Andrei Ivanovich Smirnov

Andrei Iwanowitsch Smirnow ( Russian Андрей Иванович Смирнов ; * 1956 in Moscow ) is a Russian multimedia artist and performer, composer, instrument maker and music teacher.

Smirnov studied at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology until 1979 . Between 1976 and 1982 he played second oboe in the symphony orchestra of the Moscow Central House of Scientists, and from 1978 to 1981 he also worked in the acoustic laboratory of the Tchaikovsky Conservatory under the direction of Andrei Wolodin . From 1980 to 1982 he was an engineer and sound technician in the audio-visual team at the Cosmonaut Museum in Moscow. Until 1987 he developed computer-controlled synthesizers for the Emosurus biofeedback system at the Psychological Institute of the Soviet Academy of Sciences . Between 1987 and 1992 he was the head of the sound department of the Moscow Theater Workshop Society, where he experimented with interactive and live electronic music systems for various experimental theaters. Until 2000 he was sound manager of the Chet-Nechet-Theater .

The works of Smirnow include interactive performances and installations. He composed computer-controlled and computer-generated sounds for theater, radio and ballet, organized international festivals for electroacoustic music and multimedia in Moscow, Yekaterinburg , Saint Petersburg and Kazan and interactive concert series and directed the electroacoustic part of the Alternativa Festival and the Moscow Autumn Festival.

Smirnov is co-founder and director of the Theremin Center for Electroacoustic Music at the Moscow State Conservatory (1992), member of the Russian Society for Electroacoustic Music , the Electronic Music Foundation Advisory Council , director and founder of the Altermedium International Festival for Electroacoustic Music in Moscow and founder and artistic director of the Moscow Laptop Cyber ​​Orchestra . He has led workshops and master classes in Russia, the USA and Germany and owns an extensive collection of historical electronic musical instruments.

Web links

• Andrei Smirnov at Discogs (English)
• Andrei Smirnov homepage
• Transmedial 2008 - Andrei Smirnov