The School For Improvised Music was founded by Dmitry Shubin in 2013. It is a one-year course for young people with different musical background interested in contemporary improvised, electroacoustic and experimental music.
The course includes lectures, workshops and master classes from Russian and foreign musicians and composers, as well as strong practical training with emphasis on collective improvisation. Subjects includes strategies of personal and collective improvisatin, open form composition, graphic notation, conducted improvisation.
More info: http://soundmuseumspb.ru/projects/school