Vladislav Shoot
Vladislav Shoot is a Russian-British composer of contemporary classical music. Born in Voznesensk, Soviet Union, now Ukraine, he moved to the United Kingdom in the early 1990s, settling on the artists' estate of Dartington Hall.
Biography
Shoot studied composition with Nikolai Peiko at the Gnessin Music Institute in Moscow, graduating in 1967. From 1967 to 1982 he worked as the music editor at the Sovetsky Kompozitor publishers in Moscow. In 1982, he turned to freelance composing, earning his living by writing film scores. In 1990, Shoot – together with a small group of Moscow composers headed by Edison Denisov – founded the Association for Contemporary Music, a revival of a post-Revolutionary avant-garde composers' association of the same name. In 1992 he came to Dartington Hall, England as a composer-in-residence, in which capacity he served until 1995, remaining a resident of the estate to this day. Shoot's music is published by M.P. Belaieff – Edition Peters /Schott. Individual works have also been published by Boosey & Hawkes and Hans Sikorski.The next generation of Shoot's family continues its musical traditions. His son Eli Shoot is also a composer teaching at Tulane University, and his daughter Veronika is a pianist.
Music
The works of Vladislav Shoot have met with much admiration in the West since the 1980s. Shoot prefers smaller ensembles up to the quantity level of a chamber orchestra which he ties into sound compositions or groups of overlapping sound layers. He retains serial processes, uses post-Romantic elements, and quotes composers of the past. Shoot allows the performers of his works a certain freedom of interpretation within the bounds of a controlled aleatoric technique.His music has been performed at numerous venues and festivals throughout Europe, as well as in South Korea and the United States. The music written in the UK has been performed by leading British ensembles and orchestras, including the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the Philharmonia Orchestra, and Sinfonia 21.
Selected works
Orchestral
- Sinfonia da Camera No. 3, flute, oboe, 2 ensembles, 1978
- Romantic Messages, flute, bassoon, prepared piano, string orchestra, 1979
- Largo Sinfonia, organ, small orchestra, 1981
- Warum? , small orchestra, 1986
- Ex Animo, large orchestra, 1988
- Sinfonia da Camera No. 4, tam-tam, strings, 1992
- Sinfonia da Camera No. 5, small orchestra, 1992
- Serenade, string orchestra, 1995
- Divertimento, recorder, vibraphone, string orchestra, 1997
- High-Cross Symphony, large orchestra, 1998
- Sinfonia da Camera No. 6, string orchestra, percussion, 2005
Chamber music
- Sonata-fantasia, violin, piano, 1969, revised 2001
- Cuckoo's Rhymes, violin, piano, 1969, revised 1999
- Sonata, cello, 1970, revised 1999
- Youth Album, violin, piano, 1971, revised 1999
- Sinfonia da Camera No. 1, 4 celli, double bass, timpani, 1973
- Sinfonia da Camera No. 2, flute, oboe, clarinet, saxophone, bassoon, viola, cello, double bass, 1975
- Five Easy Pieces, French horn, piano, 1976, revised 2001
- Sonata Breve, flute, 1977
- Trio, bassoon, cello, percussion, 1978
- Solo per Fagotto, bassoon, 1978
- Metamorphosis, saxophone, harp, double bass, percussion, 1979
- Trio, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 1982
- Parable, 6 percussion, 1983
- Espressivo, flute, oboe, violin, cello, piano, 1984
- Epitaph, French horn, 2 trumpets, trombone, tuba, 1984
- Mini-partita, viola, piano, 1987
- Four Versions, bassoon, string quartet, 1990
- Offering, violin, cello, piano, 1991
- Serenade, string quartet, 1994
- Pantomime, flute, harpsichord, 1995
- Con Passione, string quartet, piano, 1995
- Amoroso, clarinet, string quartet, 1996
- Chaconne, accordion, 1999
- Pastorale, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, piano, 2002
- Eternal Rest, 3 percussion, 2002
- Suite, string quartet, 2003
- Three Encounters with Shostakovich, clarinet, horn, string quartet, piano, percussion, 2006
Choral
- She came and went, mixed chorus, 2001 ;
- Two Holy Sonnets, mixed chorus, 2003
Vocal
- Two songs of Robert Burns, mezzo-soprano, piano, 1964, revised 2002;
- Six Poems by Sergei Gorodetsky , high voice, piano, 1970
- Gleam of Light, middle voice, piano, 1988
- Vorgefühl, high voice, 2 clarinets, viola, cello, double bass, 1993
- Four Songs on Words by P.B. Shelley , soprano, string quartet, 1994
- Three Songs on Words by Osip Mandelstam , high voice, flute, clarinet, string quartet, 1994
- Day and Night, high voice, recorder, string quartet, 2000
- The Miller's Daughter, soprano, clarinet, percussion, 2001
Piano
- Silhouettes, 1973
- Sonatina, 1974, revised 2002
- Children's Album, 1975, revised 1995
Organ
- Confession, 1993, revised 2000
Films scored
- Privet s fronta Привет с фронта "Note from the Front"
- Tayna zemli Тайна земли "The Earth's Secret"
- Karusel na bazarnoy ploshchadi Карусель на базарной площади "Carousel at the Bazaar Square"
- Pro lyubov, druzhbu i sud'bu Про любовь, дружбу и судьбу "Of Love, Friendship and Fate"
- Amulanga
- Korabl Корабль "The Ship"
- Mest Месть "Revenge",
- Karyer Карьер "Sand-Pit"
- Garem Stepana Guslyakova Гарем Степана Гуслякова "Stepan Ghusliakov's Harem"
- Tsareubiytsa Цареубийца "The Assassin of the Tsar"
- Lyuk Люк "The Hatch"
- Serebryannye Lozhki Серебряные Ложки "Silver Spoons"
- Sumashedshaya Liubov Сумасшедшая Любовь "Crazy Love"
Discography
- Romantic Messages. Valery Popov, bassoon; Valery Polyansky/Moscow Conservatory Orchestra
- Four Versions. Valery Popov, bassoon; Vladimir Ponkin/Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble
- Warum? Alexey Vinogradov/Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble
- Trio. Valery Popov, bassoon; Natalia Savinova, cello; Alexander Suvorov, percussion
- Three Songs on Words by Osip Mandelstam. Katia Kichigina, soprano; Oxalys Ensemble
- Ex Animo; Sinfonia da Camera No. 5; High-Cross Symphony. Vladimir Ponkin/Rachmaninov Symphony Orchestra
- Four Songs on Words by P.B. Shelley. Elena Vassilieva, soprano; Quatuor Sine Nomine
- Miniature Partita. Filip Davidse, saxophone; Naomi Tamura, piano. in "The Soviet Saxophone"