2005
Enrolled in the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory (Faculty of Musicology and Composition)
2010
Enrolled in the postgraduate department of the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory, studying under Professor Tatyana Sergeyevna Kyuregyan (Т. С. Кюрегян); during this period she wrote her doctoral dissertation "Theoretical Problems of Edgar Varèse's Music," and defended it in 2018
In 2015, Anna Makrekina received funding from the Russian Foundation for Basic Research to carry out an individual research project (project No. 15-34-01263). During the project she conducted research at the following institutions: the Library of Congress (Washington), Columbia University Libraries (New York), and the Paul Sacher Foundation (Basel, Switzerland), the world's largest archive of 20th-century music.
To date, she has published more than 20 research and review articles. Her main research areas include modern composition theory and 20th-century European and American musical culture. Makrekina actively participates in domestic and international research and teaching-methodology conferences, such as:
The 4th Congress of the International Society for Music Theory (Moscow State Conservatory, Kazan State Conservatory)
The 5th International Conference "Musical Creativity and Structural Design" (Gnessin Russian Academy of Music)
The International Conference "The Legacy of Yu. N. Kholopov and the 21st Century" (Moscow State Conservatory)
From 2012 to 2025, Anna Makrekina worked at the Naryman Gabdrakhmanovich Zhiganov Kazan State Conservatory (Kazan State Conservatory) as an associate professor in the Department of Music Theory. During this period she taught self-developed harmony courses for music theorists, composers and pianists, and lectured on the following courses: musical form, modern composition theory, contemporary notation, and symphonic score reading. Zhiganov Conservatory.
Makrekina's students win awards every year in major international competitions and olympiads, and also participate in international academic conferences and receive funding for individual research projects.
In addition to her university teaching, Makrekina is actively involved in children's music education. She taught a special course in improvisation at a leading children's music school in Kazan; the course is an innovative project in the Russian children's music education system, centered on the principle of "learning an instrument without sheet music," with emphasis on children's music creation, improvisation and overall musical creativity, aiming to help children master instrumental performance skills, play by ear, and improvise pieces rich in musical imagination.
Makrekina's performance-related work is mainly focused on planning various performance projects. For example, two interactive children's music education performances she created, "LEGO-music" (LEGO-music) and "Musical Planetarium" (Музыкальный планетарий), have been successfully staged for more than seven years at Kazan's main concert hall. Within the framework of these two projects, more than 30 different interactive music game scripts have been developed, covering knowledge of instrument classification, musical styles, musical genres and musical terminology for children to learn about. The performances are conducted in the form of interactive games, in which children can actively participate and try out roles such as performer, conductor, jazz improviser and music connoisseur.
Over the past 15 years, Makrekina has given numerous public lectures on music topics on various public platforms in Russia, including the "Sirius" Education Center. Some of the lectures have been uploaded to YouTube.
First review and first proofreading: Dong Yatong
Second review and second proofreading: Xu Xiaojing
Third review and third proofreading: Wu Jingyu
Responsible editor: Gao Jingli
Chongqing Normal University
Chongqing Tchaikovsky Conservatory of Music