Vladimir Genin

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Vladimir Genin (2011)

Vladimir Genin ( Russian Владимир Миха́йлович Генин / Wladimir Michailowitsch Genin ; born March 31, 1958 in Moscow , Soviet Union ) is a Russian-German composer , pianist and music teacher of Jewish descent. He has lived in Munich since 1997 .

Life

Vladimir Genin is the second child of the writer and musician Michail Genin and the music teacher Elena Spinel. His grandfather, painter and set designer Jossif Spinel, worked in the films Ivan the Terrible and Alexander Newski by Sergei Eisenstein .

He studied at the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory in the composition class of Roman Ledenev and in the piano class of Ilya Klyachko and received a diploma with distinction in 1983. His compositional development was influenced by his long friendship with Georgi Sviridov , who was an important composer and student of Dmitri Shostakovich .

He composes works for symphony orchestras, chamber ensembles and choir, which are performed in Europe, Russia and the USA. Music publishers in Germany and Russia publish his works, including Sikorski Music Publishers , Hamburg; New Music Publishing House , Berlin; Ries & Erler , Berlin; Wolfgang Haas Classic Cologne , Cologne; Enter Media Publishing , Munich; Kompozitor music publisher , Moscow.

They performed at the International Review of Composers in Belgrade (Serbia), at the International Festival Moscow Autumn and at the International Gori Choir Festival (Georgia), as well as at the music festival of the Munich Society for New Music .

The mystery play Lament for Andrei Bogolubski, the Great Prince of Vladimir , was performed during the celebration of the Millennium of Christianity in Russia and on a concert tour in the USA and has since seen over 70 performances. Over 20,000 copies of this work have been sold on records and CDs.

Performances of his orchestrations of the vocal cycles by Modest Mussorgsky Songs and Dances of Death and Without Sun on behalf of the baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky took place under the baton of Valery Gergiev in St. Petersburg (Symphony Orchestra of the Kirov- Mariinsky Theater ), Rotterdam and Brussels (Rotterdam Philharmonic) instead of.

The feature film Der Brief des Kosmonauten (D, 2001) with Genin's original music was presented in the cinema and broadcast by Premiere TV. The suite from the film music was performed by Camerata Nova in the Carl Orff Hall of the Munich Philharmonic under the direction of Vladimir Genin and at the Night of the Film Music by the Munich Radio Orchestra under Frank Zacher in the Great Concert Hall of the Munich Music Academy .

On behalf of the Sonoton music library (Creative Sound Solutions, Munich) he composed six pieces for chamber ensemble together with Roman Raithel in 2001, which were published on the CD "Abstract Images" and have since been broadcast as background music by TV stations in Europe, Australia, Japan and the USA were.

Who composed music for the pianist Olga Domnina piano cycle Seven Melodies for the Dial ( seven tunes for the dial ) was 2012 by Challenge Records International published (Netherlands) on a CD, which has provided a positive review. A look at the press review reveals the success of the performances of this cycle in Concertgebouw Amsterdam, in the International House of Music Moscow and in Moscow's Stanislavski Music Theater.

A new CD by Vladimir Genin with the great vocal cycle Les Fleurs du Mal , inspired by Charles Baudelaire, was named CD of the month by the MusicWeb International portal in January 2015 .

A multimedia project by Vladimir Genin together with the Nodelman Quartet Threnody for the Victims in Ukraine (funeral prayer for the victims in Ukraine) on the commemoration day of the dead of the protests in Kyiv Majdan Square in February 2014 ( Euromaidan ) has for a big Attention in Germany.

In addition, V. Genin occasionally orchestrates film scores for important German film composers, such as B. to the ZDF two-part "Die Pilgerin" (2014), to the movies "Insoupçonnable" (Switzerland / France 2010), "Lippels Traum" (D 2009).

V. Genin has been working closely with the Ukrainian star violinist Valeriy Sokolov since 2015 . He was commissioned to create the sonata for violin and piano (2015) and the chamber concert “Pietà” (2017).

The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians devoted an article to the work of Vladimir Genin.

As initiator and artistic director of the project The Musicians Guild of the Future , he teaches piano, chamber music, composition, orchestration and prepares young artists for competitions and for studies at the music college. Among his students are winners of national and international competitions in Germany, France and Switzerland. He has been implementing his pedagogical principles since 2002 as head of the music department with a team of 20 and 260 students at the Hallbergmoos Adult Education Center and at the Austrian Master Classes in Zell an der Pram Castle . He is also artistic director of the first KlassiK concert series , which he launched in 2008.

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Musical works (selection)

  • MALAFEMMINA, OR AWFUL BEAUTY Tragedia Buffa (Opera in two acts) 2013
  • Russian Roulette A Game of Hazard for Symphony Orchestra 2014
  • Liturgical concert for piano and symphony orchestra 2011
  • Diptych for piano and symphony orchestra 2010
  • Sinfonietta for strings 2010
  • PIETÀ Chamber Concerto for Violin and String Orchestra dedicated to Valery Sokolov 2016
  • Suite from the film music Der Brief des Kosmonauten for orchestra 2002
  • Threnody for the Victims in Ukraine for strings 2015
  • ORPHEUS. EURYDICE. HERMES Mini Mono-Opera for countertenor-baritone, violin & strings to the text by RMRilke 2017
  • ALKESTIS mini mono opera for mezzo-soprano and strings to the text by RMRilke 2015
  • Bach is all around for strings 2009
  • Deux pantomimes plastiques avec Intermede Triptych for violin and piano 2003
  • Sonata for violin and piano dedicated to Valery Sokolov 2014
  • Poeme for viola and piano 1986
  • Fantasy after Temen from the opera "Boris Godunov" by Modest Mussorgsky for piano quartet 1998
  • Polovtsian dances from the opera “Fürst Igor” by Alexander Borodin for piano quartet 1998
  • Seven Melodies for the Dial, Piano cycle 2011
  • The Plaint of Andrei Bogolubski, Great Prince of Vladimir Misterienspiel for soloists and choir 1987
  • Confession of St. Augustine cantata for speakers, soloists and choir 1990
  • Les Fleurs du Mal Twelve Songs and Dances for Soprano, Violin, Viola, Cello & Piano inspired by Charles-Pierre Baudelaire 2013
  • Transport of Elements / Nachdichtung Vocal cycle based on the texts by B. Pasternak, M. Zwetajewa and RM Rilke (in English, German and Russian) 2010
  • Last Moments Seven songs for soprano, cello and piano to texts by Xenia Evangelista (in German) 2006
  • Works for string instruments (various instrumentations)
  • Works for string instruments with piano (various instrumentations)
  • Works for saxophone trio
  • Works for piano four hands and two pianos

Musicological and literary works

  • Thoughts on the piano bench Article series // Pianist - Munich: Piranha Media, 2009 №1-4
  • Отец; Голый остров Essais // Almanach Dominante - Munich: Verlag Otto Sagner, 2006, 2008, ISBN 978-3-86688-062-7 , ISSN  1863-6322
  • Небо как колокол // "Музыкальный мир Георгия Свиридова" - М .: Советский композитор, 1990 - C. 165-173, ISBN 5-85285-048-9 .
  • Владимирское чудо // М .: Советская музыка, 1989. № 10

Discography

Exclusive plates

  1. The Plaint of Andrei Bogolubski, Great Prince of Vladimir for soloists and choir
  2. Confession of St. Augustine for speakers, soloists and choir
  3. in C est 4/4: four chamber compositions for four interpreters
  4. Seven Melodies for the Dial, Piano cycle
  5. Les Fleurs du Mal: Twelve Songs and Dances for Soprano, Violin, Viola, Cello & Piano inspired by Charles-Pierre Baudelaire

More CDs and DVDs

  • Original music for the film The Cosmonaut's Letter // DVD The Cosmonaut's Letter (Euro Video)
  • Six pieces for chamber ensemble (together with Roman Raithel) // CD Abstract Images (Sonoton)
  • Arrangement for 12 saxophones of the suite by Georgi Sviridov Schneesturm // CD Saxophone Cinema (MDG)

literature

  • The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians . 2nd Edition. Volume 9, ISBN 0-333-60800-3 , p. 652.
  • Karsten Dürer: Aural impression. In: Pianonews. №6, Staccato Verlag, 2012, ISSN  1434 to 3592 , p 96th
  • История отечественной музыки второй половины XX века. Композитор, Saint Petersburg 2010, ISBN 978-5-7379-0277-3 , pp. 482-510.
  • М. Аркадьев: Размышления о молодом композиторе. In: Советская музыка. № 12, Moscow 1989, ISSN  0869-4516 .
  • Д. И. Тахватулина: В. Генин. “Плач по Андрею Боголюбскому, Великому Князю Владимирскому”. In: Свиридовские чтения: "Родная земля": образ и идея русской культуры // Сборник научных статей по материалам VIII Всероссийской студенческой научно-практической конференции. Изд-во ИП Чемодуров, Kursk 2012, pp. 233–248.
  • Д. И. Тахватулина: Действо «Три Спаса» В. Генина: опыт жанрового анализа In: Актуальные проблемы культуры, искусства и художественного образования: сборник научных трудов ОГИИ . Вып. 14. Изд-во ГБОУ ВПО «ОГИИ им. Л. и М. Ростроповичей ». Оренбург 2013, pp. 142–147.
  • Д. И. Тахватулина: Отражение славянских духовных традиций в современной музыке (на примере). In: Свиридовские чтения: "ХХ век: изломы русской истории и русское искусство» // Сборник научных статей по материалам Х Всероссийской студенческой научно -практической конференции. Изд-во ООО «РАСТР». Курск 2014, pp. 242–248.
  • Д. И. Тахватулина: В. Генин. Действо "Плач по Андрею Боголюбскому, великому князю владимирскому": особенности жанровой драмат. In: Художественное произведение в современной культуре: творчество - исполнительство - гуманитарное знание: сб. материалов и науч. ст. III международной заочн. науч.-практ. конф. ЮУрГИИ им. П.И. Чайковского. Челябинск 2015, pp. 87–97.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Writer Mikhail Genin
  2. ^ Painter and set designer Jossif Spinel
  3. ↑ Леденев, Роман Семенович
  4. ↑ Клячко, Илья Рубинович (Романович)
  5. ^ Website of V. Genin at Sikorski
  6. ↑ Augsburg violin book
  7. ^ Website of V. Genin at Ries & Erler  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.rieserler.de  
  8. ↑ V. Genin's website at Wolfgang Haas Classic ( memento of the original from July 7, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.haas-koeln.de
  9. ^ Website of V. Genin at Enter Media Publishing
  10. ↑ International Review of Composers, Belgrade
  11. ↑ USA Concert Tour Booklet
  12. ↑ The letter of the cosmonaut, film
  13. ↑ Night of the Film Music
  14. ^ Website of the CD Seven Melodies for the Dial
  15. ↑ Karsten Dürer: hearing impression. In: Pianonews . №6, Staccato Verlag, 2012, ISSN  1434-3592 .
  16. ↑ MusicWeb International on Seven Melodies on the Dial
  17. ↑ Interview by Olga Domnina, TV Amsterdam
  18. ↑ press release
  19. ↑ Михаил Аркадьев: Два концерта - два взрыва. In: Московская правда. November 10, 2011.
  20. ↑ Website of the CD Les Fleurs du Mal  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.voxtorg.org  
  21. ^ MusicWeb International on Les Fleurs du Mal
  22. ^ Threnody for the Victims in Ukraine on the website of Euromaidanpress
  23. ↑ BR-Klassik multimedia project to commemorate: Funeral prayer for the victims in Ukraine ( Memento from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  24. ↑ WDR multimedia project for Ukraine: Musicians in NRW commemorate the Maidan victims  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.wdr5.de  
  25. ↑ B5 current “Trauergesang” project in memory of the victims in Ukraine
  26. ^ The music department of the vhs Hallbergmoos
  27. ↑ first classic
  28. ↑ Full list of works on Vladimir Genin's official website
  29. ↑ Other texts by V. Genin (in Russian)
personal data
SURNAME Genin, Vladimir
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Genin, Vladimir Michajlovič; Генин, Владимир; Генин, Владимир Миха́йлович
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian-German composer and pianist
DATE OF BIRTH March 31, 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Moscow , Soviet Union