Role of Rector O. S. Tymoshenko's Personality in the Development of Higher Musical Education at Ukrainian National Tchaikovsky Academy of Music: Cultural Dimensions

The purpose of the paper is to investigate the role of the rector O. S. Tymoshenko's personality in the formation and development of higher musical education within the framework of the Kyiv Conservatory and later the UkranianNational Tchaikovsky Academy of Music (UNTAM) from the point of view of understanding the cultural dimensions of the process. The research methodology includes a systematic approach to a holistic outline of the ways of higher musical education development at UNTAMduring the period of rector O. S. Timoshenko’s activity (1983–2004); biographical method – to clarify the facts of O. S. Tymoshenko’s biography and creative achievements during his administrative and scientific-pedagogical career at the academy; cultural – to study the originality of the cultural and artistic processes of the day; analytical method – for the analysis and study of facts and establishment of scientifically based conclusions. The scientific novelty lies in the fact that for the first time the place and role of O. S. Tymoshenko’screative personality, the rector of Ukrainian National Tchaikovsky Academy of Music, has been investigated through the prism of the cultural dimension of higher musical education formation and development in Ukraine at the end of the 20th –beginning of the 21st century. Conclusions. As a result of the conducted research, it has been established that O. S. Tymoshenko’smanagerial and creative activity a arector atthe Ukrainian National Tchaikovsky Academy of Musicis characterised as such that it allowed to achieve high productivity both within the higher education institution and at the national level, influencing the general process of forming and developing higher musical education in Ukraine. The figure of rector O. S. Tymoshenko can reasonably be described as a universal creative personality, since his activities combined executive, pedagogical, methodical, broad musical-social, and large-scale organisational work. In O. S. Tymoshenko’sactivity as rector at the Ukrainian National Tchaikovsky Academy of Music, manifestations of focus on the construction of Ukrainian culture, in particular in the field of music education, and its integration into the European cultural space on the basis of universal and national cultural values are vividly reflected. 
Key words: higher musical education, UkrainianNationalTchaikovsky Academy of Music, rector O. S. Tymoshenko, cultural values, European integration.