Peter Theremin
Peter Theremin | |
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Peter Theremin plays theremin | |
| Background information | |
| Born | Peter Theremin 19 June 1991 Moscow, Russia |
| Genres | Classical music, electronic music |
| Occupation | Musician |
| Instrument | Theremin |
Peter Theremin is a Russian composer and performer on the theremin, an electronic musical instrument.
Life and career
Peter Theremin is the great-grandson of Leon Theremin, and is himself a "Thereminist", a player of the instrument his grandfather invented. He plays classical and contemporary improvised music.
He is organizer of the festival of theremin culture "Thereminology", and the creator of the Russian-language website "Theremin Times". He is the head of Russian Theremin School, and is the author of a series of lectures on the history of electromusic, on the history of the theremin. He create the course "Theremin for 24 hours".
CD
- The Owls Are Not What They Seem: David Lynch Tribute Remixes (2017)
- Varvara Vizbor "Forbidden Fruit" (2015)
- Sergey Babkin "Muzasfera" (2018)
- Panama (Igor Grigoriev) - "Saints" (2018)
- Tatiana Alyoshina "How we flew on a balloon" (2013)
Music for films
- Lessons of Auschwitz (dir. Denis Semionov, Webby Award 2020[1])
- The Sheep Islands (2015)[2]
- Sounds of Vladivostok (2017)
- Sounds of Vladivostok (theremin party) (2017)[3] (Russia - Cyprus, directed and composed by Marios Elia)
- VITEBSK ART SCHOOL for at the Centre Pompidou (Paris) and Jewish Museum, (New York) (2018)
- Valse de Vladimir (2018) (France, directed by Matthew Martin)
- Lessons of Auschwitz (2020) VR film
- "Participation" (2021)
- Theremin Party for the VR game M1n0t0r (France-Russia) (2021)
Awards
- Laureate of the International Film Festival "Fathers and Children" in the nomination "film music" (2017)
- Special grant for teachers from the television contest "Blue Bird"
- Silver medal of the British award Creativepool for music for the film "Lessons of Auschwitz" (2020)
- Bronze of the American Clio Awards (English) rus. 2021 for the music for the film "Lessons of Auschwitz".
References
- ^ "Lessons of Auschwitz: Volumetric VR illustration tribute by school students". Webby Award. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
- ^ "Peter Theremin at IMDb". IMDb. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
- Strelávina, Daria (3 November 2015). "Thereminology: From Lenin to Led Zeppelin". Russia Beyond the Headlines. Retrieved 19 July 2016.