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It was called "The Conservatory". This was an Academy Of Music... Correction! It's THE Academy Of Music. The location is Odessa, Ukraine. Super-talented people come from the world over to study there, because it's the best. Russian composers need no introduction... Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, Prokoviev, Glinka, Schnittke, Rimsky-Korsakov. Of course, The Conservatory admits only the very best. It's music's version of Top Gun; it makes the best even better. In 1998, they admitted a student of conducting & singing by the name of Irena Tyshyna. It nearly didn't happen for her; she was a rebel. Everything she did flew in the face of the stuffy traditionalism the institution was built on. She was disrepectful, challenged everything, asked too many awkward questions. It was a rocky ride but she nailed the 4 year course in 3 years and, in June 2001, she was awarded a distinction. And she was "forgiven" for her misdemeanors. To her, this was the highes...