Peter Theremin
Peter Theremin is a Russian composer and performer on the theremin, an electronic musical instrument.
Peter Theremin
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- Name
- Peter Theremin
- Born
- 19 June 1991
- Birthplace
- Moscow, Russia
- Occupation
- Musician
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Peter Theremin is a Russian composer and performer on the theremin, an electronic musical instrument.
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Peter Theremin (born 1991) is a composer, film score composer and pedagogue, of Russian nationality. The composer was born in Moscow.
The work spans classical music and popular music. Languages used include Russian.
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• Name — Peter Theremin • Birth Name — Peter Theremin • Born — 19 June 1991 • Birthplace — Moscow, Russia • Genre — Classical music, electronic music • Instrument — Theremin • Occupation — Musician
Life and career
Life and career
Peter Theremin is the great-grandson of Leon Theremin, and is himself a thereminist – a player of the instrument his grandfather invented. He plays classical and contemporary improvised music. He is organizer of "Thereminology" — a festival devoted to the theremin and its cultural impact – and the creator of the Russian-language website Theremin Times, now called Theremin Today. He is the head of Theremin Family School, and is the author of a series of lectures on the history of electro music, and the theremin. He create the course "Theremin in 24 hours".
Guest Records
Guest Records
• Polo & Pan 22:22 (Petite Etoile) (2025) • Ryder The Eagle Smile, Hearse Driver! (2025) • Apply - Lost in Space (2025) • The Owls Are Not What They Seem: David Lynch Tribute Remixes (2017) • Varvara Vizbor "Forbidden Fruit" (2015) • Sergey Babkin "Muzasfera" (2018) • Panama (Igor Grigoriev) - "Saints" (2018) • Tatiana Alyoshina "How we flew on a balloon" (2013)
Music for films
• A Requiem in Bishkek (India - France) directed by Di Sica Ray (2026) • Vygotsky (Russia) - (theremin part) Director Anton Bilzho • "Participation" (2021) • Theremin Party for the VR game M1n0t0r (France) (2021) • Lessons of Auschwitz (dir. Denis Semionov, Webby Award 2020) • VITEBSK ART SCHOOL for at the Centre Pompidou (Paris) and Jewish Museum, (New York) directed by Lesya Matsko (2018) • Valse de Vladimir (2018) (France, directed by Matthew Martin) • Sounds of Vladivostok (theremin part) (2017)[3] (Russia - Cyprus, directed and composed by Marios Elia) • In the Shadow of Red October (BBC) • The Sheep Islands (2015)
Awards
• Laureate of the International Film Festival "Fathers and Children" in the nomination "film music" (2017) • Special grant for teachers from the television contest "Blue Bird" • Silver medal of the British award Creativepool for music for the film "Lessons of Auschwitz" (2020) • Bronze of the American Clio Awards (English) rus. 2021 for the music for the film "Lessons of Auschwitz".
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- 1.About theremin school - Theremin Family School Школа терменвокса. 2020-04-17.
- 2.Webby Award. Lessons of Auschwitz: Volumetric VR illustration tribute by school students.
- 3.IMDb. Peter Theremin at IMDb.
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