MUSICAL EDUCATION AS A COMPONENT OF THE REGIONAL CULTURAL POLICY OF THE REPUBLIC OF DAGESTAN: REALITIES AND PROSPECTS
The new forms of creativity in the field of mass musical culture occur in parallel with changes in social and cultural life of the Republic. Contemporary musical life of Dagestan reflects the existing in the unified regional and socio-cultural space of the antinomy of urban culture and rural areas (mountainous), traditionally conservative and innovative cultures. Major trends characterizing layered style palette contemporary Dagestan music – modern techniques of composition in academic music, commitment to known patterns of folk art, sacral-religious songs. Relevant the principle of «soft power» in the regional cultural policy. In developing the strategy of the cultural policy of Dagestan is necessary to consider the role of the cultural environment, in particular, the musical education of the population of the region.. In the process of musical education of population of the Republic of the important role of social and cultural institutions, presents the concert organizations, establishments of education and culture. The inclusion of the spectrum of musical culture in the context of the cultural policy able to ensure the effectiveness of social and cultural development of the region.