Anastasia Vedyakova

Anastasia Vedyakova (born 1991) is a Russian composer and violinist, Soloist of the Philharmonic, member of BMI, the National Union of Composers, the Boston New Music Initiative, International Society for Jazz Arrangers and Composers, the International Association for Music and Medicine. She is the only Russian holder of the Elgar Medal.[1] She's the winner and nominee for more than 20 international music awards and Grammys balloted artist.

Anastasia Vedyakova
Born1991
NationalityRussian
EducationMoscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory
Occupationcomposer, violinist, singer-songwriter

Life

Vedyakova was born in 1991 and she began to play the violin when she was four. By 1998 she was welcomed into the Central Music School at the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory, where she studied under Prof. E. Grach. She graduated with honours from the conservatory in 2014.[2]

She was a fellow of the Rostropovich Foundation.[3]

Vedyakova was nominated as "Musician of the Year" for the Josie Music Awards in 2021. Anastasia Vedyakova was the only composer from Russia as a participant of KLK New Music,[4] the winner of "The 6th International Composers' Competition for the 6th International Wind/Percussion Competition".[5]

She takes part in international music and music therapy conferences, and publishes articles as a musicologist.[6]

The American Friction Quartet was the first ensemble to record her "Mirage".[7]

In February 2022, Vedyakova and organist Anastasia Bykova performed the World Premiere of a work by Grammy-nominated composer Nadeem Majdalany, which he composed especially for the duet; there were also six Russian premieres of works by such composers as Danaë Xanthe Vlasse, Thomas Nazziola, John Finbury, Sherban Nichifor and Antoine Auberson. [8]

March 2022, she won Rome Music Video Awards for her Sonata "A War Zone". April 2022, Anastasia won 3 Gold and 1 Silver One Earth Awards for her music.

She has an official registered artist's alias.

Performances

She is the first performer of the music by Ben-Abraham, Tayren Nicole, Jay Reise and Nadeem Majdalany.

2019, she had a solo recital together with Simon Smith during the Saint-Petersburg International Cultural Forum.[9]

Vedyakova has given performances at the Moscow Conservatory halls,[10] Zaryadye Hall,[11] and the Evangelical Lutheran Cathedral.

References
  1. "Elgar Society Awards • The Elgar Society". The Elgar Society. Retrieved 2021-09-20.
  2. "Anastasia Vedyakova - olehkrysa-competition". olehkrysa-competition.com. Retrieved 2021-09-20.
  3. "Фонд М. Л. Ростроповича". rostropovitch.ru. Retrieved 2021-09-20.
  4. "2013 – KLK New Music". Retrieved 2021-09-20.
  5. "The 6th International Composers' Competition for the 6th International Wind/Percussion Competition". www.mosconsv.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2021-09-20.
  6. Ведякова, А. К.; Нисимон, К. (2019). "Перекрёстный мастер-класс как инновационная форма экспресс-обучения музыкальному искусству". Самарский государственный институт культуры (in Russian): 82–84.
  7. "Mirage, by Anatasiia Vediakova". Golden Hornet. Retrieved 2021-09-20.
  8. "Фонд Палитра Вселенной - 2022".
  9. "Festival Program". culturalforum.ru. 2019-11-14. Retrieved 2022-03-09.
  10. "Concerts". The Moscow Times. 2014-09-24. Retrieved 2022-03-09.
  11. ""Sparks of Classica". Oleg Akkuratov, piano". zaryadyehall.com. 2019-05-06. Retrieved 2022-03-09.
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