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Kuznetsov, Vyacheslav (b. 1955, Vienna). Austrian-born Belorussian composer of mostly stage, orchestral, chamber, choral, and vocal works that have been performed throughout Europe.
Mr. Kuznetsov studied at the Belorussian Academy of Music in Minsk, where he graduated from the composition class of Yevgeny Glebov in 1983. He then had post-graduate studies with Yevgeny Glebov at the same academy from 1983-85.
Among his honors is the State Prize of Belarus (2003). His music has been performed at numerous important festivals, including the ISCM World Music Days in Yokohama (2001), and in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Israel, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, the UK, and the USA. In addition, his new works are played each year during the Minsk Spring and Belorussian Autumn festivals.
He co-founded with Sergey Beltiukov, Galina Gorelova, Dmitry Lybin, Yevgeny Poplavsky, and others the Belorussian Society for Contemporary Music in 1990 and served as its chairman from 1995-2001.
He has taught as a professor of music at the Belorussian Academy of Music in Minsk since 1987 and has been chair of the instrumentation and score-reading department since 1998.
In addition to the works listed below, Mr. Kuznetsov has composed music for numerous film and theatre productions.
CONTACT INFORMATION
E-mail address: sas_kc@rambler.ru
Street address: Mr. Vyacheslav Kuznetsov, Prushinskikh 42, Apt. 154, 220119 Minsk, Belarus
Telephone: + 3751 7291 6720
SELECT LIST OF WORKS
STAGE: Crazy Notes (opera, libretto by the composer), 1987; Twelve Chairs (ballet, scenario by Viktor Sarkisyan, the composer), 1983; Polonaise (ballet, scenario by Yevgeny Poplavsky, the composer), 1994 (arrangement of music by Michal-Kleafas Oginski); Rex Solomon (ballet, scenario by Natalya Furman), 1998; Macbeth (ballet, scenario by Natalya Furman), 1999; Cleopatra (ballet, scenario by Valentin Elizariev), 2003
ORCHESTRAL: Symphony No. 1, 1982; Symphony No. 2, 1984; Concerto for Orchestra, 1988; Adagio, organ, orchestra, 1989; Caesium-137, 1990; Shadow of Glass, 1990; Mosque Militaries, 1991; Partita in D, oboe, string orchestra, 1992; Das Glasperlenspiel, guitar, string orchestra, 1994; Symphony No. 3, 1995; Lament of Jeremy, 1996; Invitation to Torture, small orchestra (14 players), 1997; Kitsch-Musik, small orchestra (15 players), 2000
CHAMBER MUSIC: Sonata, tzimbaly (Belorussian dulcimer), 1989; Möbius Strip, flute, oboe, clarinet, viola, cello, harpsichord, crotales, 1991; Heterophony, oboe, violin, viola, 1993; Vine of Dandelions, vibraphone, 1994; Sonata, double bass, 1995; Letters of the Marquis de Sade, speaker, clarinet, cello, vibraphone, 2000; Ritual, trombone, 2000; Authentus, 4 flutes, 2002
CHORAL: Quiet Songs (cantata, text by Maksim Bogdanovich), mixed chorus, 1990; Belorussian Wedding (cantata, texts from folk sources), mixed folk chorus, 1993; Tunes of Ancient Belorussians (song-cycle, text by Ian Chachot), male chorus, 1996; Choruses on Verses of Russian Poets (texts by Andrey Bely, Innokenty Annensky, Vladislav Khodasevich), mixed chorus, 1994-2000
VOCAL: Imagination (text by Reiner Maria Rilke), voice, piano, 1991; Lithuanian Diptixos (text by Joseph Brodsky), voice, flute, viola, cello, 1991; Euphony (text by Velimir Khlebnikov), 8 soloists, 5 percussion, 1993; Two Parables of F. Kafka, voice, clarinet, bassoon, trombone, cello, double bass, piano, 1993; Cry of the Butterfly (text by the composer), voice, clarinet, harpsichord, 1996; Seventeen Lines of Osip Mandelstam, voice, cello, 1997
PIANO: Sonata, 1996; Bestiarium, 1996
(Last updated on April 23, 2004)
