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Shoot, Vladislav (b. March 3, 1941, Vosnesensk). Russian composer, now resident in the UK, of orchestral, chamber and vocal works that have been performed throughout Europe and elsewhere.
Mr. Shoot studied composition with Nikolay Peyko at the Russian Academy of Music in Moscow, where he graduated in 1967.
His music has been performed in Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Croatia, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Romania, Russia, South Korea, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, the UK, and the USA. He has received commissions from the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Dartington, Radio-France, the Schleswig-Holstein Festival, and other ensembles, orchestras and organizations.
He is also active in other positions. He worked as the music editor of the publisher Sovetsky Kompositor in Moscow from 1967-82 and wrote film scores from 1982-92. He then served as composer-in-residence to the Dartington Hall Trust from 1992-94.
He has lived in and been a citizen of the UK since 1994.
The Belaieff Foundation/Edition Peters publishes most of his music.
CONTACT INFORMATION
E-mail address: shoot@onetel.net.uk
Street address: Mr. Vladislav Shoot, 2 Barton Cottages, Dartington Hall Estate, TOTNES, Devon TQ9 6ED, UK
Telephone: + 4418 0386 6854
Fax: + 4418 0386 8108
SELECT LIST OF WORKS
ORCHESTRAL: Romantic Messages, bassoon, small orchestra (flute, prepared piano, strings), 1979; Largo Sinfonia, organ, small orchestra (15 players), 1981; Warum?, small orchestra (15 players), 1986; Ex Animo, large orchestra, 1988; Sinfonia da Camera No. 4, tam-tam, string orchestra, 1992; Sinfonia da Camera No. 5, small orchestra (16 players), 1992; Serenade, string orchestra, 1995; Divertimento, recorders (1 player), vibraphone, string orchestra, 1997; High-Cross Symphony, large orchestra, 1998
CHAMBER MUSIC: Sonata-fantasia, violin, piano, 1969, revised 2001; Sonata, cello, 1970, revised 1999; Sinfonia da Camera No. 1, 4 celli, double bass, timpani, 1973; Sinfonia da Camera No. 2, flute, oboe, clarinet, alto saxophone, bassoon, viola, cello, double bass, 1975; Sonata Breve, flute, 1977; Trio, bassoon, cello, percussion, 1978; Solo per Fagotto, bassoon, 1978; Sinfonia da Camera No. 3, flute, oboe, 2 ensembles (3 violins, viola, cello, double bass, percussion each), 1978; Metamorphosis, alto saxophone, harp, double bass, percussion, 1979; Trio, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 1982; Parable, 6 percussion, 1983; Espressivo, flute, oboe, violin, cello, piano, 1984; Epitaph, French horn, 2 trumpets, trombone, tuba, 1984; Mini-partita, viola, piano, 1987; Four Versions, bassoon, string quartet, 1990 (also version for bassoon, violin, viola, cello, 1996); Offering, violin, cello, piano, 1991; Serenade, string quartet, 1994; Pantomime, flute, harpsichord, 1995; Con Passione, piano, string quartet, 1995; Amoroso, clarinet, string quartet, 1996; Chaconne, accordion, 1999; Pastorale, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, piano, 2002; Eternal Rest, 3 percussion, 2002; Suite, string quartet, 2003
CHORAL: She came and went (text by James Russell Lowell), mixed chorus, 2001 (also version for mixed chorus, soprano recorder, 2001); Two Holy Sonnets (text by John Donne), mixed chorus, 2003
VOCAL: Two songs of Robert Burns (translated by Samuil Marshak), mezzo-soprano, piano, 1964, revised 2002; Six Poems by Sergey Gorodetsky, high voice, piano, 1970; Gleam of Light (text by Boris Pasternak), middle voice, piano, 1988, revised 2002; Vorgefühl (text by Rainer Maria Rilke), high voice, 2 clarinets (2nd + bass clarinet), viola, cello, double bass, 1993; Four Songs on Words by P.B. Shelley, soprano, string quartet, 1994; Three Songs on Words by Osip Mandelstam, high voice, flute, clarinet, string quartet, 1994; Day and Night (text by Fyodor Tyutchev), high voice, soprano recorder, string quartet, 2000; The Miller's Daughter (text from an English folk ballad), soprano, clarinet, percussion, 2001 (also version for soprano, clarinet, violin, percussion, 2002)
PIANO: Silhouettes, 1973; Sonatina, 1974, revised 2002
ORGAN: Confession, 1993, revised 2000
DIDACTIC MUSIC: Cuckoo's Rhymes (20 Miniatures for Children), violin, piano, 1969, revised 1999; Youth Album, violin, piano, 1971, revised 1999; Children's Album, piano, 1975, revised 1995; Five Easy Pieces, French horn, piano, 1976, revised 2001
DISCOGRAPHY
Romantic Messages. Valery Popov, bassoon; Valery Polyansky/Moscow Conservatory Orchestra (Melodiya, 1980) (LP)
Four Versions. Valery Popov, bassoon; Vladimir Ponkin/Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble (Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga: MK 417036, 1991)
Warum? Alexey Vinogradov/Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble (Olympia: OCD 283, 1991)
Trio. Valery Popov, bassoon; Natalia Savinova, cello; Alexander Suvorov, percussion (Olympia: OCD 297, 1993)
Three Songs on Words by Osip Mandelstam. Katia Kichigina, soprano; Oxalys Ensemble (Explicit! Records: E! 99004, 2000)
Ex Animo; Sinfonia da Camera No. 5; High-Cross Symphony. Vladimir Ponkin/Rachmaninov Symphony Orchestra (Sojuz: CD0001, 2003)
Four Songs on Words by P.B. Shelley. Elena Vassilieva, soprano; Quatuor Sine Nomine (Claves: CD 50-2303, 2003)
(Last updated on June 7, 2004)
