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 Viatcheslav
Semionov was born in 1946 in the ancient city of Trubchevsk,
Bryansk (about 300km south of Moscow). Following in the
footsteps of his father and grandfather, he began playing
the bayan (chromatic accordion) at the age of 7. After his
father's initial tuition he continued his studies at the
Rostov Art College and the Gnessins' Musical Pedagogical
Institute in Moscow (now called the Russian Gnessins Academy
of Music), one of the great musical centres in Russia.
At 21 years of age his international career began, when
he started to take part in accordion competitions in Klingenthal,
Germany (1967), Sofia, Bulgaria (1968) and Berlin, Germany
(1973), in all of which he was placed Laureate of these
competitions. As concert artist Viatcheslav Semionov has
given concerts in more than 30 countries.
Viatcheslav Semionov (who may rightly be called, one of
the founders of the modern school of the bayan) began teaching
in 1968 at the Rostov Musical Pedagogical Institute. In
1988, Semionov was invited to be a Professor of Gnessins
Russian Academy of Music. Over fifty of his students have
been competition winners at international level and many
others of his students have won national competitions. Youri
Shishkin, Anatoli Zaikin, Youri Dranga, Yuri
Medianik, Alexander Pouliev, Alexander Selivanov have
received their education from Prof. Semionov.
In
addition to his intensive teaching schedule, he pursued
his career on the concert stage, for which he received the
following accolades:
| 1977 |
Awarded
the title "Honoured Artist of Russia" |
| 1982 |
Vice-President of the Music Committee of the
Confederation
Internationale des Accordeonistes |
| 1983 |
Granted
degree of Professor |
| 1988 |
Professor
at the Gnessins Russian Academy of Music, Moscow. |
| 1994 |
Awarded
the Silver Disk at the Intern. Festival "Bayan
and Bayanists" in Moscow |
| 1995 |
Awarded
the highest possible honour "People's Artist
of Russia" by President Boris Yeltsin |
| 2000 |
Laureate
awarded at the International Competition of Composers
in Moscow |
| 2002 |
Elected
to the Confederation
Internationale des Accordeonistes Music Committee |
| 2004 |
Awarded
the Merit Award of the Confederation
Internationale des Accordeonistes |
| 2005 |
Order
of Friendship presented by the President of Russia,
Vladimir Putin |
As well as often being invited to give master classes at
conservatories in Russia and abroad, he is frequently asked
to judge at international competitions. Since 1991 he has
been playing duo with his wife Natalya Semionov who plays
the domra (a traditional Russian folk instrument). They
have given concerts in the USA, China, and extensively throughout
Europe.
Viatcheslav
is well known as a composer for the bayan. His compositions,
"First Sonata", "Basquriad - Second Sonata"
"Four Rhapsody: Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania and Estonia",
"Don Rhapsody", "Frescos - Concert for Bayan
ansprice No. 2", and others, are considered standard
repertoire by many accordionists in the world and his works
are compulsory pieces for many international accordion competitions.
His compositions have been published in both Russia and
Germany. He has recorded several LPs and cassettes and in1996
his first CD "Semionov plays his Transcriptions"
was released.
Contact Information:
Shipilolvsky pr. 41-4-623
Moscow 115551
Russia.
Email: semionov_slava@mail.ru
Tel:/Fax +7 495 392-81-77 |
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