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OLGA
BOCHIKHINA
b.
1980
SIGNature, 2011
for tenor/countertenor, recorder, actor, type writer and live
electronics
commissioned by UMS 'n JIP
world premiere Basel, 10/05/2011 |
Olga
Bochikhina was born in Kirov in 1980. As a composer Olga
Bochikhina started her education in 2000 in Moscow State Chaikovsky’s
conservatory in class of famous Russian composer prof. Vladimir
Tarnopolsky. During her studies she won the first composer award
at the I All-Russian competition for the best composition for
Orgel (II prize, 2001). In 2005, at the III International P.I.Jurgenson
competition of young composers she was also awarded the first
prize for the composition «Tactile instruments» for
large ensemble. During the postgraduate education Olga took interest
in area of electro-acoustical composition. She’s got the
Swiss Government Scholarship to study in Basel (Musik Akademie
der stadt Basel / Hochshule für Musik) in the Electronic
Studio for 2009-2011 school years. Currently she does the Specialized
Master Program in Composition (compositional class of Prof. Dr.
Erik Oña and theory class of Prof. Dr. Jacob Ullmann).
Olga took part in workshops «Young composers meetings -
2004» in Apeldoorn (Holland, 2004) and participated the
International Ensemble- and Composers- Academy for Contemporary
Music «Impuls 2009» (Graz, Austria, 2009). The composition
«Cadenza to Mozart’s concerto» for violin and
chamber orchestra. was written in 2006, on a commission of violinist
David Frühwirth (Germany) and Maestro Valery Gergiev. It
was premiered in the new Concert Hall of the Mariinsky Theatre
«Mariinsky-3» in December 2006. Two years later as
a sequel of working with Maestro Gergiev the symphonic prologue
to theatrical action «The Neva prospectus» was performed
on the above –mentioned concert ground. The performance
was announced within the framework of the festival cycle «New
Horizons» (Saint-Petersburg, 2008). Works of Olga Bochikhina
were also performed at various international and russian contemporary
music festivals as well as «6. Weimarer Frühjahrstage
für zeitgenössische Musik» (Weimar, 2005), «The
Moscow autumn» (Moscow, 2005-2009), «The Moscow forum»
(2007-2010), Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival (2008), “Young
Euro Classic” (Berlin, 2009), “World New Music Days”
(Sweden, 2009), Frau Musika Nova (Cologne, 2009), International
Summer Courses for New Music in Darmstadt (2010) and many others.
Among performances of her works are Mariinsky Orchestra, Y.F.Svetlanov
State Academic Symphonic Orchestra, ensemble «Studio For
New Music», «de ereprijs» orchestra (Netherlands),
«Russian Philharmonic» orchestra, “Cikada string
quartet” (Sweden), “Türmchen Ensemble”
(Germany), “Phoenix ensemble” (Switzerland) etc. In
2007, with the group of composers she also was engaged into the
International opera project «Boxing Pushkin» premiered
in Holland (Arnhem, Neijmegen, Den Haag, Apeldoorn, Amsterdam).
The same year at festival «Moscow forum» the presentation
of initiative creative association «Sound Plasticity»
has taken place. She attends a lot to projects organized with
«Sound Plasticity». Among them: «Prometeo»
on R.G.Monnau's verses, the international opera project «Boxing
Pushkin», a concert «Arthur Lourie's Dedication»,
the Russian-American project «Berkley-Moscow: new generation
of electro-acoustic music», audio realization of silent
movie “Berlin. Symphony of Great City”. http://www.sound-p.ru/en/bochihina |
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MICHAEL
FUCHSMANN
b.
1964
NN 2012
commissioned by UMS 'n JIP
world premiere spring 2012 |
Michael
Fuchsmann is a Russian composer, musicologist, arranger,
teacher and executor (piano, keyboards, violin). He was born in
1964 in Rostov-on-Don. It was the Rostov State Rakhmaninov Conservatory
(RSRC) where he was graduated from and later has got a postgraduate
course under supervision of Prof. Vitaly S. Khodosch (composition).
Later M. Fuchsmann also studied as a musicologist under Prof.
Tatyana V. Frantova and have taken his Ph. D. degree in Art Criticism
in 2002. He has currently a position of associated professor in
RSRC. M. Fuchsmann has written compositions for orchestras (not
only symphonic one), chamber music, pieces for voice, choir. Some
of his works combine both traditional instruments and electronic
media. Several performances of Rostov State Puppet Theatre named
after Vladimir S. Bylkov are accompanied by Michael`s music. In
several cases M. Fuchsmann incorporate his compositions in complex
actions demonstrating the unity of sounding message in its artistic,
scientific and educational sides. He is also an author of numerous
arrangements for various instrumental groups. Texts of «music
in words» represent one other essential aspect of Michael`s
activity. The works of M. Fuchsmann are executed mostly by Russian
musicians including Russian folk instruments orchestra «Don»
(Rostov-on-Don), «Studio for New Music» (Moscow),
«Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble» (Moscow), «eNsemble»
(St.-Petersburg), «Capriccio» (Rostov-on-Don), pianists
Mikhail Dubov (Moscow), Sofia Bugayan (Rostov-on-Don), extremal
vocalist Boris Filanovsky (St.-Petersburg), violinist Evgenia
Linskaya (Rostov-on-Don) and others. Multielement style of M.
Fuchsmann incorporates the features of contemporary academic composition,
free and/or controlled improvisation, jazz, rock. Sometimes with
an ear to enlarge this mixture Michael adds the flavors of previous
epochs of music or non-Western traditional art without pretending
to be literally precise in these stylistic exercises. As a musicologist
M. Fuchsmann writes about thematic development and rhythmical
structures in musical composition, creative process of composer,
computer musical technologies. He also popularizes the activity
of Rostov musicians. |
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VLADIMIR
GORLINSKY
b.
1984
Bramputapsel, 2011
for
amplified voice
commissioned by UMS 'n JIP
world premiere 12/2011 |
Vladimir
Gorlinsky was born in 1984 in Moscow. His works have
been broadcasted in Europe, Asia and Australia by ensembles and
soloists such as trumpeter Marko Blaauw (Netherlands), pianist
Ulrich Murtfeld (Germany), ensemble «Klangforum Wien»
(Vienna, Austria), «Ereprijs» (Apeldoorn, Netherlands),
«Studio for New Music» (Moscow, Russia), «KlangNetz»
(Berlin, Germany), «eNsemble» (St.-Petersburg, Russia).
V. Gorlinsky graduated from Moscow Conservatory (composition under
supervision of V. G. Tarnopolsky) and is presently a faculty fellow
at Moscow Conservatory towards master degree in composition. He
had excellent opportunity to attend master-classes with Jean Geslin,
Tristan Murail, Philippe Hurel, Louis Andriessen, Martijn Padding,
Richard Ayres, Brice Pauset and Beat Furrer.
V. Gorlinksy spend a lot of time experimenting with traditional,
ethnic and instruments invented by his own imagination. In 2002
he was awarded 1st prize at the «Schnittke International
Competition for Young Composers». Also he won the prize
at Jurgenson International Young Composers Competition (2007),
next year he won «Grand prize» at the festival «Pythian
games» in St.-Petersburg. His piece «Beiklang II»
has been featured in two categories by «ROSTRUM» competition
for broadcasting in more than 10 countries. The piece «S’Morzando»
had been played at the festival «World Music Days 2007»
in Hong-Kong. In May 2007 in Netherlands (in 5 cities) a collective
opera «Boxing Pushkin» had its premier with music
of Vladimir Gorlinsky. http://www.sound-p.ru/en/gorlinsky |
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NIKOLAY
KHRUST
b.
1982
Substitutions, 2011
for
countertenor, recorders and live electronics
commissioned by UMS 'n JIP
world premiere 12/2011 |
Nikolay
Khrust was born in 1982 in Moscow. In 2007 he has graduated
composition department of Moscow State Conservatoire (Professor
Vladimir Tarnopolski) and in present time studies in Conservatoire
as a post graduate student. He attended Summer Courses for new
music in Darmstadt (twice in 2004 and 2010) and Impuls courses
in Graz (Austria; 2009). Nikolay visited master-classes of known
composers and interpreters (such as Beat Furrer). In 2007 Nikolay
was invited for collective musical theater project ‘Boxing
Pushkin’ (director Andrea Boll); the performance is been
shown in five cities including Amsterdam (Muziekgebouw) and the
Hague (Korzo theater). In 2010 year Nikolay Khrust was a composer
in residence in electronic centres CIRM (Nice) and GRAME (Lyon),
which comissioned a work Fluting point for flute, percussion and
live electronics. Also Nikolay takes parts in multimedia and multiart
projects. One of them is a sound program for interactive installation
‘Coming into a topic’ by an artist Dmitry Kawarga
(Pop/off/art gallery, Moscow, 2009). Nikolay Khrust is a laureat
of international and all-Russian contests including III and IV
Yurgenson International Young Composers Competition, ‘Image
of science’ competition etc.. Works of Nikolay Khrust have
been performed by Studio for New Music Moscow, eNsemble, de Ereprijs,
Reconsil Wien, Aleph ensembles, musicians of Ensemble Orchestrale
Contemporain (Fabrice Junger, Yi-Ping Yang) and MusikFabrik (Helen
Bledsoe) and been presented at festivals ‘Klang und Raum’
(Dresden, 2005), ‘Moscow autumn’ (2005, 2006, 2008),
‘Moscow forum’ (2007, 2008, 2010), ‘Musical
Olympus’, ‘Pythian games’ (S.-Petersburg, 2008),
Schleswig-Holstein Musikfestival (Kiel, 2008), ‘Other Space’
(Moscow, 2009, 2010), ‘Young Euro Classic’ (Berlin,
Konzerthaus, 2009), Biennale ‘Musique en scéne’
(Lyon, 2010), 45th Summer Courses for New Music in Darmstadt (2010).
Nikolay Khrust is a participant of Sound Plasticity group. http://www.sound-p.ru/en/khrust |
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ALEX
NADZHAROV
b.
1983
Flickering, 2011
for
male and female voice and live electronics
commissioned by UMS 'n JIP
world premiere 12/2011 |
Alex
Nadzharov. Born in 1983 in Moscow, Russia. Began to study
music since 7 y.o. and also began to compose music at this time.
Later also studied jazz piano, alto saxophone and electronic music.
In 1997 he entered Moscow Ippolitov-Ivanov college on music theory
and composition department, studied in R.Zatikyan and A.Flyarkovskiy
classes. After graduating college in 2001 entered Moscow State
Consevatory, composition department, U.Vorontsov class. Graduated
it in 2006 and now stuying on post-graduate courses. During the
studies at Conservatory has participated in master-classes of
T.Murail, G.Rebel, I.Geslin, Ph.Hurel, M.Padding . ”Crystal
Kamerton” young composers competition – diploma (2001)
in “vocal music” nomination, also laureate diploma
in “jazz composition”. Participant of “New music
on old instruments” project, Moscow, 2003. Participant of
“Youth academies of Russia” young composers festival,
2005. Laureate of D.Shostakowitch composers competition 2006 (Moscow-St.Petersburg).
Laureate of Moscow Conservatory improvised music competitions
(2004 and 2006). http://alexnadzharov.ru/ |
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VLADIMIR
RANNEV
b.
1970
Futuresong,
2011
for
voice, recorders and live electronics
commissioned by UMS 'n JIP
world premiere 12/2011 |
Vladimir
Rannev (*1970, Moscow) is a composer and a lecturer at
the St. Petersburg State Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory and the
St. Petersburg State University. In 2003 he graduated from the
composition department of the St. Petersburg Conservatory, where
he studied with Professor Boris Tishchenko. In 2003-2005 he studied
electronic music at the Hochschule für Musik in Cologne with
Professor Hans Ulrich Humpert. Since 2003 he has been working
as a music journalist and has published over four hundred pieces
of music criticism in the various Russian periodicals. Rannev
is a recipient of a Gartow Stiftung scholarship (Germany, 2002),
Teatro minima competition of the Opernhaus Zurich (Switzerland,
2004), the Salvatore Martirano Award of the University Illinois
(USA, 2009), Gianni Bergamo Classic Music Award (Switzerland,
2010). In 2007 Rannev was a composer in residence at the University
of Durham (UK). His latest opera “Blaubart – Hoffnung
der Frauen” to a libretto by the German playwright Dea Loher
(a co-production of the Goethe-Institute and Pro Arte Institute)
was premiered in St.Petersburg in April 2010 and in Perm in June
2011 and was in the shortlist of Sergey Kouryohin Prize (Russia,
2011). Rannevs' music has been performed in Germany, Austria,
Switzerland, the UK, Finland, Japan and the USA by various ensembles,
including the orchestra of the St. Petersburg Conservatory Opera
and Ballet Theatre, the Russian State Academic Symphony Orchestra,
eNsemble of the Pro Arte Institute (Russia), One Orchestra, Studio
of New Music, Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble (Russia), Nostri
Temporis (Ukraine), Orkest de Volharding (The Netherlands), Les
Eclats du Son, Integrales, LUX:NM, Singakademie Oberhausen (Germany).
Rannev is a member of the StRes (Structure Resistance) group of
composers (Russia). Publisher. http://www.verlag-neue-musik.de/rannev |
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ANTON
SVETLICHNY
b.
1982
Identity, 2011
for
recorder and live electronics
commissioned by UMS 'n JIP
world premiere 12/2011 |
Anton
Svetlichny, born in Rostov-on-Don, 1982. Graduated from
Rostov State Rakhmaninov Conservatory, prof. V. Khodosh. Laureate
of the Contemporary Music Tribune competition 2006 and Pythian
Games 2007. Teaches at Rostov State Rakhmaninov Conservatory.
http://www.stres.iscmrussia.ru/svetlIchny |
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| CAST
Ulrike
Mayer-Spohn (UMS) : recorder, electronics
Javier Hagen (JIP)
:
countertenor, tenor, electronics
Ums 'n Jip : production
LINKS
Olga
Bochikhina
Nikolay
Khrust
Vladimir
Gorlinsky
Alex
Nadzharov
Vladimir
Rannev
Anton
Svetlichny
www.stres.iscmrussia.ru
www.sound-plasticity.ru
www.javierhagen.ch
www.ulrikems.info
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