Musicology Annotation << Back The phenomenon of crescendo professor Lyudmila Varavina Buryakova Lyubov A. The article is devoted to one of the first graduates of the Rostov Music Pedagogical Institute, Professor of the Conservatory S.V. Rakhmaninov, honored high school employee Lyudmila Vasilievna Varavina. Its multilateral activity, first of all, as a talented teacher led to the creation of its own performing school and the education of a whole galaxy of famous performers and teachers. Wide outlook L.V. Varavina, an analytical mind, the constant need for the development of new knowledge led her to significant results, to the recognition of her teaching skills in a professional environment, both in Russia and abroad. The effectiveness of the master's technique is seen in the deep immersion in the psychological, philosophical, musicological issues of pedagogy and performance. The number of students and assistant interns she has issued, laureates of various competitions, including those of the highest rank, is increasing every year. Being for 27 years the permanent head of one of the most prestigious conservatory departments of folk instruments in Russia (later the bayan and accordion chair), Lyudmila Vasilievna improved the quality of contests, conferences, seminars and workshops. Her work was aimed at improving the educational process, the search for new effective forms of cooperation with colleagues and students. Keywords: Lyudmila Varavina, Rostov Rachmaninoff Conservatory, Rostov bayan school. DOI: 10.25791/musicology.02.2019.493 Contacts: E-mail: l.bevza@mail.ru Pp. 39-46.