Vladimir Beleaev

Vladimir Beleaev ( Russian Владимир Беляев ; born June 18, 1955 in Chiperceni, Orhei district, Moldovan SSR ) is a Moldovan - Romanian composer and musicologist and one of the most important contemporary composers in the Republic of Moldova .

Life

Beleaev began his musical training in his hometown, where he learned button accordion in the music school . In 1968 he won a national competition and received an invitation to complete his training in Chisinau at the grammar school for children with musical talent “E. Coca ”(now“ C. Porumbescu ”).

In 1981 he received his diploma in musicology, in 1992 his diploma in composition with B. Dubossarsky at the University of Music “G. Musicescu ”in Chisinau.

He then started working as a composer and musicologist and was also head of the Music Foundation of the Composers' Union of the Republic of Moldova, of which he was Deputy President from 1996 to 2002. He was appointed artistic director of the National Opera House of the Republic of Moldova and held this position from 2003 to 2008. 2012–2016 he was President of the Composers' Union of the Republic of Moldova. He is a member of the Composers Association of the Republic of Moldova (since 1988) and the Composers Association of Romania (since 2013).

In 1999 he was vice-president of “World Music Days” and since 1993 has been executive director of “The Days of New Music” at the international festival in Chisinau .

He is also a jury member at musical competitions, including for EUROVISION. Beleaev is committed to making music from the Republic of Moldova known and established worldwide. For this he was honored in 2000 with the highest award in the country “Special merits in the cultural life of the Republic of Moldova” (“Maestru in Arte”).

Beleaev's works have been performed in numerous countries, including Romania, Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Greece, China, Denmark, Italy, Russia, Belarus, Ukraine and Spain and published by international publishers (Canada, Switzerland, USA).

Beleaev has lived in Munich since 2016 and works as a music arranger for the Munich Chamber Opera , the DaCapo Chamber Philharmonic, the Jewish Chamber Orchestra Munich , the Ismaning Music School and the Robert Wolf Project. He arranged there u. a. Works by Gustav Mahler, Wolfgang A. Mozart, Frédéric Chopin, George Gershwin and Maurice Ravel.

Prizes and awards

• "Maestru in Arte" for special merits in the cultural life of the Republic of Moldova (2000)
• Prize winner of the chamber music competition for composers of UNESCO and UNO on the 50th anniversary of the organizations (1995)
• Awards from the Ministry of Culture for Chamber Music (1995, 1997, 2001, 2013). Awards from the Ministry of Culture for Symphonic Works (2012)

Works

• Variations for piano (1988)
• String trio for violin, viola and cello (1989)
• Wedding song for female choir a capella (1990)
• Shepherd's song for male choir (1990)
• Vocal cycle for baritone and piano based on medieval Chinese poems (1990)
• Symphonic poem for orchestra, soprano and baritone (1991)
• Quintet for winds (1991)
• The Demons ballet scenes for orchestra after F. M. Dostojewsky (1992)
• Quintet No. 2 for clarinet and string quartet (1993)
• Zina viselor (The Dream Fairy) for piano (1993)
• String Quartet No. 1 (1994)
• Statu-Palma-Barbu-Cot (Fairytale Forest Spirit) for piano (1995)
• In Memoriam for flute, clarinet, bassoon, percussion, piano, violin and cello (1995)
• Duo for vibraphone and violin (1995)
• Scherzo Sarkastico for trumpet (1995)
• Adio for flute, oboe, clarinet and bassoon (1996)
• Razaseasca (folk dance) for piano (1996)
• Quintet No. 3 for oboe, bassoon, violin, cello and percussion (1997)
• Violino Solo (1997) Five miniatures for flute, violin and vibraphone (1998)
• Vocal cycle for voice and piano based on poems by A. Pushkin (1998)
• Ostinato for piano (1999)
• Axis for string orchestra (2001)
• String Quartet No. 2 (2001)
• Doamne Binecuvinteaza (God, bless) for children's choir and piano based on Traian Dorz (2002)
• Dies Irae for piano duo (2002)
• Din Stramosi (From the Ancestors) for piano (2003)
• Lullaby for the Heart for percussion, violin and clarinet (2004)
• Spirit of the Sky for string quartet (2007), adaptation for string orchestra (2013)
• Burlesca (folk dance) for piano (2008)
• Passion XXI for organ and symphony orchestra (2012)
• Opus J (azz) for piano (2012)
• Pesrev after D. Cantemir for symphony orchestra (2013)
• Composition No. 2 for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and bass clarinet (2014)
• Music for glockenspiel and string orchestra (2014)
• Love in Morocco (2015) Commissioned for the Moroccan Prince
• Entrata e Final for string orchestra (2015)
• Magia Stelelor (Star Magic ) for Helder Tenor (Flute) 2015
• Concert for a composer Instrumental cycle of 7 movements with prelude and postscript
• Ascensius for string orchestra and timpani (2016)
• String Quartet No. 3 (2016)
• Cu trenul la bunica (With the train to grandma) piano cycle for children, 6 pieces (2016)
• Small theatrical journey with Chamber Opera Munich (2017)
• Gravitazione in F for organ solo (2017)
• ... and the starry sky above us ... for symphony orchestra (2018)
• 6 Moments Musicaux for clarinet and accordion (2019)

Web links

• Vladimir Beleaev on WorldCat
• Vladimir Beleaev at Discogs (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Compozitori - Beleaev Vladimir. Retrieved March 1, 2019 . 
2. ^ Jörn Peter Hiekel, Christian Utz: Lexicon New Music . Springer-Verlag, 2016, ISBN 978-3-476-05624-5 ( google.de [accessed on March 1, 2019]).
3. ^ Così fan tutte (WA Mozart). In: Chamber Opera Munich. June 21, 2018, accessed on February 28, 2019 (German). 
4. ↑ kammerdacapo.de: Concert Archive | Chamber Philharmonic dacapo Munich. Retrieved February 28, 2019 . 
5. ^ Robert Wolf Project - Per Il Mio Amore - GLM Music GmbH. Retrieved February 28, 2019 (UK English).