Serge Noskov
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Serge Noskov is a composer. In 1986 he graduated from Gorky (now Nizhny Novgorod) State Conservatoire as a composer, as well as a music theory and history teacher. His graduation compositions were: 1st Symphony for triple cast symphony orchestra, "Nonet" – chamber composition in three movements for 9 instruments, “Dreams” – vocal cycle for baritone and 4 instruments, set on his own poems. After the graduation, he returned to Syktyvkar, were he wrote the 1st String Quartet, “Psalms” for a choir a'capella on texts of the Bible
Bible
The Bible refers to any one of the collections of the primary religious texts of Judaism and Christianity. There is no common version of the Bible, as the individual books , their contents and their order vary among denominations...

 in Komi language, musical “Ogorod”, numerous songs with lyrics by Komi poets of 19th century, also, a few songs for a pop-group “Aski”. His Komi songs for children were published by a Komi Publishing House.
In 1992 he relocated to London. Since then he has written five Symphonies, String Quartet No2, “Magic Mushroom” – chamber composition for an electronic synthesizer and a chamber orchestra, art-rock album “Mayakovsky Rocks”, set on the lyrics by controversial Russian poet Vladimir Mayakovsky, “Diary of a Madman” – music for the drama by N.Gogol, soundtracks for several short films and jingles for TV adverts, “The Adventures of a Christmas Turkey” - sarcastic compositon in three movements for a symphony orchestra, "Bloody Men" - 7 songs for soprano with lyrics by Wendy Cope, and other numerous songs on lyrics by contemporary Komi and Russian poets.

His latest work is the opera Kuratov
Kuratov (opera)
Kuratov is an opera by the composer Serge Noskov. It was the first ever opera in the Komi language. It received its premiere at the State Opera House, Syktyvkar, the chief city of the Komi Republic, in the Russian Federation on 2 October 2009.In 2008 Noskov began to rework an unpublished verse...

in the Komi and Russian language, which had its first performances on 2 and 3 October 2009 and since then has been included into the permanent repertoire of the State Opera and Ballet Theatre of Komi Republic, Russia.

In 2010 for his contribution and achievements in music Serge was awarded the Certificate of Merit by the Minister of Culture of Russian Federation.
In 2011 he was awarded the Diploma of the State Prize Laureate of Komi Republic.

in Russian.
in English (official website of British Academy of Composers and Songwriters)
in English (website about Komi culture)
in Russian (internet portal “Business News Komi)
in Russian (newspaper “Respublica”)
in Russian ( newspaper “Krasnoye Znamia”)
in Russia (newspaper “Molodyezh Severa”)
in Russian (internet portal “Mass Media”
(internet portal FU)
in Russian (“Argumenty i fakty” – “Arguments and Facts”)
in Russian (website “Syktyvkar on Line”)
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