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Andreyev, Samuel (b. 1981, Kincardine, Ontario). Canadian composer of mostly chamber works that have been performed in Europe and North America; he is also active as an oboist and poet.
Mr. Andreyev studied violin in Kincardine as a child, as well as cello, music theory and oboe at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto from 1999–2003. He then studied analysis with Vincent Decleire and composition with Allain Gaussin at the Conservatoire de Sevran from 2004–06. He has studied composition with Frédéric Durieux and electronic music with Yann Geslin, Yan Maresz and Tom Mays at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris since 2006.
He is also active in other positions. As an oboist, he has primarily performed his own music, as well as other contemporary works. He founded the Expert Press in Toronto in 1998, which published works by numerous Canadian artists and poets, and has since served as its director. His books of poetry are Sotas Ery (1998, Expert Press), Nine Humorous Poems (2001, Expert Press), Thoughts of Marv Sandeye (2002, Expert Press), Nineteen Poems (2003, LyricalMyrical Press), and Sevara Distance (2005, Trepex).
In addition to the works listed below, Mr. Andreyev has composed more than 150 popular songs.
CONTACT INFORMATION
E-mail address: samuel.andreyev@gmail.com
Street address: Mr. Samuel Andreyev, 8 Rue de Burq, chez Revel, 75018 Paris, France
Website: http://www.trepex.org/andreyev.html
COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS
CHAMBER MUSIC: Sonata, flute, piano, 2002; Le Malheur Adoucit les Pierres, bass flute, English horn, bassoon, 2002, revised 2005; Locus Solus, oboe, 2003, revised 2005; Music with No Edges, clarinet (+ A-flat sopranino clarinet), viola, cello, double bass, percussion, 2004; Nombres Imaginaires, flute, 2004; Passages, A-clarinet, 2005; Signaux, alto flute (+ piccolo), A-clarinet (+ E-flat clarinet), bass clarinet (+ E-flat clarinet), double bass, piano, 2 percussion, 2005; Micrographia, bass oboe, 2006; Flex, violin, piano, 2006; Moving, piccolo oboe/piccolo heckelphone, viola, piano, 2006; Stopping, 2 vibraphones (1st + triangle, crotales, 2nd + glockenspiel), 2006; Nets Move Slowly, Yet, bass flute (+ piccolo), oboe, clarinet, French horn, marimba (+ 2 crystal glasses, timpani, bass drum), string quartet, double bass, 2006; La Pendule de Profil, basset horn, bassoon, viola, cello, double bass, 2007; Indices, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, 2 French horns, trumpet, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass, 2007–08
VOCAL: Songs of Elsewhere (text by the composer), baritone, flute (+ bass flute), oboe (+ oboe d'amore), 2 clarinets (1st + E-flat clarinet, bass clarinet), bass clarinet (+ contrabass clarinet), soprano saxophone (+ alto saxophone, tenor saxophone), bassoon, string quartet, double bass, theremin/ondes Martenot, percussion, 2001
PIANO: Two Pieces, 2002–03
ELECTROACOUSTIC: Situation Temporaire, CD, 2008
(Last updated on April 22, 2008)
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