biography
Taras Borisovich Buievsky is a Russian composer who works in the genres of academic, electro‑acoustic and film music. His work combines symphonic thinking with modern compositional techniques. He is the author of more than forty works for film and television, as well as major symphonic, operatic and choral compositions.
Professional status
• Member of the Union of Composers of Russia (since 1991)
• Member of the Union of Cinematographers of Russia (since 1999)
• Board member and Chairman of the Choral Music Commission of the Union of Moscow Composers
• Vice‑President of the Guild of Film Composers of the Union of Cinematographers of Russia (2013–2017)
• Member of the Association for Electroacoustic Music of Russia
• Member of the International Confederation of Electroacoustic Music (ICEM) under UNESCO
Education
• Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory — composition (1989)
• Postgraduate studies at the Moscow Conservatory — composition (1991)
• Teachers: T. N. Khrennikov, E. V. Denisov
Academic music
- Operas:
ARIA.RU (dedicated to the mothers of fallen soldiers, based on Epitaph by Y. Ritsos);
The Bone Leg, or Tales from Lukomorye (original libretto);
On the Harm of Tobacco (based on the work by A. P. Chekhov).
Ballet:
Juliet Without Love (original libretto).
Three symphonies.
Symphonic suite: Eisenstein Line.
Symphonic poem: Omen.
Other symphonic works: Black Moon, Echoes of Light, Breath of Silence.
Choral compositions:
on texts of Orthodox prayers;
on poems by Karol Wojtyła (Pope John Paul II) and Leonid Kiselyov;
on the composer’s own texts.
Chamber, solo and electroacoustic works, including pieces that feature unusual combinations of academic and non‑academic instruments.
Mass and vocal genres
Songs and romances occupy an important place in the composer’s oeuvre. Among them is the patriotic song Red Square, written for the anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War. It was performed by Renat Ibragimov and released on his solo album Heroes’ Day.
Vocal works by Taras Buievsky have been performed by:
Tamara Gverdtsiteli, Sergey Bezrukov, Vitaly Bezrukov, Ilya Ushullu, Natalya Pugacheva, Nikolai Kondratyuk, Dmitry Pisarenko, Veronika Okuneva, Ekaterina Tarakanova, Maxim Bragin, Tatyana Konstantinova,
and others.
Performances and festivals
Moscow Autumn;
Return;
Nikolai Roslavets and Naum Gabo International Festival of Contemporary Art;
Melikhovo Spring;
Five Evenings (organized by the Union of Composers of Russia);
Synthèse International Electroacoustic Music Festival (Bourges, France);
festivals of contemporary Russian music in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and other countries.
The composer’s music is regularly performed in Moscow, other cities across Russia and abroad.
Cooperation
the Moscow Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra; the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; the State Academic Symphony Orchestra; the State Cinema Orchestra; the Chamber Choir of the Moscow Conservatory; the Moscow Ensemble of Contemporary Music; Studio for New Music and many others.
Film music
In the genre of film music, around forty works have been created — for feature and documentary films, television series, animated films, as well as for restored silent films.
A special place is occupied by the creation of a symphonic score (120 minutes of music) for Sergei Eisenstein’s silent film The General Line, commissioned by ZDF / ARTE to mark the director’s 100th anniversary. The premiere took place in Frankfurt am Main and was accompanied by a broadcast on European television. The score was published by Ries & Erler (Berlin), and the film was released on DVD (ZDF / ARTE).
Among other works:
feature films (The Lord of the Puddles, This Is Your Day);
documentary films (The Master’s House, Ivan Mozzhukhin, or The Child of the Carnival);
television series (People and Shadows, It All Begins with Love, To You, Who Did Not Know Me);
television feature films (Vladimir Mayakovsky’s Last Love and others).
Other types of activities
musical director of the Moscow Hermitage Theatre;
lecturer at GITIS (Russian Institute of Theatre Arts), the Institute of Contemporary Art, and the Moscow Institute of Television and Radio Broadcasting Ostankino;
music editor and composer at Russian Television.
Prizes and awards
Winner of the Concertino Prague International Competition — 1st Prize (Prague, 1974).
Winner of the All‑Union Competition for Young Composers — 1st Prize (Moscow, 1986).
Scholar at the Berlin Academy of Arts (Berlin, 1995).
Special TEFI‑99 Award from Russian Television for the film The Master’s House (Moscow, 1999).
Winner of the Bolshoi Theatre Competition for Opera and Ballet Composition — opera The Bone Leg, or Tales from Lukomorye (Moscow, 2008).
Winner of the 6th All‑Russian Short Film Festival Family of Russia — 1st Prize in the “Best Song About Family” category (Moscow, 2009).
Special Diploma from Svetlana Savitskaya and the title Silver Pen of Rus’ for the literary work To God From… (Moscow, 2009).
Winner of the First All‑Russian Open Composition Competition Young Classic (Vologda, 2010).
Letter of Appreciation from the Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation for significant contributions to cultural development and many years of fruitful work (2011).
Prize‑winner of the 5th Open All‑Russian Competition for Composers Choral Laboratory XXI Century: Music for Children and Youth (Saint Petersburg, 2012).
Winner of the 1st, 3rd and 4th Competitions for Composers of Classical and Contemporary Academic Music (Moscow, 2009, 2011, 2012).
Gold Medal of the Union of Moscow Composers (2017).
Certificate of Honour from the President of the Russian Federation for outstanding contributions to the development of national culture and art, mass media, and many years of fruitful activity (2017).
Winner of the 3rd International Competition for Composers for a Work for Mixed Choir — 1st Prize (Chelyabinsk, 2019).
Winner of the First All‑Russian Competition in Composition and Orchestration Modern Sound — 1st Prize (Moscow, 2020).
Winner of the All‑Russian Competition for Composers for the Best Work for Double Bass within the Soul of the Double Bass Festival — piece De Profundis for five double basses (Moscow, 2021).
Winner of the All‑Russian Composition Competition Emotion in the “Symphonic Music” category (Moscow, 2022).
Winner of the International Competition for the Best Work for Trumpet within the International Competition for Wind and Percussion Instruments — piece Greeting to a New Day (Moscow, 2022).
Winner of the 6th All‑Russian Competition for Composers AVANTI (2025).
