Biography - Vlady Bystrov

Vladislav Bystrov

Vladislav Bystrov - born 1967 in Kazan, Russia - studied jazz and classic music at St. Petersburg Akademie of Culture and finished his degree as "Master of Fine Arts" in 1994. While studying he played saxophone in the St. Petersburg Concert-Symphony-Orchestra Russia, in St. Petersburg Big-Band and in St. Petersburg Saxophone Quartett. Already this time he has collected extensive experience not only in the fields of "academic" composition, but also in free improvisation.

In 1994 he took his residence in Braunschweig, Germany. Since then he has got a reputation as an artist performing in numerous experimental projects introducing (and connecting) electronics, video, dance and painting. Typical for Bystrov' work is that it tries to combine seemingly contradictory materials, giving the composition a feeling of experiment and playfulness, with surprising turns and a variety of color. Since 2004 he has acted as artistic manager of "neue_nacht" ("new_night"), international forum for electro-acoustical music and media art.

Vlady Bystrov is touring internationally with a repertoire of solo compositions composed for his live-electronic setup - developped by the artist- and firstly performed by himself in solo-concerts "... for one musician and electronics".

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Doctor Thesis

My doctor thesis "Von der Freien Improvisation zur Echtzeitkomposition. Modelle. Formen. Strukturen" (translation: "From free improvisation to real-time composition. Models. Shapes. Structures") is available for download here (PDF, 2.6 MB, german).

Music Vita

2014-2019

Doctorate: Artistic research about "Von der Freien Improvisation zur Echtzeitkomposition. Formen. Modelle. Strukturen" at Estonian Music- and Theater Academy in Tallinn/Estland

Since 2018

Organizer and Art Director of the festival "Antiphonal - New Music in the Church"

Since 2017

Organizer and Art Director of the festival "Drei Tage Neue Musik" in Braunschweig

Since 2015

Organizer and Art Director of the festival "Ebahariliku Muusika" in Estonia

2014

First price "Sergey Kuryokhin Art Premium" in the category Electro-Mechanica with the project "Electronic Breath" with Sergey Letov (Video)

Since 2014

Organizer and Art Director of the festivals "Braunschweiger Diagonale" (Kazan-Braunschweig)

2013

Jean Paul composition contest: first try to participate in a contest. Resulted at 3rd place in the category Radiophonic Sound-Art with the composition "Rede des toten Christus"