Representation of Folk Instrumental Culture in Music Education in Russia

The report reveals the main trends in the study and application of folk musical instruments in various educational systems for children in Russia: general education, additional education, secondary specialized musical (professional) education, higher musical education, leisure and amateur music making. A critical analysis of the strong and weak drivers influencing the further development and popularization of playing folk instruments is carried out. The differences in the tasks set and solved at different levels of musical education using folk instruments are demonstrated. The characteristics of legislative support for the national policy on the preservation and strengthening of traditional Russian spiritual and moral values, the foundations of cultural policy, as well as the interaction of laws with the tasks of preserving folk musical culture, including folk instrumental culture, are given. The existing and promising potentials of using folk instruments in Russian education are presented.