Витебское музыкальное училище им. И. И. Соллертинского

Vitebsk Musical College is the oldest musical establishment of the Republic of Belarus. It was founded in the October of 1918 by the representatives of Vitebsk musical intelligentsia, including Ivan Ivanovich Sollertinsky – a person of encyclopedic learning, a musician and a polyglot. Vitebsk Musical College was named after him in 1991.

In 2003 a monument to I.I. Sollertinsky was erected next to the building of the college, located in the historical city center.

During the International Festival of Arts “Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk” the building of the musical college will hold concerts of the “ I.I. Sollertinsky Music Meetings”.