Pavel Karmanov
Biography and cause of death of Pavel Karmanov
Pavel Karmanov (Russian: Пáвел Виќторович Кармáнов; February 12, 1970, in Bratsk, Soviet Union – November 23, 2024) was a composer and a Russian rock musician.
Karmanov was introduced to music by his mother, a pianist. As the result his first compositions were written in Novosibirsk at the early age of 5. In the late 1970s he moved to Moscow, where was accepted to the Central School of Music for gifted young musicians, which he graduated in 1988. In 1995 he graduated from Tchaikovsky Conservatory. In Moscow he studied with:
1978–1981 – Georgy Dmitriev
1978–1995 – Professor Alexey Nikolayev
1978–1995 – Professor Albert Leman
1981–1995 – Anatoly Bykanov
1985–1995 – Professor Yuri Kholopov
In 1996 Karmanov was accepted to the Moscow Composers Union.
From 2000 through 2017 he was a permanent member of an alternative rock group Vezhlivy Otkaz.
Pavel Karmanov Festivals
He is a regular participant of the major music festivals, such as:
Moscow Autumn – 1991, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2006
The Alternative – 1990, 1996, 1997, 1998 Moscow, Russia
SoundRoute 1999 Tokio – Moscow festival in Japan
Warsaw Autumn Poland – 2005
Shostakovich Festival in Seattle US – 2006.
Pavel Karmanov Performances
Karmanov’s pieces were performed at the Moscow Conservatory, the St. Petersburg Philharmonics, and concerts and festivals around the world. His music is regularly performed by Alexei Lubimov, Yuri Bashmet, Vadym Kholodenko (Van Cliburn International Piano Competition winner – 2013), Tatiana Grindenko and “OPUSPOSTH”, the percussionist Mark Pekarsky and his ensemble, the pianists Polina Osetinskaya, Mikhail Dubov, and other prominent Russian musicians and orchestras. Among the foreign performers playing pieces by this composer:
PADSEnsemble (Italy)
Seattle Chamber Players ensemble (US)
The Odeon Quartet (US)
Beethoven quartet (Basel, Switzerland)
Pavel Karmanov Awards
2005 Golden Eagle Award for Best Original Score for Soldatsky dekameron
2009 Bessie Award
Pavel Karmanov Screen works
Karmanov had composed music for movies and documentaries. The collection includes
Bolshoi director Valery Todorovsky
Arena (Gladiatrix) [8] director Timur Bekmambetov, producer — Roger Corman (US)
Soldatsky dekameron by Andrei Proshkin
Gulf Stream Under the Iceberg by Evgeny Pashkevich
documentaries by Alexei Khanyutin, including “Music for the Fireworks” and “The Road” etc.
Karmanov created soundtracks for television series. Some of it:
“Only you”, by Nana Dzhordzhadze
“Multiplying Grieve” by Oleg Fesenko.
He composed music for various cartoons including animated movies by Ivan Maximov.
Pavel Karmanov Stage work
In 2009, in New York, the choreographer Pam Tanowitz won the new dance award “The Bessies”, using Pavel’s music for her show titled ”Be in the Gray with me”. Karmanov also received the award for his music.
In June 2013 Bolshoi Theatre staged Alexander Borodin’s Prince Igor, which was warmly received by audiences and critics. The new opera is shorter, with director cutting out some parts of the opera. Karmanov and Vladimir Martynov worked on the opera’s score to accommodate the new structure. According to Vassily Sinaisky, the Bolshoi chief conductor, such a new structure of the opera was conceived to make it more dynamic and intense.
Pavel Karmanov Recordings
Since 1997, Karmanov’s music is playing on TV and radio around the world.
In 2006 Nazar Kozhuhar and his ensemble “The Pocket symphony” recorded and released Karmanov’s first CD with chamber music
In 2014 FANCYMUSIC records released the second disc titled «Get in».
Source: Wikipedia