Nikolai Nikolayevich Dranitsyn
Nikolai Nikolajewitsch Dranitsyn ( Russian: Николай Николаевич Драницын / Nikolai Nikolajewitsch Dranitsyn , born July 30, 1946 in Leningrad , † July 29, 2010 in Schongau , Germany ) was a Soviet Russian and Russian composer.
Career
He graduated from the MI Glinka Choir School in 1963 and studied choral conducting and composition at the Leningrad Conservatory from 1968 to 1964 . From 1969 to 1979 he directed the "Dance and Singing Ensemble of the Leningrad Military Circle". From 1979 to 1985 he worked as a lecturer at the Leningrad Cultural Institute for conducting and orchestral arrangements. Furthermore, from 1985 to 1989 he was lecturer in choral composition, orchestral arrangement and conducting at the Leningrad Conservatory. From 1985 to 2001 he worked as a singer with his Basso profondo in the Saint Petersburg Chamber Choir and was also a founding member of the same.
Since 1993 he has had his permanent residence in Germany, but has always been connected to his hometown Saint Petersburg. He continued his independent composing work. In addition, from 2001 he was a singer in the Munich Philharmonic Choir and in the Carl Orff Choir Marktoberdorf.
Nikolai Dranitsyn was a composer with a clearly defined neo-romantic tendency , and his music is associated with texts or scenic movements. He created a variety of settings and arrangements of folk songs and works of world classics. His creations have been performed in Europe. From his pen come u. a. the choir cycles "Rätsel" based on texts from Russian folk riddles, "Madrigals of Separation" based on poems by the Spaniard Miguel Hernández , the song oratorio "Higher, Blues!" based on texts by black poets from the USA (with which he won 1st prize in the USSR Composers' Song Competition in 1985), instrumental programs, romances, songs, music for choreography, theater, television and cinema music.
Footnotes
- ^ Wladimir Rylow, translated from the Russian by Dietmar Stefke
Web links
- Works by Nikolai Nikolajewitsch Dranitsyn in the catalog of the German National Library
- Nikolai Dranitsyn and St. Petersburg The portrait of a musician and a city that will be 300 years old
- "Sitting on the Golden Staircase" attempt a review by WA Rylow
- Nikolai Dranitsyn: Svetlyi pokoy - Gracias Choir, Dir Boris Abalyan on YouTube
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dranitsyn, Nikolai Nikolayevich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Драницын, Николай Николаевич (Russian spelling); Dranizyn, Nikolai Nikolajewitsch (German transcription) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 30, 1946 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leningrad |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 29, 2010 |
| Place of death | Schongau , Germany |