Alexander Radvilovich

Alexander Yuryevich Radvilovich (; born 1955) is a Russian composer, pianist, teacher, and lecturer from Leningrad (Saint Petersburg) who specializes in contemporary music discourses. He is the recipient of numerous domestic and foreign awards, and has had his compositions performed internationally, including Germany, Finland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. His musical style focuses on exploiting the extremes of music in order to create from them new modes of communication which are both accessible in nature for listeners yet complex in its language.

Education From 1962 to 1973, Alexander studied in the Secondary Specialized Music School within the St. Petersburg Conservatory in piano and theory with the composer Vladimir Arzumanov. Alexander happened to be his first graduate, and due to this close relationship he would introduce Alexander to Nikolas Slonimsky. Alexander would go onto study at the St. Petersburg Conservatory in the faculty of composition under Slonimsky, graduating in 1978 and continuing his education through participation in numerous courses and private tutorship with European (non-Russian) composers like Witold Lutoslavsky, Boguslaw Schaeffer, Ton de Leeuw, and Klaus Huber.

Career He is known for his symphonies of two of his own poems called Legend About Violinist and Pushkin. At one time, after reading Fyodor Dostoyevsky he composed a string quartet called The Boy at Christ’s New Year Celebration and also designed a mini opera called Let’s Write Fairy-tale. He also composed an opera called Hindrance which was based on Danii Kharms' poem Ruin of the Gods. Currently he is a member of both Russian Composer’s and Saint Petersburg Composer's Unions and works as music pedagogue at the Humanitarian University of the Petersburg Conservatory. On occasion, he tours the world as composer, pianist. His music is published and performed by various labels and ensembles in countries such as Russia, as Austria (ARBOS - Company for Music and Theatre), the Netherlands and the United States. He is the founder and artistic director of the annual festival Sound Ways International Festival of New Music, dedicated to the presentation of contemporary music, and has served on competition jurys in countries such as Germany, Ukraine, and France.

Works Piano 1973-74: Five Russian songs for piano 1976/80: Sotto voce - three pieces for piano 1982: Sonata for piano 1999: "Labyrinth" for two pianos 1993: "Galoshes of happiness" - for reader and piano four hands based on the fairy tale by G.Kh. Andersen 1994: Se(a)iten for extended piano 2008: Code of the Universe - concert etude for piano 2007: Classic Smile, dedicated to S. Slonimsky for piano

Symphonic

The Legend of the Violinist Claustrophobia Music for the Care of the Soul

Orchestral

1975: Elegy for chamber orchestra 1976: Poem for violin and orchestra 1977: Symphony No. 1 for symphony orchestra and male choir. Text by Katri Vala 2008: "Incredible Stories" for reciter and orchestra on texts by D. Bisset

Ensemble

2011: "Premonition of Winter" for bass flute, cor anglais and bass clarinet 2012: Dramma per musica for nine musicians (Fl/Picc, Cl, Fag, Cor, Pno, 2 Vns, Vla, Cello) 2015: SHOAH for ensemble (Fl, Cl/Cl.bass, Percussion, Piano, Vno, Vla, Cello) 2017: Alpine Requiem for amplified vocal quartet, piano and percussion on liturgical texts of the Requiem 2019: S'élognant dans le brouilliard ("Leaving into the fog") for clarinet and ensemble 2019: “In those days when in the gardens of the Lyceum” for ensemble (Fl, Cl, Vno, Vc, Pno) 2014: Musica lugubre for piano and ensemble (Fl, Cl/Cl.bass, Vno, Vla, Cello)