On January 16, 2026 at 10:00 a.m., a public defense of the dissertation research of Liyu Liboy, a graduate student of the Department of Musical Art and Choreography, on the topic: "Methodology of the Formation of Performing and Plastic Skills of Pianist Musicians in the Process of Instrumental Training in Higher Education Institutions", submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the field of knowledge 01 - Education/Pedagogy, specialty 011 Educational, Pedagogical Sciences. Relevance of the topic of the dissertation work.
The defense of the dissertation took place in a creative and constructive atmosphere. Liyu Liboya very convincingly and competently answered all the questions of the members of the one-time specialized academic council (Chairman - Rebrova Olena Yevhenivna, Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor, Director of the Institute of Musical and Performing Arts and Socio-Cultural Practices of Ushynsky University: reviewers: Levytska Iryna Mykolaivna, Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor, Associate Professor at the Department of Theoretical, Musical-Instrumental and Vocal Training of Ushynsky University; Gorozhankina Oksana Yuriivna, Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor, Associate Professor at the Department of Theoretical, Musical-Instrumental and Vocal Training of Ushynsky University; official opponents: Huralnyk Nataliya Pavlivna, Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor, Professor at the Department of Pedagogy of Art and Piano Performance of Mykhaylo Drahomanov Ukrainian State University; Mykhalyuk Alla Mykhailivna, Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor, Associate Professor at the Department of Educational Sciences and Psychological and Pedagogical Sciences of Borys Grinchenko Kyiv Metropolitan University.
Liyu Liboya proved that the problem of forming performing and plastic skills of pianists belongs to the issues of the qualitative course of the performing and interpreting process in the embodiment of the artistic and semantic context of musical works on the piano. These skills are based on knowledge and understanding of texture, the development of auditory representations, technical organization of movements, intonational thinking and reflection of one's own actions, which determines the peculiarity of their mastery by a pianist. Scientific supervisor: Associate Professor A. M. Grinchenko, Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences.
During the defense, the discussion on expanding the areas of Liyu Liboya's dissertation topic into the sphere of artistic and mental processes and knowledge of oppression and stress in performers precisely due to the phenomenon of performing and plastic skills was very interesting.
The collegial decision of the council emphasized the relevance of the study, its novelty and logical consistency of conclusions.
Ushynsky University Team sincerely congratulates Lia Liboya and her scientific supervisor Associate Professor Alla Mykolaivna Grinchenko, Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Head of the Department of Theoretical, Musical, Instrumental and Vocal Training, on the successful defense and wishes them further scientific achievements.
