Anton E. Safronov

Composer, lecturer and publicist. Born in Mos­cow. Graduated from Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory (class of composition—E. V. De­ni­sov, music theory subjects—Yu. N. Kholopov), com­pleted an internship in Germany with W. Rihm (Karlsruhe) and W. Zimmermann (Ber­lin). He lives and teaches in Moscow (Tchaikov­sky Mos­cow State Conservatory, 2003–2009) and Berlin (University of the Arts, since 2009), and gives international master classes in Russia and abroad (including at the International Aca­demy of Young Composers in Tchaikovsky, Rus­sia, 2024; at the International Master Classes for Young Composers in Mazsalaca, Latvia, 2014). Participant in the World Days of the In­ter­national Society for Contemporary Music (2006), the Year of Russia in France (2010) and the Year of Russia in Germany (2013). Winner of the International Competition for Composers in Be­sançon (France, 1997) and the 1st Inter­national P. I. Jurgenson Competition for Young Com­po­sers (Moscow, 2001). Fellowship holder of the Union of Moscow Composers, of the Ber­lin Senate for Culture, of the Villa Massimo Aca­demy in Rome, of the Solitude Academy in Stutt­gart. Author of publications in the magazines “Musical Life,” “Musical Academy,” “Tribune of Con­temporary Music.” Initiator and organiser of mu­sical projects, including “Russia—Europe: Windows into Contemporary Music” with the Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble (2009–2011) and “New Russia—New Europe” with the GAMEnsemble (2012–2013). Composer in residence at the “Ajassa!” Festival (Helsinki, 2010) and the NeoQuartet project “Baltic Spectrum of New Music” (2016).