Pavel Singer

Pavel (name at birth Paul) Singer was born in Pyatigorsk, to a Russian-German family. In 1987 Pavel Singer graduated from the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory and in 1992 he obtained a postgraduate diploma in musical composition studying under Tikhon Khrennikov's class and Nikolai Rakov's class and Concert Pianist (Rudolf Kerer's class, professor M. S. Petukhov). In 1981-87 he made many concert tours throughout the Soviet Union as piano soloist and with various ensembles. In 1988-1990 he worked as a pianist, harpsichord player with the Amadeus Moscow Chamber Orchestra. In 1990-1992 he worked as an arranger for the "Slava Rossii" (Glory of Russia) Ensemble at the State Central Concert Hall "Rossiya". In 1990 he participated in the "International Workshop of Composers" in Amsterdam and attended master classes given by Ton de Leeuw, Theo Loevendie and Dimitar Hristov. In 1992-1993 he undertook an Internship at the Vienna Higher School of Music (now the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna), studying composition under Professor Erich Urbanner. Since 1993 he has been working in Vienna. Permanent engagement at State Theater Baden as pianist, composer and arranger From 2000 to 2010, after a serious injury to his right arm (ligament rupture), he was forced to stop performing as a pianist for 10 years, working only as a composer and arranger. He has now returned to active concert performances and composing. Singer has completed numerous tours as a soloist, as well as playing in various chamber ensembles in Brazil, Germany, the United States, Japan, Sweden, Holland, Italy, China, Switzerland, Singapore, Poland, Hungary, Romania, etc.

• XIII.-XVI. International Chopin festival in Gaming, Austria • "Festival of Music of the 20th Century" in Minsk, Belarus • International Kamtschatka - Music festival in Petropavlovsk-Kamtschatskiy, Russia • "Woerthersee Classic Festival" in Klagenfurt, Austria • International music festival "The Seasons", Moscow etc.

the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra; the Vienna Volksoper Symphony Orchestra; the Moscow Chamber Orchestra "The Seasons"; the Philharmonic Orchestra Dinu Lipatti, Satu Mare, Romania; the Yaroslavl Philharmonic Orchestra, Yaroslavl, Russia; the Belarusian State Academic Symphony Orchestra, Minsk, Belarus; the Kislovodsk Philharmonic Orchestra, Kislovodsk, Russia; the Irkutsk Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, Irkutsk, Russia; Soloists of the Vienna State Opera: Olivera Milyakovich, U. Steinski; Laureates of International Competitions: Elena Denisova, R. Zamuruev, A. Kornienko, A. Kholodenko, A. Getz, and others

• Violin Concerto (1987) • Litanei Cantata for Symphony orchestra and Mezzosopran story by Stefan George, Rainer Maria Rilke and L. Cernuda (1992) • Praeludium, Cadenza e Lamento per Flauto, Cembalo e Archi (1995) • In Memoriam - Concerto Grosso for Piano, Violin and Symphony orchestra (1995-2002) • Euro-Wellen- Introduction and Waltz for Symphony orchestra (2007) • Dialog - for Violin, Cembalo and Strings (2009) • Suite from the opera "Die Schöne Wassilissa" (2011) etc.

• Sextett • 2 Strings Quartetts • Viola Sonata • Die Nacht for Violin Solo • Entrueckung for Flute and Guitar • Notturno for Violin and Piano, Vocal music • 2 Piano sonatas • 4 Irrealitaeten for Piano • 3 Concert Waltzes for Piano, etc.

• Opera Die schöne Wassilissa • 13 Fairy-tale Musicals: „Rumpelstilzchen“, „Sleeping Beauty“, „The Story of Little Mook“, „The Emperor’s New Clothes“, „Pinocchio“ etc. • Musical Peter Pan • Der Verschwender • Xanadu etc.

• E-Praeludium for 2 Soloing Guitars and Orchestra • Musical-Overture for Sympho-Jazz • Nachtmusiken 1,2 for Piano and Orchestra • Hallo, Baden -Jazz-Waltz for Sympho-Jazz • Musical-Fantasie for Orchestra • Songs, etc.

Numerous Arrangements for Symphony-, Chamber- und Jazz Orchestra: 3 Medleys for 3 Bass-Voices und Symphony orchestra, Italian cinematic music, Christmas Medley, New arrangement and orchestration of the musicals “Irma la Duce” and “Xanadu”, etc.