Diehn Composers Room Contemporary Music Research Collection

BIOGRAPHY

Andrey Kasparov was born in the city of Baku, Azerbaijan, to a family of Armenian descent. He began studying music at the age of six. At fifteen, he moved to Moscow, Russia where he later entered the Moscow State Conservatory and graduated with honors in Music Composition and Piano in 1989 and 1990, respectively. In the United States, he studied composition at the Indiana University School of Music in Bloomington, from which he holds a Doctor of Music degree in composition. He also participated in the 1996 Courses for New Music in Darmstadt, Germany. Presently, Dr. Kasparov is Professor of Music at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, where he also directs Creo, the new music ensemble.

Kasparov's compositions have been performed at Moscow Autumn; International Forum of Young Composers in Kiev, Ukraine; International Ferienkurse fur Neue Musik in Darmstadt, Germany; the Encuentros Festival in Buenos Aires, Argentina; and many other festivals and venues in Moscow, New York, Paris, Darmstadt, Yerevan, Ottawa, Chicago, Cleveland, San Francisco, and other cities in Europe, the Americas, and the former Soviet Union.

In addition to his career as a composer, Kasparov is a very active pianist. He has appeared in concerts as a recitalist, chamber musician, and soloist with symphony orchestras throughout the former Soviet Union, North America, Europe, and South Africa. In 1994 he was a soloist with the Columbus Indiana Philharmonic in the world premiere of the newly discovered revised edition of the Bela Bartok's Third Piano Concerto.

Mr. Kasparov has won prizes at numerous composition and piano competitions, such as the 1997 Sergei Prokofiev International Composition Competition in Moscow, Russia, the 1998 Orleans (France) International Piano Competition for 20th-century music, and the all-U.S.S.R. composition competitions in 1985 and 1987. He has been a recipient of various awards, including the Indiana Arts Comminion Fellowship and the grant from the Yvar Mikhashoff Trust for New Music.

Dr. Kasparov's music and performances are featured on the Vienna Modern Masters and Contemporary Record Society labels. His compositions and articles have been published by the Kompozitor Publishing House in Moscow, Russia and Hungarian Music Quarterly in Budapest, Hungary. At Old Dominion University, Dr. Kasparov participated in the 2001 annual Region III Society of Composers, Inc. Conference held at Old Dominion University. In 2003, he was music director of the concert entitled, "A Representation of the New Music Performance Collection."

COLLECTION SCOPE AND CONTENTS

The Andrey Kasparov Collection consists of one box of scores and one of compact discs. A copy of each of the scores is also part of the New Music Performance Collection. A third copy of most pieces is available for checkout in the Diehn Composers Room circulating stacks.

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