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. Yuri Shishkin, Anatoli Zaikin, Youri Dranga, Yuri Medianik, Alexander Poeleuv, 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:
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 Natalia 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. Viatcheslav Semionov is outstanding musician, performer, composer and teacher, People's Artist of Russia, professor, member of the Union of Composers of Russia, awarded the “Friendship” medal, Vice-President of the Music Committee of the Confédération Internationale des Accordéonistes (CIA, IMC-UNESCO) and the Interregional Association Accordion (MABA, Russia), winner of international competitions of composers and performers. In 2013 he was awarded the “Paolo Soprani” prize (Italy) for his outstanding contribution to the development of the accordion art. Compositions of Viatcheslav Semionov can be constantly heard at major international competitions as well as in the programs of world-renowned musicians.
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