, V. Chislyak and A. Laskorunsky.
Merited Worker in the Arts of Mordovia
V. Chetyrkin has been running
the ensemble since 1990. Being an expert in mordovian national folklore
and possessing a great professional skill he has enriched the concert programme of ensemble «Umarina».
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