EDISON DENISOV

Edison Denisov (1929-1996) is one of the leading figures in 20th century Russian music. A leading figure of the Soviet avant-garde of the 1960s, he took on at the time of the stagnation of the ruling regime in Russia. Rebellious, incorruptible, conscientious and persevering, he remained true to himself through storms and challenges. A rare, almost mystical force inhabited him and differentiated him from so many others. Denisov taught orchestration and composition at the Moscow Conservatory for almost forty years, from 1959 to 1996, and was the only one of his generation to form a real composition school in Russia, a role in which he is comparable to Olivier Messiaen in France.


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CUrrent PROJECTs of the Association

ROGRAMME 17.12.2023

Olga Bochikhina

Under the dome ahead (2009) for chamber ensemble

Anton Safronov

Two pieces from an imaginary monotheatre by Vladimir Mayakovsky

(2005/2013) for female voice and ensemble

1. violin and a little nervous

2. The ocean recedes

Agata Zubel

Mother Lode III (2017) for woodwind quintet

Edison Denisov

Chamber Symphony No. 2 (1994) for chamber orchestra

Boris Filanovsky

aria tutti (2020) for octet

Saïd Gani

Projections (2013) for chamber ensemble

Vladimir Tarnopolski

Chevengur (2001) for voice and ensemble

Alexandra Lubchansky, soprano

der/gelbe/klang ensemble

Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski


The “EDISON DENISOV SOCIETY PARIS"
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION

The International Association EDISON DENISOV SOCIETY PARIS (law of 1st July 1901 - art. 5) was created in 2020 in Paris.
The purpose of this association is to promote the memory and work of the composer Edison Denisov by publishing and translating existing books, to contribute to the organization of events, concerts, festivals and competitions referring to his work.

The association is composed of:

Founding members Ekaterina Desgraupes-Denisov, Anton Safronov and Philippe Coutelen
Active members (office) Ekaterina Desgraupes-Denisov (president), Philippe Coutelen (secretary), Mathilde Maurel (accountant)
Artistic Director
Anton Safronov
Honorary President Vladimir Jurowski

Honorary Committee
Ladies Galina Grigorieva and Ekaterina Kouprovskaia-Bruggeman
Gentlemen Pierre Boulez*, Aurèle Nicolet*, Guennady Rozhdestvensky*,
Yuri Bashmet, Claude Delangle, Heinz Holliger, Gidon Kremer, Alexander Rudin, Joel Spiegelman

Anyone who has a special interest in Edison Denisov's music and its interpretation, who wishes to receive regular information on the Association's activities and to pay an annual membership fee, may become a member of the association. Members of the Association can join the active participants, financially supporting its activities, allowing it to be productive and systematic. Members of the Association can also benefit from certain activities and services of the association. Members of the group of benefactors (donors, patrons) who pay a higher annual fee or a one-off fee may receive a tax notification.

By joining our project "EDISON DENISOV SOCIETY", (annual fee of 20 euros), you receive regular information about the activities we sponsor and organize and you are invited to preview our events.

You can also choose to give us a more important support and allow us to reinforce the means that we use for the influence of the composer's work: organization of concerts, festivals, publishing and translation of books and catalogues. With this support, you have the status of a privileged member, your name will appear on the site if you wish, you benefit from reserved seats for free at our events, and many other advantages.

Support our association today and help us to perpetuate the memory of Edison Denisov and his work.


Online membership form

https://www.helloasso.com/associations/edison-denisov-society/adhesions/adhesion-a-edison-denisov-society-2

By paying by this link you will receive your membership card and the invoice.

Becoming a Benefactor of the Edison Denisov Society

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Email : edison@denisovsociety.com


MEET THE MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION

Vladimir Jurowski


Honorary President

Chief Conductor and Artistic Director, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin

General Music Director, Bayerische Staatsoper

Principal Artist, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment


Honorary Conductor, State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia (“Evgeny Svetlanov”)

Artistic Director
Ensemble Unitedberlin

Artistic Director
George Enescu International Festival

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Ekaterina Desgraupes-Denisov


President

Edison Denisov's daughter, who has been living in Paris since 1995, studied at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow where she graduated as a choral conductor. She then also studied in Italy and France as a sound engineer and worked at the publishing house "Saisons Russes" in Moscow as an artistic assistant for recordings. Currently she teaches music theory at the CMA*19 in Paris and at the CRR** (Aubervilliers).


*Municipal district conservatory

**Regional conservatory

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Anton Safronov


Artistic Director

Russian composer, born in Moscow, student of Edison Denisov

Winner of several composition competitions

Lives and works both in Moscow and Berlin

Assistant Professor of the Dept. of Composition at the
Moscow State Conservatory P. Tchaikovsky

Assistant Professor at the Berlin University of Arts (UdK),
Dept. of Music (Composition, Music Theory & Analysis)

Co-redactor and Author at the magazine
"The Contemporary Music Tribune", Moscow (Russia)

Author at the magazine "The Music Life", Moscow (Russia)


members of the office


Philippe Coutelen


Secretary

Philippe Coutelen, violinist and teacher, graduated from the Conservatories of Winterthur (CH), CNSM* of Paris and Tchaikovsky Conservatory of Moscow. Member of the Paris Chamber Orchestra, he has performed in solo concerts, recitals and various formations and repertoires from baroque to contemporary music. He is a teacher at the CMA** in Paris and various summer academies. He created the "Carnegie Small" concert series in Paris, and is the director of the Barbizon Festival, the Music Festival in Llança (Catalonia) and the summer course "Music Ensemble" in Pont-Saint-Esprit.

*Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris.

**Municipal district conservatory.

Mathilde Maurel


Accountant

Mathilde Maurel is an economist, Director of Research at the CNRS* and Professor at the Sorbonne. Her work focuses in part on the economics of culture. She is a member of several associations whose aim is to promote classical and contemporary music, by supporting young soloists and to present in a renewed way, through them, the classical repertory and contemporary creations as well.

*The National Centre for Scientific Research.


ARTISTIC COMMITTEE

Andreas Bräutigam (CEO and Project manager of Ensemble Unitedberlin, Berlin)

Niki Ellinidou (theater and opera directing, Berlin)

Rauf Farkhadov (Musicologist, Doctor of Art Criticism, Moscow)

Christophe Gervais (trombonist, Paris)

Alexei Lubimov (pianist, Moscow/Paris)

Nicolas Mizen (saxophonist, Paris)

Thierry Pécou (composer, Paris)

Fedor Rudin (violinist, conductor, Vienna)

Vladimir Tarnopolsky (composer, Moscow)