Alexander Shchetynsky was born in 1960 in Kharkiv, Ukraine.
EDUCATION
1983 graduated from the Kharkiv Art Institute
1990, 1991 Summer Courses in Poland (lectures of L. Andriessen, W. Lutoslawski, K. Penderecki, B. Schaeffer, M. Lindberg, a.o.)
1991 Course of Computer Music in Cracow Music Academy, Poland
1992 master classes with Edison Denisov and Poul Ruders in Lercherborg, Denmark
TEACHING AND LECTURING
1982 - 1990 composition at a children's music school in Kharkiv
1991 - 1995 composition, instrumentation, a special course in techniques
of contemporary music at the Kharkiv Art Institute
1995 course of lectures on modern and contemporary music
at the Ukrainian National Music Academy in Kyiv
1995 - 1999 lectures on new Ukrainian music, presentations of his own works
at several symposia in Germany and Slovakia.
AWARDS
1990 Main and Special prizes at the International Composers' Competition Kazimierz Serocki in Poland
1991 First prize of the International Competition in Composition of Sacred Music in Fribourg, Switzerland
1995 Second prize at the International Witold Lutoslavski Composers Competition in Poland
1996 Second prize at the International Henri Dutilleux Composers Competition in France
1998 Third prize at the Gustav Mahler International Composition Prize in Klagenfurt, Austria.
PERFORMERS
Helicon Opera (Moscow)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra
Children's choir Maîtrise de Radio France
Arditti String Quartet
Moyzes String Quartet (Slovakia)
Ensemble Wiener Collage (Austria)
Janus Ensemble (Austria)
Mosaik (Germany)
Stockholm Saxophone Quartet
KammarensembleN (Sweden)
Trio Obscura (Sweden)
HEX Ensemble (the Netherlands)
Ensemble Erwartung (France)
Ensemble Opus 16 (France)
Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble
Mark Pekarsky Percussion Ensemble (Russia)
Ensemble Cluster (Ukraine)
opera producer Dmitry Bertman
conductors Sylvio Gualda, Huub Kerstens, Wojciech Michniewski, Tadaaki Otaka,
Arild Remmereit
sopranos Phyllis Bryn-Julson, Tatiana Kuingi, Nao Nigano
pianists Claudia Chen, Elena Letñanová, Ivar Mikhashoff, Jozsef Örmény,
Yuri Polubelov
cellists Martin Dörfler, Paul Marleyn, Alexander Zagorinsky
flutists Robert Aitken, Jadwiga Kotnowska
bassoonist Valeri Popov
saxophonists Marc Sieffert, Alexei Volkov
trombonist Ivo Nilsson
percussionists Mark Pekarsky, Gert Sørensen
guitarists Reinbert Evers, Wolfgang Weigel
accordionists Joseph Purits, William Schimmel
MAJOR PERFORMANCES
Festivals & concert series
ALMEIDA in London (1989, 1994)
EUROPHONIA in Zagreb (1990)
WARSAW AUTUMN (1997; fringe events 1990, 1991)
FRIBOURG FESTIVAL OF SACRED MUSIC in Switzerland (1992)
LERCHENBORG MUSIC DAYS in Denmark (1992)
TAGE FÜR NEUE MUSIK in Zürich (1992)
MOSCOW AUTUMN (1992, 1994, 1996, 1998)
PRÉSENCES in Paris (1993)
MUSIC BIENNALE ZAGREB (1993)
INTERNATIONAL YOUTH MUSIC FORUM in Kyiv (1992 - 1995, 1998)
INTERNATIONALE TAGE FÜR NEUE BLOCKFLÖTENMUSIK in Basel (1993)
BONNER HERBST (1993)
NEW VOICES - NEW CHOICES in Cardiff (1994)
ENSEMS in Spain (1994)
9. INTERNATIONALES FESTIVAL FÜR NEUE MUSIK in Heidelberg (1994)
KYIV MUSIK FEST (1994, 1995, 1999)
NEW MUSIC IN KHARKIV (1995, 1996)
DAYS OF NEW MUSIC in Moldova (1995, 1997)
INTERNATIONAL GAUDEAMUS MUSIC WEEK in Amsterdam (1995)
DAYS OF CRACOW COMPOSERS' MUSIC (1995, 1998)
CONTRASTS in Lviv, Ukraine (1995 - 1999)
MELOS-ETHOS in Bratislava, Slovakia (1995, 1997)
BERLIN IN MOSCOW (1996)
9th LABORATORY OF CONTEMPORARY MUSIC in Poland (1996)
TWO DAYS AND TWO NIGHTS in Odesa, Ukraine (1996, 1997)
MOSCOW FORUM (1997)
SACRO ART in Loccum, Germany (1997, 1999)
NEUE GEISTLICHE MUSIK AUS OSTEUROPA in Freiburg (1997)
TO EUROPE THROUGH MUSIC in Lviv (1998)
ILKHOM-XX in Tashkent, Uzbekistan (1998)
MUSIKFORUM VIKTRING-KLAGENFURT in Austria (1998)
8th CONTEMPORARY MUSIC FESTIVAL GAIDA in Vilnius (1998)
Concerts
Great Britain, France, Germany, Holland, Belgium, Luxembourg, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Sweden, Norway, USA, Brazil, China, Poland, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Latvia, Russia, Ukraine.
Broadcastings
Radio France, BBC, Radio Suisse Romande, Danmarks Radio, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Austrian TV and Radio Service, Polskie Radio 2, Radio Echo of Moscow, Radio Kyiv a.o.
PUBLISHERS
Alain Van Kerckhoven Editeur, Belgium
Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Ltd., England
Le Chant du Monde, France
Chiola Music Press, Italy/Belgium
Gérard Billaudot Éditeur S.A., France
Prokordeon Klaus Werner Verlag, Germany.
List of Compositions
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