Patrick K.-H. – Moscow based composer, sound artist, video artist. Has been active on the experimental scene since middle 1990s as improvisation guitarist, founder and composer of “Beligriush” orchestra and visual artist. He currently works as electroacoustic music composer, live-acousmatic performer, video artist and animation maker. His wide-range art experiences turns him more into interactive forms and reflects his belief that most of the laws as well as paradoxes of each single media can be mapped to other medias for producing a certain (un)expectable result. Continue reading “Patrick K.-H. (composer, sound artist, video artist)” »

Sergei Krylov was born in Moscow into a family of musicians. At the age of five he began his violin studies and made his symphony orchestra debut at the age of ten, performing in Russia, China, Finland and Germany. Continue reading “Sergey Krylov (violin)” »

Stanislav Malyshev – (violin) was born in 1980 in Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg). He graduated from the Moscow State Conservatory named after P. Tchaikovsky and a post-graduate class of Professor Igor Frolov (violin) and Nina Kogan (chamber ensemble). He participated in master classes with professors Sergey Kravchenko, Sergey Stadler, Alexander Rudin (chamber ensemble). Continue reading “Stanislav Malyshev (violin)” »

Venera Gimadieva graduated from Kazan Musical College. In 2009 she graduated from the St. Petersburg State Conservatoire (Svetlana Gorenkova’s class). In 2008 she joined the St. Petersburg Opera theatre. Continue reading “Venera Gimadieva (soprano)” »

Historical bassoonist Wouter Verschuren regularly performs throughout Europe and the U.S.A, and is at home with repertoire ranging from the Renaissance to the Romantic. He is principal bassoonist of The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra conducted by Ton Koopman, and regularly plays with other renowned period orchestras such as The Orchestra of the 18th century, La Petite Bande and The Academy of Ancient Music. Continue reading “Wouter Verschuren (bassoon)” »

Zhao Taisheng is a member of the Chinese Musicians’ Association and a committee member of the Central Conservatory of Music Alumni Association (Hong Kong). He graduated from the Conservatory in 1988, where he trained in sanxian under Prof. Xiao Jiansheng, Wang Zhenxian and Tan Longjian at the Traditional Instruments Department. In his second year at the Conservatory, he won the Dunhuang Class One Award at the First International Jiangnan Wind and String Competition, a Class One Performance Award with A Festive Procession and another Class One Award for the new work Eulogy of the South. In 1996, his premiere of Demon from Heaven won an Outstanding Performance Award at the 3rd All China Folk Music Instrumental Music Showcase, and he was honoured by the Government of the Beijing Municipality for his meritorious achievements in culture. He was named one of the ‘Ten Best Performers of Beijing’ in 1998. Continue reading “Zhao Taisheng (sanxian)” »