Music and Time Annotation << Back Interview with People’s Artist of Russia Alexander Andreevich Tsygankov A.S. Konivec In 2023, the famous domrist, composer, professor of the Russian Academy of Music named after A.I. Gnessin Alexander Tsygankov. A public fi gure, professor, concert musician, author of numerous opuses - for more than 50 years he has been striking with his boundless skill and talent. All spheres of his activity seem to grow one from the other, none of them can be singled out, they are all equal. His name is widely known to the professional community and for many years now it has been inseparably linked with the success of the domra school in Russia. Over the years of his creative activity, he became a real "king of domra", both in the performing and composing areas of activity. On the eve of the anniversary, we talked with the maestro, who during the dialogue revealed some of the technical features of his compositions, shared his plans for the future and answered questions regarding the situation in modern domra art. Keywords: Alexander Tsygankov, domra art, contemporary performance, folk instruments, citation issues, composing. Pp. 30-34.