Russian Music

2023 WINNERS

ANDREY BESOGONOV (*1990)

Graduated from the Arkhangelsk Music College (piano class of Lydia Gorkava) and the Moscow State Conservatory (composition class of Yuri Kasparov). Participated in masterclasses with Klaus Lang, Oscar Bianchi, Chaya Czernowin and others. He was a participant in the Laboratory of Composers and Playwrights "Cooperation" (2017), "Cooperation-Children" (2019), and the laboratory "Open Space" (2017). A graduate of the International Academy of Young Composers in Chaykovsky. Took part in projects of festivals such as "December Evenings," SOUND UP, OpensoundOrchestra. Winner of the Young Composers Competition "Partitura" (2020). He is the composer for dramatic plays such as "Beethoven" (Theater Practice), "Demagogue" (Alexandrinsky Theater), "Players" (Academic Drama Theater named after V. Savin), and the musical performance "Candide" (Dmitry Brusnikin's Workshop).

IVAN BUSHUEV (*1984)

Composer, conductor, flutist, performer. He graduated from the faculty of historical and contemporary performing arts at the Moscow State Conservatory named after P. I. Tchaikovsky (flute class of Olga Ivushkova). He continued his education at the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory and the Higher School of Music named after Claudio Abbado (Milan), as well as at the Jan Swelinck Conservatory (Amsterdam). From 2004 to 2006, he was a soloist in the ensemble "Studio of New Music," and from 2006 to 2022, a soloist in the Moscow Ensemble of Contemporary Music. He is the author and founder of the electronic project "Nerest." At different times, he collaborated with orchestras such as musicAeterna, "Peresvet," and the Scratch Orchestra. He composed music for several theatrical productions and museum projects (I Campi Dei Ricordi, House of Culture "GES-2," 2022). A laureate of international competitions, winner of the International Composer Competition named after Tigran Mansurian (Yerevan, 2023).

ILYA VYAZOV (*1999)

Graduated from the Gnessin State Musical College (bassoon class of Stanislav Katennin) and is currently a student at the Moscow State Conservatory (composition class of Yuri Kasparov). A graduate of the International Academy of Young Composers in Chaykovsky. Participant of the Academy of Young Composers at the "Winter Arts Festival" in Sochi; Laboratory "Open Space" and others. Among the performers are soloists of the musicAeterna orchestra, Moscow Ensemble of Contemporary Music, Studio of New Music ensemble, and the Youth Symphony Orchestra of Russia conducted by Yuri Bashmet.

ELINA LEBEDZE (*1991)

Graduated from the Saint Petersburg Conservatory (composition class of Grigory Korchmar). A graduate of the International Academy of Young Composers in Chaykovsky. One of the creators of the performance-constructor "Rockets Take Off and Break, Scattering in the Air" (TSEH, 2020), the opera-karaoke "Adoran and Garv" (2017), and the composer of the music for Alexandrinsky Theatre productions ("Smoke" 2018, "Comrade Kislyakov" 2021). Among the performers are soloists of the musicAeterna orchestra, Moscow Ensemble of Contemporary Music, Reheard Ensemble, and the chamber choir Festino.

ANNA ROMASHKOVA (*1985)

Graduated from the Moscow State Conservatory (composition class of Tatiana Chudova). She is the author of symphonic, chamber and electroacoustic works, as well as two one-act ballets performed in Moscow ("Antique Frescoes," 2005, Russian Ballet Theater) and in St. Petersburg ("Androgenos," 2008, Yakobson Ballet Theater). She has participated in festivals such as "Moscow Autumn" (2008, 2010, 2011), "Moscow Forum" (2010, 2011), "Another Space" (2010), International Courses for Young Composers in Darmstadt (2010), Donaueschingen (2011), and Vienna (Schoenberg Academy, Austria, 2012). She is a laureate of All-Russian and international competitions, including the VI International Competition of Young Composers named after P. I. Jurgenson (2011), I International Competition of Young Composers named after N. Y. Myaskovsky (2009), and the Third Festival-Competition of the Russian Harp Society (2006). Among the performers are the Studio of New Music ensemble (Moscow), the Pro Arte Foundation eNsemble (St. Petersburg), Nostri Temporis (Kyiv), and the Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Great Symphony Orchestra.

Marina Khorkova (*1981)

In 2005 Marina graduated from the Moscow State Conservatory. She studied at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Stuttgart (class of Kaspar Johannes Walter). She is a laureate of the Paul Sacher Foundation grant (2008) and the German Academic Exchange Service DAAD scholarship (2010). She participated in residencies at Villa Aurora (Los Angeles), Schloss Soltide (Stuttgart), Künstlerhof Schreyhan (Wustrow) and Villa Sträuli (Winterthur). A recipient of numerous awards, including the Ernst Krenek Prize, DAAD Prize (2011), Staubach Honoria Prize of the Darmstadt Festival (2014) and Berlin-Rheinsberger Kompositionspreis (2017). Among the performers are the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, ensembles Klangforum Wien, SWR Vocalensemble, Ensemble LUX:NM, Kairos Quartet and Proton Ensemble.