Last three-four month I’ve been studying works of Galina Ustvolskaya, one of the lesser known 20th century Russian composers, born 1919 and died 2006, who spent whole of her life in St.Petersburg, Russia, my home town. She was Shostakovich’s pupil and studied under his supervision in St.Petersburg State Conservatory, where she completed her degree and…
This July I was a part of London’s Guildhall School of Music and Drama Composition Summer course along with other twelve composers from around the world. Under guidance of Guildhall professors Hollie Harding and Richard Baker we had a brilliant of week of workshops and classes writing for piano and clarinet for brilliant Ben Smith
This March marks three years since release of Fragments for piano. My first big body of work, consisting of thirteen short piano pieces written between 2019 and 2021. These compositions mean a lot to me and has a special place in my heart. I want to thank everyone involved: Lena Oleynik, muse of this opus;
Coming August 22nd I will play another recital at historical church of St.Nicholas in Chiswick, right at the bank of River Thames. I will perform works from “There Will Be Rainbow” piano suite and “Cone Of Silence” in full with few older pieces. As usual, will be happy to see everyone. Doors 7pm with music
Next Friday, June 7th I’ll play small recital at Neighbourhood Cafe Yukari in Richmond near Kew Gardens. It’s a really nice family run place with delicious Japanese food. It also has a great Fazioli F212 grand piano and is usual host for small jazz and classical evenings.
My third full-scale piano work is out today on Oclassica label. It’s called Cone Of Silence. This piano cycle has been written primarily during COVID lock down in 2020-22 except Gracefully (written end of 2019) and Amber (written January 2023). This work focused solely on the theme of solitude. Most of the pieces based on