Azerbaijan 5.4
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Azerbaijan 5.4

  • July 25, 2019

At present, there are 237 specialised schools teaching music, dance and painting at primary level, which children attend for 4 to 7 years (art – 4 years, dance – 5 years, music – 7 years). Music schools teach classical (piano, violin, cello, flute, clarinet, oboe, trumpet, tuba, bassoon, etc.) and folk (tar, kemancha, nagara, canon, balaban, etc.) instruments, as well as classical and folk singing. Music and art schools are totally state-funded. “The Development Programme on improving the activities of children’s music, art and painting schools in the Republic of Azerbaijan (2009-2013)” had been fulfilled in order to improve organisational and infrastructural provisions in this field.

Table 37:  Children’s musical, art and painting schools in the system of Ministry of Culture and Tourism, 2000/2001, 2010/2011, 2014/2015 (at the beginning of the school year)

2000/ 2001 2010/ 2011 2014/ 2015
Number of child  musical,  art and painting schools – total 231 237 237
including by  types of schools: 
child musical schools 184 184 183
number of pupils in  them, person 51229 51648 49390
From total number of child musical schools  in rural places 78 76 68
of which  number of pupils, person 14152 14322 12329
art and painting  schools 47 53 54
of which  number of pupils, person 17870 19124 19063
Number of pupils in child  musical, art and painting  schools – total, person 69099 70772 68453
 including by divisions:  
piano 33733 32423 30788
national music instruments   (tar,kemancha, lute, voice-mugam, canon, accordion, balaban) 28274 28490 26681
wind-instrument and blow-  instruments (flute, clarinet, trumbet, tambourine, drum etc.) 2408 1103 1300
string instruments  (violin, violoncello) 2150 2809 3262
mugam – 3159 3209
vocal – 249 289
 chorus 1 028 – –
accordion – 59 23
guitar – 132 114
fine arts 668 1413 1491
choreography 604 923 1206
 theatre 234 12 90
Number of graduates of  child musical, art and painting schools – total, person 9177 11269 11562
by school type:  
child musical schools 6759 8819 8280
artistic and painting  schools 2418 2450 3282
by divisions:  
piano 3867 4633 4443
national musical instruments (tar, kemancha, lute, voice- mugam, canon, accordion, balaban) 4347 5147 5163
wind-instrument and blow-  instruments (flute, clarinet, trumbet, tambourine, drum etc.) 371 169 267
string instruments (violin,violoncello) 192 324 405
mugam  – 516 649
vocal – 28 61
chorus 158 – –
accordion – 12 4
guitar – 15 18
fine arts 122 305 351
 choreography 54 118 199
theatre 66 2 2
Number of teachers in child musical, art and painting  schools – total, person 13090 16581 18719
including:  
by school type:  
child musical schools 9701 13256 13842
art and painting schools 3389 3325 4877

Source:    Ministry of Culture and Tourism, 2015; State Statistical Committee, 2015.