Nationality Russian Role Composer | Name Pavel Karmanov Occupation composer Albums Re-Music | |
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Music director Gulf Stream Under the Iceberg, The Arena, Long Bridge of Desired Direction, The Playmate Similar People Ivan Maximov, Peter Orloff, Alexandr Voytinskiy |
Pavel karmanov piece 1 igor stravinsky s the rite of spring
Pavel Karmanov (Russian: Пáвел Виќторович Кармáнов; born February 12, 1970, in Bratsk, Russia) is a composer and a Russian rock musician.
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- Pavel karmanov piece 1 igor stravinsky s the rite of spring
- Pavel karmanov musica con cello with new russia state orchestra edit 2015
- Festivals
- Performances
- Awards
- Screen works
- Stage work
- Recordings
- Major works
- References

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 (ru)1978 - 1995 - Professor Alexey Nikolayev1978 - 1995 - Professor Albert Leman1981 - 1995 - Anatoly Bykanov1985 - 1995 - Professor Yuri KholopovIn 1996 Karmanov was accepted to the Moscow Composers Union.
Since 2000 he is a permanent member of an alternative rock group Vezhlivy Otkaz.
Pavel karmanov musica con cello with new russia state orchestra edit 2015
Festivals
He is a regular participant of the major music festivals, such as:
Moscow Autumn - 1991, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2006The Alternative - 1990, 1996, 1997, 1998 Moscow, RussiaSoundRoute 1999 Tokio - Moscow festival in JapanWarsaw Autumn Poland - 2005 Shostakovich Festival in Seattle US - 2006.Performances
Karmanov’s pieces are 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:
Awards
Screen works
See the imdb list.
Karmanov has also composed music for movies and documentaries. The collection includes
Karmanov created soundtracks for television series. Some of it:
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 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».