The N.G. Zhiganov Kazan State Conservatory (Russian: Казанская государственная консерватория имени Н.Г. Жиганова) is a higher musical education institution in Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia. The conservatory was founded in 1945 by Soviet Tatar composer Najip Jihanov who was a rector of the institution during 1945-1988. In 2000 the Conservatory was named after him.

In 2009, the Conservatory had around 110 faculty members and 700 students. The educational programmes are realised at seven departments - piano, orchestra, choir conducting, vocal, folk instruments, theory and composition, Tatar musical art. Since 1989, the rector of the institution is professor Rubin Abdullin [ tt], the first organist of Tatar ethnicity. Since 2021, the rector of the institution is professor Vadim Dulat-Aleev [ tt].

Notable faculty

• Najip Jihanov
• Albert Leman
• Fuat Mansurov
• Mansur Mozaffarov
• Natan Rakhlin
• Elf Burnasheva [ ru]

Notable alumni

• Vlada Borovko - operatic soprano
• Larissa Diadkova - mezzo-soprano (transferred to Saint Petersburg Conservatory)
• Youri Egorov - pianist (transferred to Moscow Conservatory)
• Sofia Gubaidulina - composer (1954)
• Oleg Lundstrem - jazz composer and conductor (1953)
• Almaz Monasypov - composer, conductor, and cellist.
• Airat Ichmouratov - composer, conductor, and clarinetist.
• Mikhail Pletnev - pianist, conductor, and composer (transferred to Moscow Conservatory)

External links

• Kazan Conservatory website Archived 2019-12-11 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
• Kazan Conservatory website Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine (in English)