Anton E. Safronov

Composer, lecturer and publicist. Born in Mos­cow. Graduated from Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory (class of E. Denisov), trained in Ger­many under W. Rihm (Karlsruhe) and W. Zim­mermann (Berlin). He lives and teaches in Mos­cow and Berlin. Participant of the World Days of the International Society for Contemporary Music (2006), the Year of Russia in France (2010) and in Germany (2013). Winner of the International Composers’ Competition in Besançon (France, 1997), I Jurgenson International Competition for Young Composers (Moscow, 2001). Fellow of the Union of Moscow Composers, the Berlin Senate for Culture, the Villa Massimo Academy in Rome and the Solitude Academy in Stuttgart. Author of publications in the journals “Muzykal’naya zhizn’” [Musical Life], “Muzykal’naya akademiya” [Music Academy], “Tribuna sovremennoy muzyki” [Tribune of Contemporary Music]. Initiator and organiser of musical projects, including “Russia—Europe: Windows to Contemporary Music” with MASM (2009–2011), “GAM Ensemble: New Rus­sia—New Europe” (2012–2013). Composer in residence at the “Ajassa!” festival (Helsinki, 2010) and NeoQuartet’s project “Baltic Spectrum of New Music” (2016).