Pavel Singer is an Austrian composer, pianist and arrangeur.
Biography
Pavel 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. 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" 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, 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, 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 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
2013 - Commemorative medal of the Russian Lermontov Committee "100 years of Pyatigorsk State Lermontov Museum-Reserve", Pyatigorsk
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. ;
2 CDs with KS Olivera Miljakovic : Piano ;
"Vienna 1900" - with Elena Denisova und Alexey Kornienko : "Notturno",
Recordings for British, Russian, Austrian Television, Radio Sweden, Radio Moscow, Radio „Orpheus“, Radio "Stephansdom", 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
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.
