Alexey Retinsky
Alexey Retinsky ( ukr. Oleksii Retynskii) was born on 14 November 1986 in Simferopol, Crimea. He is a Ukrainian composer and artist.
Biography
Born to a family of musicians in Simferopol, Retinsky's early musical experiences consisted of playing wind instruments. He graduated from the School of Music, mastering the oboe, saxophone and trumpet. In parallel, he began to study composition. He later studied composition and electroacoustic composition in Music Academy of Kiev (under the tutelage of Prof. I. Sherbakov) and in the Zurich University of the Arts (Zürcher Hochschule der Künste) (under Prof. Bruno Karrer and Prof. German Toro-Perez). Since 2014, he lives and works in Vienna.
Musical development
Retinsky's oeuvre is wide; he is a creator of symphonic, chamber and electronic music, as well as music for theatre, installation art and other performances. As a composer, he has participated in festivals and concerts throughout Europe and in Asia.. His works have been performed in Ukraine, Russia, Poland, Switzerland, Germany, Belgium, France and the USA. In common with the studio Idee und Klang, he created electroacoustic works for the Swiss National Museum in Zurich, the Imperial War Museum in London, the King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture in Saudi Arabia and others.
In addition to his work as a composer and musician Rentisky paints and takes film photography.
Some works
- Trio for violin, cello and piano 30 '(2007)
- "Lament" for violin and piano ca. 11 '(2008)
- "Subito" for flute and piano ca. 21 '(2008)
- "Ultima Thule" (Lat .: Last Island) for 23 strings, cymbals and bells. ca. 19 '(2009)
- Symphony "De profundis" for big symphonic orchestra. ca. 17 '(2009–2010)
- "Shades of white" for two cellos and piano. 9 '(2010)
- "The bird dreams" for violin and piano. 20 '(2010–2011)
- String Quartet "C-Dur" for two violins, viola and cello. ca. 12 '(2011)
- "Punctum Nulla" (Lat .: The point of no return) eight-channel tape. 13.6 '(2012)
- "Sleeping Music" stereo tape. 47 '(2012–2013)
- "... and the path was wide" for piano. ca. 17 '(2012–2013)
- "The World Without Me" Audiovisual installation. 18.30' (2013)
- "Hamlet_Babylon" incidental music for 3 Folks-female voices, two cellos, flute and stereo tape. ca. 1.15' (2013)
- Hamlet installation. Stereo tape. 15: 39' (2013)
- "Two birds and one sky" for two violins ca. 6' (2014)