Vladimir Genin
Vladimir Genin graduated cum laude from Moscow Conservatory. Among his principal compositions are several symphony and chamber works, they are performed in Russia, Europe and USA and released on CDs.
In 1987, Vladimir Genin wrote The Plaint of Andrei Bogolubsky, Great Prince of Vladimir, a Choral Act for Soloists and Chorus ordered by Vladimir Choral Music Theater under the directorship of Edward Markin. The act had over 60 productions in Russia, it was performed during the celebration of the Millennium of Christening of Russia and during Vladimir Chamber Choir’s concert tour in the United States.
The instrumentations of Mussorgsky’s “Songs and Dances of Death” and “Sunless” vocal cycles made by Genin to the order of the famous baritone Dmitry Hvorostovsky were performed under the baton of Valery Gergiev in St. Petersburg (1993, Mariinsky Theater Orchestra), and in Rotterdam and Brussels (1998, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra.)
The film “Der Brief des Kosmonauten” (“The cosmonaut´s letter”, Germany, 2001, script and film by Vladimir Torbica) with an original soundtrack by Vladimir Genin was successfully distributed all over Germany, shown on TV channels of Germany and Austria, and released on a DVD. The chamber music he wrote to the order by Sonoton can be heard on many TV channels of Europe, the USA, Japan, South Africa, and Australia as documentary soundtracks.
Several original Works are published by Neue Musik Verlag Berlin, Ries & Erler Berlin, Haas Classic Cologne International Music Publishing, Carus Stuttgart, Enter Media Publishing Munich and The Composer Moscow. His versions of Mussorgsky´s Introduction of “Boris Godunov” and of Borodin´s “Polowetzer Dance” for Piano Quartet are published by International Music Publishing Hans Sikorski Hamburg.
The new CD of V. Genin “in C est. 4/4: four chamber compositions for four interpreters” will be publishd 2008 by RCD, Prague.
‘The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians’ contains an article on his music.
Find out more on http://www.genin.info
