Pavel Singer

Pavel Singer (Павел Зингер, born September 29, 1962, in Pyatigorsk, USSR) is an Austrian composer, pianist and arrangeur.
Biography
Pavel (name at birth Paul) Singer was born in Pyatigorsk, to a Russian-German family.
In 1987 Pavel Singer graduated from the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory and in 1992 he obtained a postgraduate diploma in musical composition studying under Tikhon Khrennikov's class and Nikolai Rakov's class and Concert Pianist (Rudolf Kerer's class, professor M. S. Petukhov).
In 1981-87 he made many concert tours throughout the Soviet Union as piano soloist and with various ensembles. In 1988-1990 he worked as a pianist, harpsichord player with the Amadeus Moscow Chamber Orchestra. In 1990-1992 he worked as an arranger for the "Slava Rossii" (Glory of Russia) Ensemble at the State Central Concert Hall "Rossiya".
In 1990 he participated in the "International Workshop of Composers" in Amsterdam and attended master classes given by Ton de Leeuw, Theo Loevendie and Dimitar Hristov. In 1992-1993 he undertook an Internship at the Vienna Higher School of Music (now the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna), studying composition under Professor Erich Urbanner.
Since 1993 he has been working in Vienna. Permanent engagement at State Theater Baden as pianist, composer and arranger
From 2000 to 2010, after a serious injury to his right arm (ligament rupture), he was forced to stop performing as a pianist for 10 years, working only as a composer and arranger. He has now returned to active concert performances and composing.
Singer has completed numerous tours as a soloist, as well as playing in various chamber ensembles in Brazil, Germany, the United States, Japan, Sweden, Holland, Italy, China, Switzerland, Singapore, Poland, Hungary, Romania, etc.
Awards (extract)
1987 - Laureate (2. Prize) of the Soviet Union Composition Competition
1996- Laureate of the Cultural Award of Lower Austria
2006 - Laureate of the Cultural Award of Baden
2012 - "Emperor Frederick III" Honorary Medal of Baden (Austria)
2013 - Commemorative medal of the Russian Lermontov Committee "100 years of Pyatigorsk State Lermontov Museum-Reserve", Pyatigorsk (Russia)
Participantion in various international festivals
XIII.-XVI. International Chopin festival in Gaming, Austria
"Festival of Music of the 20th Century" in Minsk, Belarus
International Kamtschatka - Music festival in Petropavlovsk-Kamtschatskiy, Russia
"Woerthersee Classic Festival" in Klagenfurt, Austria
International music festival "The Seasons", Moscow etc.
Discography (as a Performer) (extract)
“Edisson Denisov, Chamber music“ - with Moscow Chamber Orchestra "Amadeus": a harpsichord solo. (Melodiya, Russia);
2 CDs with KS Olivera Miljakovic (Vienna State Opera): Piano (Nippon Crown, Japan);
"Vienna 1900" - with Elena Denisova (Violin) und Alexey Kornienko (Piano): "Notturno" (Gramola, Vienna/Austria),
"Russian Waltzes" - with Irkutsk Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra (Conductor Ilmar Lapinsch): “Concert Waltzes”,
Recordings for British, Russian, Austrian Television, Radio Sweden, Radio Moscow, Radio „Orpheus“ (Russia), Radio "Stephansdom" (Vienna, Austria), etc.
The music of Pavel Singer has been performed by
the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra; the Vienna Volksoper Symphony Orchestra; the Moscow Chamber Orchestra "The Seasons"; the Philharmonic Orchestra Dinu Lipatti, Satu Mare, Romania; the Yaroslavl Philharmonic Orchestra, Yaroslavl, Russia; the Belarusian State Academic Symphony Orchestra, Minsk, Belarus; the Kislovodsk Philharmonic Orchestra, Kislovodsk, Russia; the Irkutsk Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, Irkutsk, Russia; Soloists of the Vienna State Opera: Olivera Milyakovich, U. Steinski; Laureates of International Competitions: Elena Denisova, R. Zamuruev, A. Kornienko, A. Kholodenko, A. Getz, and others
Compositions (extract)
Symphonic music
Violin Concerto (1987)
Litanei Cantata for Symphony orchestra and Mezzosopran story by Stefan George, Rainer Maria Rilke and L. Cernuda (1992)
Praeludium, Cadenza e Lamento per Flauto, Cembalo e Archi (1995)
In Memoriam - Concerto Grosso for Piano, Violin and Symphony orchestra (1995-2002)
Euro-Wellen- Introduction and Waltz for Symphony orchestra (2007)
Dialog - for Violin, Cembalo and Strings (2009)
Suite from the opera "Die Schöne Wassilissa" (2011) etc.
Chamber music
Sextett
2 Strings Quartetts
Viola Sonata
Die Nacht for Violin Solo
Entrueckung for Flute and Guitar
Notturno for Violin and Piano, Vocal music
2 Piano sonatas
4 Irrealitaeten for Piano
3 Concert Waltzes for Piano, etc.
Stage works
Opera Die schöne Wassilissa
13 Fairy-tale Musicals: „Rumpelstilzchen“, „Sleeping Beauty“, „The Story of Little Mook“, „The Emperor’s New Clothes“, „Pinocchio“ etc.
Musical Peter Pan
Der Verschwender
Xanadu etc.
Popular music
E-Praeludium for 2 Soloing Guitars and Orchestra
Musical-Overture for Sympho-Jazz
Nachtmusiken 1,2 for Piano and Orchestra
Hallo, Baden -Jazz-Waltz for Sympho-Jazz
Musical-Fantasie for Orchestra
Songs, etc.
Arrangements
Numerous Arrangements for Symphony-, Chamber- und Jazz Orchestra: 3 Medleys for 3 Bass-Voices und Symphony orchestra, Italian cinematic music, Christmas Medley, New arrangement and orchestration of the musicals “Irma la Duce” and “Xanadu”, etc.
References
External links
Official website of Pavel Singer
Pavel Singer by Bühne Baden
Pavel Singer by INOeK
1962 births
Living people
People from Pyatigorsk
Russian people of German descent
Austrian people of German descent
Moscow Conservatory alumni
Russian emigrants to Austria
Soviet people of German descent
Austrian composers