Musicology Annotation << Back From the History of Genre Origination of Choral Concert in Tatar Music: S.A. Kazatchkov — Sh.K. Sharifullin Anastasia Belyaeva The paper examines the problem of becoming a genre of choral concertos in Tatar music. The creator of the first choral concerto in Tatarstan was Sh.K. Sharifullin. An important role in the origin and development of the genre played S.A. Kazatchkov — leader of students’ choir of Kazan N.G. Zhiganov State Conservatory. He worked closely with the composer and was the first who performed the spiritual Concerto for the choir «Munadzhaty». Students’ choir conducted by S.A. Kazachkov reached a high professional level, which allowed the composer to write his concerto using modern polyphonic technique. The article presents the memories of colleagues of S.A. Kazachkov who took part in the first performance of «Munadzhaty» about how was the process of co-creation of the composer and the conductor. Keywords: Sharifullin Shamil, Kazachkov Semyon, tatar choral music, choral concerto, Kazan N.G. Zhiganov State Conservatory. Contacts: E-mail: belyaevanastasia@mail.ru Pp. 11-15.