The revival of those melodies that sounded hundreds of years ago is not an easy, but exciting business. Olga Glazova chose for herself an old Russian instrument of a psaltery. She revives forgotten motives and composes her own compositions.
Starting conditions
Experts in the field of education and creativity note that it is very important to notice the natural abilities of a person at an early age. Often children demonstrate their talents, their predisposition to a certain type of activity without visible reasons. Olga Gennadyevna Glazova, being a little girl, surprised family and friends with her delicate voice and musical memory. At an older age, she acted unconventionally, choosing a harp for herself as her main tool. And this choice was surprisingly correct.
The future singer was born on November 26, 1993 in an ordinary city family. Parents at that time lived in the famous city of Pskov. The child grew and developed surrounded by love and care. Olga loved to sing songs that sounded on TV. When the time came, she was immediately enrolled in two schools - general education and music. In music lessons, the girl mastered the technique of playing the piano. As part of the general academic program, the student was introduced to the features of playing domra, guitar and harp.
Creative activity
Glazova considers the beginning of her career as participation in the first international competition of young performers on multi-stringed folk instruments. This event was held in 2001, when the young singer was eight years old. After graduating from school, Olga decided to continue her musical education at the Pskov Regional College of Arts. Gusli specialization has already chosen consciously. After completing the training course, Glazova with honors went to St. Petersburg and entered the State Conservatory. Already in her student years, she began to perform, playing folk melodies on the harp.
Glazova’s creative career has evolved differently. She played on the streets and in various clubs of St. Petersburg. I went on tour to Finland, Latvia, the Czech Republic. After some time, Olga created a harp of her own design. The result was an instrument with 30 strings. The famous master Alexander Teplov undertook to make it. There are no analogues to such a product in the world yet. Glazov formulated her mission this way: playing the harp, composing her music and performing with it. In addition to educate people, talk about modern gusli, debunk myths and fight illiteracy about the culture and level of this tool.
