KM
Russia
MAXIM KOSHEVAROV - Composer, orchestrator, conductor. Born on June 22, 1978, in Leningrad. He began studying music at age 7. After graduating from the M.I. Glinka Choral School, in 1996 he entered the Saint Petersburg Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory in the class of academic choir conducting. He also took elective symphonic conducting courses, which later allowed him to perform as a conductor in recordings of his film music. After completing his conservatory education, he became fascinated with film work. As an orchestrator, he collaborated with Igor Vdovin on the film "The Swordsman" and with Finnish composer Tuomas Kantelinen on the film "Mongol." He made his debut as a composer in the animated series "The Adventures of Luntik and His Friends." He is the author of music for more than 200 television series, films, and animated films. Among them: "Private Pioneer," "Cop Wars," "Young Guard," "Grigory R," "Wings of Empire," "The Great," "Ghost," "Rzhev," "Sky," "Golden Bronze," and many others. Among his theatrical works, notable is the music for the children's play "Svetka," successfully running at the "Litsedei" theater. ALEXANDER MAEV - Composer Born in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg). He received musical education in piano and clarinet. Later, changing his professional direction, he graduated from the Baltic State Technical University. In 1998, he released his first album as part of the group "Aurora," recorded at "Melodiya" studio. Colleagues characterize Maev as a musician with Western thinking: combining and developing different creative directions, he works in sound production and writes music for theatrical productions and films. Intensio and "Jan" are the first one-act ballets created in close collaboration with choreographer Yury Smekalov. The performance of Intensio took place at the Mariinsky Theatre in 2013, and the production of "Jan" was presented as part of Vladimir Vasiliev's creative workshop project "Andrei Platonov and Ballet" (Voronezh Opera and Ballet Theatre, 2013). In August 2013, the premiere of the two-act ballet Infinita Frida to music by Alexander Maev (choreography by Yury Smekalov) took place at the Eliza Cabrera Theatre-Concert Hall in Texcoco, Mexico. In 2013 and 2014, the music Forest from the symphonic suite Intensio was performed in the finale of Kremlin Gala in Moscow. In March 2014, the premiere of the one-act ballet "Camera Obscura" to music by Alexander Maev took place at the Mariinsky Theatre. In 2014, he participated in writing music for the musical "Master and Margarita." Since 2012, he has written music for more than 90 feature films and series. Recent film works: SKY, GOLDEN BRONZE, FIRST DEPARTMENT, MERMAID – LAKE OF THE DEAD, RZHEV.
