Pavel Karmanov


Pavel Karmanov was a Russian composer and rock musician.

Early life and education

Karmanov was introduced to music by his mother, a pianist. He composed his first pieces at the age of five in Novosibirsk. In the late 1970s, he moved to Moscow and was accepted into the Central School of Music for gifted young musicians, graduating in 1988. He later studied at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory, graduating in 1995.

Career

In 1996, Karmanov became a member of the Moscow Composers Union. From 2000 to 2017, he was a member of the alternative rock group Vezhlivy Otkaz as a pianist and flautist.

Death

Karmanov died on 23 November 2024, at the age of 54.

Festivals

Karmanov participated in several music festivals, including:
  • Moscow Autumn
  • The Alternative – Moscow, Russia
  • SoundRoute 1999 – Tokyo-Moscow festival, Japan
  • Warsaw Autumn – Poland, 2005
  • Shostakovich Festival – Seattle, United States, 2006.

Performances

Karmanov's compositions were performed at venues including the Moscow Conservatory and the St. Petersburg Philharmonic. His works were presented at various concerts and festivals internationally. His music has been performed by musicians such as Alexei Lubimov, Yuri Bashmet, Vadym Kholodenko, Tatiana Grindenko and OPUSPOSTH, Mark Pekarsky and his ensemble, as well as pianists Polina Osetinskaya and Mikhail Dubov.
International ensembles and performers who have played Karmanov's works include:

Awards

Screen works

Source:
Karmanov had composed music for movies and documentaries. The collection includes
Karmanov created soundtracks for television series. Some of them:
  • "Only you”, by Nana Dzhordzhadze
  • "Multiplying Grieve” by Oleg Fesenko.
He composed music for various cartoons including animated movies by Ivan Maximov.

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.

Recordings

Since 1997, Karmanov's music has been performed on television 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».

Digital Releases

  • Birthday Present For Myself
  • Music For Alexei Lubimov
  • Second Snow On The Stadium
  • Innerlichkeit
  • Get In
  • Re-Music

Major works

  • "Re-Major III" for piano, vibraphone and string quintet
  • Trio "Birthday present for myself", Viola, Cello and Piano
  • "Music for the Firework" for chamber ensemble
  • "Different... rains" for flute, piano and magnetic tape
  • "Seven minutes before Christmas" for flute, piano and magnetic tape
  • "String quaREtet"
  • "ForellenQuintet"
  • "Schlaf, mein Herz, schlaf ein" for soloists, 3 choirs and orchestra
  • "GreenDNA" for String Orchestra for strings
  • "Den" for soloists, choir, rock band and orchestra
  • 9/11 for chamber orchestra in the memory of tragedy in NYC
  • "The Word" for soloists and mixed choir
  • «Second snow at the Stadium» for viola and piano
  • «Intermezzo» for piano and orchestra
  • «Get in» for 5 performers. SCP commission.
  • «Cambridge music» for Piano Quartet
  • «Innerlichkeit» for two pianos, flute, harp and string quintet
  • Music for video installations by a group of artists AES+F
  • Twice a double concerto for 2 chamber orchestras in different tunings
  • Force majeur for 2 violins and 2 pianos
  • Different brooks - order of Tallinn festival
  • "Day One" for viola, children's choir, organ and percussion
  • "Funny Valentine" for viola and harp
  • "The City I Love and Hate", Piano sextet commissioned by Basel music festival "Culturescapes"
  • Oratorio "5 Angels" for mixed choir, soloists and chamber choir Commissioned by international Festival "Academia of Orthodox Music"
  • "Past perfect" for Piano solo commissioned by Ksenia Bashmet
  • "La musica con Cello" for Cello and Orchestra commissioned by cellist Boris Andrianov