The universe Edward Artemiev+C/o

Edward Artemiev is one of the founding fathers of Russian electronic music, a younger contemporary and colleague of Alfred Schnittke, Edison Denisov, Sofia Gubaidullina and other bright representatives of Russian avant-garde. He wrote music for the films of Andrei Tarkovsky, Nikita Mikhalkov, Andrei Konchalovsky and many others. Among the last works of the composer - music for the television series "Doctor Zhivago" by Alexander Proshkin. Less known but not less interesting of his works in traditional academic genres (Opera "Crime and punishment", cantatas, symphonic, instrumental and vocal works). But the biggest mystery is itself Artemyev, musician, preferring secular receptions rich creative life, This book is the first comprehensive analysis of the personality and works of the famous composer. It is provided with a list of all compositions Artemyev, discography and musical examples.