Vadim Larchikov
composer, cellist

larchik@eurocom.od.ua
larchikov@hotmail.com
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Biography:

Born in Sevastopol (Crimea, Ukraine) on July 7, 1967. Graduated from Odessa Conservatoire as cellist (1993) and composer (1994) and continued his education at master-courses in Nizhnij Novgorod (Russia), St.-Petersburg (Russia), Mexico, Appeldorn (Germany), Villeneuve-lez-Avignon (France). Won prizes as composer and/or ensemble performer at Ukrainian Composers' S.Prokofiev Competition (Donetsk, 1991), International Youth Music Forums (Kiev, 1993, 1994), International Composition Thomas Bloch Competition (France, 1994), Ton de Leeuw International Composers Competition (Albania, 1997), Carlo Soliva International Chamber Ensembles Competition (Italy, 1994, 1996), Valentino Bucchi Prize (Italy, 1997), was awarded the Artslink Fellowship from National Endowment for the Arts (Cincinnati, USA, 1998). He has been Artistic Director of The FRESCOS Contemporary Music Ensemble, a co-founder of the Duo Violoncellissimo, a lecturer at Odessa Conservatoire (cello, string quartet), Artistic Director of the Musica Humana International festival (Zaporizhzhya, Ukraine, 2000-2001). Appeared as cellist and composer in concerts and at international festivals in Ukraine, Russia (including Tatarstan), Moldova, Switzerland, Japan, Germany, Italy, Poland, France, Mexico, Mongolia, and Finland.

Works:

2000
"CANTO DOLOROSO" for kantele solo : 17'
"THE TEMPLE OF THE SKY" for cello : 9' - (MP3)
1992-1999
"GETHSEMANE" for symphony orchestra : 10'
1995-1998
"AVE MARIS STELLA" for violin and accordion : 18'
1998
"MYSTERY I. THE LAMB SLAIN FROM THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD" for 2 violins, viola (cello), and cello : 11' - (MP3)
"QUIET MUSIC IN MEMORY OF ALFRED SCHNITTKE" for viola da gamba and cello : 11'
1997
"AVE MARIA. SONNET. TO ARSENIY AND ANDREY TARKOVSKY" for piano : 18'
1996
"A SIGN OF WHITE WAVES" for 15 performers : 4'
"HYMN" for cello : 13'
"SERENADE TO THE GOLDEN AUTUMN" for flute/piccolo, oboe/english horn, clarinet, bassoon, horn, piano : 13'
1995
"INTER LACRIMAS ET LUCTUM" for 2 cellos : 14' - (MP3)
1993
"DE PROFUNDIS CLAMAVI" for glass harmonica (or piano), flute and cello : 13'
1992
SONATA for cello and piano : 19'
QUARTET for clarinet (or violin), violin (or viola), cello, piano : 15'
"IRIS. THE OFFERING TO HERMANN HESSE" for violin and orchestra : 14'
1991
"EVENING SONGS", chamber cantata on verses by I.Bunin (in
Russian) for voice, soprano saxophone (or oboe, or alto flute) and cello : 13'
1990
"GOTHIC PARTITA" for cello and organ : 17'
"SONATA-DIALOGUE" for violin and cello : 10'
"FRESCOS" for variable woodwind trio (or trumpet, horn and trombone) : 10'
1989
"QUARTET-REQUIEM" for 4 cellos (or violin, 2 violas, and cello) : 12'
1986
TRIPTYCH for organ and string orchestra : 8'