Gerald Lidston, founder of the Institute of Creative and Cultural Entrepreneurship at Goldsmith University in London, UK, visited the Uzbekistan State Institute of Arts and Culture today.

During the visit, Gerald Lidston met with the acting rector of the Institute, Eldor Shermanov. During the dialogue, issues of cooperation in the field of culture and art management, tourism, design and other areas were discussed. In addition, the guest was able to got the opportunity to get acquainted with the the educational process at our institute.
At the end of the visit, Gerald Lidston was awarded the title of Honorary professor of the Uzbekistan State Institute of Arts and Culture.

For your information, Gerald Lidston is the author of a number of master’s degree programs, including a master’s degree program in the field of art management and cultural policy. Initially, Gerald Lidston worked as a stage designer, manager and lighting designer, and has extensive experience working in Eastern Europe and the USA.
Gerald Lidston has also taught at the British Council and other agencies, as well as at art and cultural management training courses in more than 20 countries. In particular, he implemented a 12-year project at Hanoi University of Culture on “art management”, organized by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Vietnam and funded by the Foundation.
In addition, Gerald Lidston was the director of a four-year project of the British Know-how Foundation to create education in the field of art management in Slovakia. As a result, the first book on art management in the Slovak language was published, and the British Council’s project “be near the museum” in this state was implemented.

Two universities came into being with future visionary plans. he visited the lessons, the lesson processes, and highly appreciated the help of professors and teachers.

“The Korean people are one of our dearest friends. Our visit to your country convinced you of this. We are very satisfied with the practical nature of our partnership. There are many people in Uzbekistan who respect Korean culture. We witnessed this in Sunda. Mun The university is one of the most advanced universities in Korea. We are pleased with your visit,” said Eldor Shermanov, acting rector of our institute.
The president of Sun Moon University, its administration also expressed gratitude for the cooperation:
“I want to thank you for welcoming us. We visited Uzbekistan for the first time and I was looking forward to coming here. We are ready to cooperate. Today, 160 Uzbek students study at our university. , 500 Uzbeks. o I believe that they will contribute to the development of your country with the knowledge they have acquired. We are ready to accept students who want to study at our university,” said Dr. Seong Jea Moon.
President of the ICT/SW Business Council Sung Hwan Lee said that he aims to provide employment to Uzbek students in the future:
“Uzbekistan’s production market is of interest to us. Here we aim to work with partners in medium and small businesses. We talked with several regional governors. At the same time, we managed to attract students studying culture to our cultural centers. I hope that our relations will strengthen in the future.”
Two universities have emerged with promising plans for the future.
he visited the lessons, the lesson processes, highly appreciated the help of professors and teachers

On September 26-27 of this year, officials led by the rector of the State Institute of Art and Culture of Uzbekistan Eldor Shermanov visited the Gnessin Russian Academy of Music and the Russian State Institute of Theater Arts. and held a number of practical meetings. As a result of bilateral negotiations, memorandums of cooperation were signed between universities for the next five years.

Thanks to this, now music teachers of the State Institute of Art and Culture of Uzbekistan, as well as tuners of musical instruments, can improve their qualifications at the leading musical higher education institution in the world – the Russian Academy of Music.

In addition, on October 1-10, 2023, an agreement was reached on the creation of an international theater school at the institute with the participation of leading Russian experts in the field of acting, directing, stage movement, stage speech, and vocals.

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Ферганский региональный филиал государственного института искусства и культуры Узбекистана был организован по инициативе Президента Республики Узбекистан 16 августа 2017 года учитывая особое место, престиж и творческий потенциал Ферганской долины являющийся древним центром национального искусства и культуры с целью воспитания талантливой молодёжи в духе представителей узбекского и мирового искусства, всестороннего поддержания и осуществления их творческих возможностей и стремлений, усовершенствования системы подготовки высококвалифицированных специалистов по направлениям культуроведение и искусствоведения, актёры театров и народного творчества для областей Ферганской долины. В настоящее время в нашем филиале ведётся подготовка специалистов по направлениям «Театральное искусство: актёр музыкального театра», «Режиссёр музыкального театра», «Народное творчество: фольклор и этнография», «Песни и танцы», «Библиотечное и информационное дело». Для полноценного получения знаний студентами в филиале созданы все условия. В частности, творческие кабинеты по специальностям, студии танца и сценического движения, кабинеты индивидуальных занятий, информационно-ресурсный центр, лингафонный кабинет, компьютерный класс, студия звукозаписи, кабинет изготовления кукол, гримёрная, зал конференций предоставлены студентам.

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