The Synthesis of the Traditional and the Innovative as the Main Direction for Mastering Chamber and Ensemble Instrumental Creativity by Mechislav Weinberg in the University Musician Training

2019 is declared the Mieczyslaw Weinberg’s year due to the 100th anniversary of the composer’s birth, whose works are rarely heard in concert halls of Russia. This fact stipulated the current paper devoted to Weinberg’s works. The study is intended to contribute to the composer’s profile and to add some pedagogical and performing observations and recommendations. A number of special methods of analysis of musical works (structural, harmonic, etc.) are used in the paper, as well as a system approach to the theoretical insight into the process of integration Weinberg’s chamber and ensemble compositions into the professional musical training. Artist and time, composer and performer, musical and artistic interpretation – these are the categories musical and performing arts deal with. In this paper, we focus on the chamber-instrumental genre and, in particular, Weinberg’s Sonata for violin and piano A-dur op. 37 No. 3 to examine the peculiarities of the composer’s musical language. The article indicates the conditions that are essential to solve the tasks performers often face – comprehension of Weinberg’s chamber and ensemble instrumental works’ inherent features, getting the most complete revealing of musical and artistic imagery of his compositions, defining distinguishing features of ensemble performing. Following the state educational standards in the field of training instrumental musicians to meet high-level proficiency requirements, the authors examine synthesis of tradition and innovation in the composer’s chamber ensemble instrumental works, provide deep analysis of a composition that is recognized as a piece of high aesthetic and ethical value. Thus, the authors believe it to be an appropriate work to contribute to the professional and spiritual growth of everyone who turns to this music, including young musicians engaged in chamber ensemble.