(b. 1952, Sukhumi).

Russian composer, born in Georgia, of mostly stage and orchestral works that have been performed throughout Europe and in the USA.

Mr. Bakshi studied composition at the S. V. Rachmaninoff State Conservatory in Rostov-on-Don from 1969–77.

Among his honours is the Russian State Prize (1994, for Hotel Room in Town N [incidental music]).

He is married to the musicologist and soprano Lyudmila Bakshi.

In addition to the works listed below, Mr. Bakshi has often written incidental music for stage productions.

SELECT LIST OF WORKS

STAGE:

Sidur-Mysteria (text by Vadim Sidur), soprano, synthesizer, 8 percussion, 1992

The Polyphony of the World (musical mystery/theatre of sound, vocalise, choreography by Svetlana Voskresenskaya), tenor, folk voice from Abakan (+ folk instruments), folk voice from the Sioux people (+ folk instruments), 2 folk voices from Russia (both + folk instruments), folk voice from the Tyva Republic (+ folk instruments), actor, 2 performance artists, shaman, assistant shaman, female dancer, mixed chorus, conch (+ dungchen) (horn from Tibet), zurna (oboe from Central Asia) (+ duduk [oboe from Armenia]), violin, 6 percussion, ensemble (French horn [+ alphorn], trumpet [+ shofar], trombone [+ didgeridoo (wind instrument from Australia)], tuba), string orchestra, 2001

The Red Book (musical show, vocalise), soprano–dancer, 2 folk voices from Russia, female actor, piano, 2003

ORCHESTRAL:

Winter in Moscow. Ice-covered ground..., violin, cello, string orchestra, 1994

Shostakovich Concerto, violin, string orchestra, 1996

Hamlet Is Dying (concerto), 2 violins, bass drum, string orchestra, 1998

The Unanswered Call, violin, 6/7 telephones, string orchestra, 1999

Orpheus, violin, string orchestra, 2001

CHAMBER MUSIC:

Drama, violin, cello, piano, 1977

23/6, 6 percussion, 1989

He and She, 2 violins, 1997

CHORAL:

Orpheus and Eurydice (vocalise), tenor, mixed chorus, cello, ensemble (French horn, trumpet, trombone, tuba), 2001

VOCAL:

Poetic Music Drama (texts by Alexander Blok, Vladimir Mayakovsky), 2 sopranos, flute, trumpet, tuba, balalaika, 2 violins, viola, cello, piano, organ, percussion, 1982

Sonata (vocalise), voice, piano, 1989

PIANO:

Remembering Georgia (sonata), 1983

MULTIMEDIA/PERFORMANCE:

Games in Installations (vocalise), soprano, 6 percussion, 1992

DISCOGRAPHY

Hamlet Is Dying; Sidur-Mysteria; Shostakovich Concerto. Lyudmila Bakshi, soprano; Tatiana Grindenko, Gidon Kremer, violins; Peter Sadlo, bass drum; Mark Pekarsky Percussion Ensemble; Kremerata Baltica (Long Arms/IMA Press, 2000)