Anatoly Dokumentov
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Anatoly Nikolayevich Dokumentov (Russian
: Анато́лий Никола́евич Докуме́нтов, (December 19, 1937) is a Russian
pianist
and composer
.
, USSR in doctor’s family.
At the age of 5 he started learning the piano and at the age of 14 he entered Central Musical School attached to Moscow Conservatory
. He studied piano at the class of Elena Petrovna Hoven (pupil of Alexander Borisovich Goldenweiser
) and composition at the class professor Vissarion Yakovlevich Shebalin.
From 1956 to 1961 he studied at the Moscow Conservatory
initially at the class of assistant professor Alexander Adrianovitch Yegorov (pupil of Konstantin Igumnov
), then since 1959 at the class of professor Lev Nikolayevich Oborin
. Then he graduated from the Higher Master School at Moscow Conservatoire at the class of L.Oborin and later class of composition of professor Nesterov (pupil of Vissarion Yakovlevich Shebalin) at Nizhny Novgorod Conservatory.
In 1961 he came back to his home town Kostroma
. He worked there as a composer, performer at Kostroma Philharmonic Society and as a piano teacher. Anatoly is a professor of Nekrasov Kostroma State University.
In 1997 he worked with famous Russian producer Nikita Mikhalkov
on the movie “The Barber of Siberia
” where he arranged music, conducted orchestra, played music, coached the actors for singing and even was filmed.
He married pianist Natalia Ananievna Seliverstova in 1965. They have two children.
at age of 14. He performed Partita C-minor of J.S.Bach.
During his life he performed in USSR, Russia
, Sweden
, Denmark
and Australia
. He performed more than 20 solo programs. Among others there were pieces of highest mastership: F.Liszt Sonata B-minor, F.Chopin 24 etudes, J.Brahms Variation on a theme of N.Paganini (both parts), S.Rachmaninov Variations on a theme of A.Corelli, P.Tchaikovsky The first concerto for piano and orchestra, S.Prokofiev The seventh sonata, R.Schumann Kreisleriana.
He also performed with artists of Bolshoi Theatre
; under guidance of conductor Yury Aranovich (Principal conductor of Stockholm orchestra) and with others.
, Denmark
, Sweden
, Vatican City
, Japan
and Australia
. Among other pieces there are:
Russian language
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: Анато́лий Никола́евич Докуме́нтов, (December 19, 1937) is a Russian
Russians
The Russian people are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Russia, speaking the Russian language and primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries....
pianist
Pianist
A pianist is a musician who plays the piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces, play with an ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers, solo instrumentalists, or other performers.-Choice of genres:...
and composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
.
Biography
Dokumentov was born in KostromaKostroma
Kostroma is a historic city and the administrative center of Kostroma Oblast, Russia. A part of the Golden Ring of Russian towns, it is located at the confluence of the Volga and Kostroma Rivers...
, USSR in doctor’s family.
At the age of 5 he started learning the piano and at the age of 14 he entered Central Musical School attached to Moscow Conservatory
Moscow Conservatory
The Moscow Conservatory is a higher musical education institution in Moscow, and the second oldest conservatory in Russia after St. Petersburg Conservatory. Along with the St...
. He studied piano at the class of Elena Petrovna Hoven (pupil of Alexander Borisovich Goldenweiser
Alexander Borisovich Goldenweiser
Alexander Borisovich Goldenweiser was a Russian pianist, teacher, composer and public figure.Goldenweiser was born in Kishinev, Bessarabia and studied at the Moscow Conservatory under Sergei Taneyev and Vassily Safonoff, winning the Gold Medal for Piano upon his graduation in 1897...
) and composition at the class professor Vissarion Yakovlevich Shebalin.
From 1956 to 1961 he studied at the Moscow Conservatory
Moscow Conservatory
The Moscow Conservatory is a higher musical education institution in Moscow, and the second oldest conservatory in Russia after St. Petersburg Conservatory. Along with the St...
initially at the class of assistant professor Alexander Adrianovitch Yegorov (pupil of Konstantin Igumnov
Konstantin Igumnov
Konstantin Nicolayevich Igumnov was a Russian virtuoso pianist and the teacher of many famous Russian pianists.Igumnov studied under Nikolai Zverev, and at Moscow Conservatory under Alexander Siloti and Pavel Pabst. He took theory and composition courses from Sergei Taneyev, Anton Arensky and...
), then since 1959 at the class of professor Lev Nikolayevich Oborin
Lev Oborin
Lev Nikolayevich Oborin was a Russian pianist. He was the winner of the first International Chopin Piano Competition in 1927.The family moved a lot during his early childhood. When they settled down in Moscow in 1914, he was sent to music school. He studied with Yelena Gnessin, a pupil of...
. Then he graduated from the Higher Master School at Moscow Conservatoire at the class of L.Oborin and later class of composition of professor Nesterov (pupil of Vissarion Yakovlevich Shebalin) at Nizhny Novgorod Conservatory.
In 1961 he came back to his home town Kostroma
Kostroma
Kostroma is a historic city and the administrative center of Kostroma Oblast, Russia. A part of the Golden Ring of Russian towns, it is located at the confluence of the Volga and Kostroma Rivers...
. He worked there as a composer, performer at Kostroma Philharmonic Society and as a piano teacher. Anatoly is a professor of Nekrasov Kostroma State University.
In 1997 he worked with famous Russian producer Nikita Mikhalkov
Nikita Mikhalkov
Nikita Sergeyevich Mikhalkov is a Soviet and Russian filmmaker, actor, and head of the Russian Cinematographers' Union.Mikhalkov was born in Moscow into the distinguished, artistic Mikhalkov family. His great grandfather was the imperial governor of Yaroslavl, whose mother was a Galitzine princess...
on the movie “The Barber of Siberia
The Barber of Siberia
The Barber of Siberia is a 1998 Russian film that re-united the Academy Award winning team of director Nikita Mikhalkov and Michel Seydoux...
” where he arranged music, conducted orchestra, played music, coached the actors for singing and even was filmed.
He married pianist Natalia Ananievna Seliverstova in 1965. They have two children.
Performances
Dokumentov started his career as a performer at the Malyj Zal of Moscow ConservatoryMoscow Conservatory
The Moscow Conservatory is a higher musical education institution in Moscow, and the second oldest conservatory in Russia after St. Petersburg Conservatory. Along with the St...
at age of 14. He performed Partita C-minor of J.S.Bach.
During his life he performed in USSR, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
, Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
and Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. He performed more than 20 solo programs. Among others there were pieces of highest mastership: F.Liszt Sonata B-minor, F.Chopin 24 etudes, J.Brahms Variation on a theme of N.Paganini (both parts), S.Rachmaninov Variations on a theme of A.Corelli, P.Tchaikovsky The first concerto for piano and orchestra, S.Prokofiev The seventh sonata, R.Schumann Kreisleriana.
He also performed with artists of Bolshoi Theatre
Bolshoi Theatre
The Bolshoi Theatre is a historic theatre in Moscow, Russia, designed by architect Joseph Bové, which holds performances of ballet and opera. The Bolshoi Ballet and Bolshoi Opera are amongst the oldest and most renowned ballet and opera companies in the world...
; under guidance of conductor Yury Aranovich (Principal conductor of Stockholm orchestra) and with others.
Compositions
Dokumentov is internationally renowned composer. His music was performed in USSR, RussiaRussia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
, Vatican City
Vatican City
Vatican City , or Vatican City State, in Italian officially Stato della Città del Vaticano , which translates literally as State of the City of the Vatican, is a landlocked sovereign city-state whose territory consists of a walled enclave within the city of Rome, Italy. It has an area of...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
and Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. Among other pieces there are:
| Composition | Performances |
|---|---|
| Opera “Unheard-of miracle” | Acquired and publicly performed in 1997 by Samara State Opera Theatre |
| Opera “Unfinished etude” | Publicly performed in1987 by Kostroma Philharmonic Society |
| The second cello sonata | Acquired by Ministry of Culture of Russia and publicly performed by X.Yuganova and Laureate of the Paris International Competition A.Yegorov widely in Russia since 1986 to 1990 |
| The third cello sonata | Publicly performed by X.Yuganova and Laureate of the Paris International Competition A.Yegorov widely in Russia since 1988 to 1990 |
| Four morning prayers of Makarios the Great | Publicly performed in Russia and Vatican City Vatican City Vatican City , or Vatican City State, in Italian officially Stato della Città del Vaticano , which translates literally as State of the City of the Vatican, is a landlocked sovereign city-state whose territory consists of a walled enclave within the city of Rome, Italy. It has an area of... |
| Four pieces for string quartette “Russian little pictures” | Publicly performed by Sweden string quartette “Arcus” |
| Pieces “Three Russian moods” for two pianos | Published and publicly performed in Tokyo in 1997 |
| “Granger phantasy” for 8 pianos | Acquired privately in Australia in 2008 and publicly performed in fragments in Melbourne Hamer Hall and Sydney Opera House Sydney Opera House The Sydney Opera House is a multi-venue performing arts centre in the Australian city of Sydney. It was conceived and largely built by Danish architect Jørn Utzon, finally opening in 1973 after a long gestation starting with his competition-winning design in 1957... |
| Symphonic composition “Three little pictures after A.Ostrovsky” | Publicly performed by Yaroslavle State Symphony Orchestra in 2001 |
| Nine preludes for piano | Publicly performed by the author in Russia, Denmark, Australia and Sweden since 1977 to 2008 |
| First concerto for piano and orchestra | Acquired by Ministry of Culture of Russia; publicly performed by the author and various orchestras in 1972, 1988; broadcasted by Moscow radio in 1973 |
| Suite for string orchestra | Publicly performed in the House of Composers in Moscow in 2004 |
| Cycle after verses of V.Lapshin “Motherland” | Publicly performed by the Moscow Chamber Choir in the House of Composers in Moscow in 2003 |
| Musicals “The secret of the Gold star”, “The ball of the flowers” and “The daughter of captain” | Acquired and publicly performed by Kostroma Philharmonic Society since 2001 to 2004 |
| Opera “Tartuf” | Publicly performed in fragments |
| Opera “Kozma Minin” | Publicly performed in fragments |
Awards and recognitions
- Honorary ArtistMeritorious ArtistMeritorious Artist , also translated as Merited Artist, Deserved Artist or Distinguished Artist or Honorary Artist or Honorable Actor) is an honorary title in the Soviet Union, Russian Federation, Union republics, and Autonomous republics, also in some other Eastern bloc states, as well as in a...
of Russia - Medal for Honor, Labor and Valour
- Laureate of two Russian competitions of pianists (one together with N.Seliverstova)
- Winner of Honorary certificate of Tokyo International Competition of composers in 1997