Ilyin Sergei (1961)
Russia / More info in Enciclopedia de la Guitarra
Guitarist composer. He lives in St.Petersburg.
English
Russian guitarist, composer, president of St-Petersburg's guitar society. He was born in 1961 in St-Petersburg. He began to play guitar when he was 12 years old, but his study of classical guitar dated back when he was a student of “Instrument-making Academy”. He graduated from this Academy as radio engineer. But music become most important in his life. So Sergey attended the University of Music Art. Vladimir Krylow and Valentin Popov were his teachers of classic guitar. Having got music education Sergey became a professional musician. He performed concerts as classic guitarist and also has concerts as author and singer. He make records on the Radio and TV broadcasting. He make recordings of LPs and CDs like soloist and in ensembles with singers and actors. He is a participant of different music festivals, jury member of many music and guitar competitions.
From 1989 he has become the President of guitar society of St-Petersburg, one of the most active guitar organisations in Russia. This society organises seminars, competitions, master-classes, philharmonic concerts of the best Russian and foreign guitarists. Sergey also held the cycle of radio program “History of classic guitar” at the St-Petersburg's “Radio-Classic”(more than 100 programs), lead a TV-circle of guitar accompaniment. Starting from the beginning of the 90-th years he co-operates with different musical editions as an author, editor and arrangement-maker. The first experiments of composer's work were referred to the time of learning in University of Music Art. After the first period of mastering “classical” composers' techniques, he studied the problem of modes system for a long time. He was working about creating his own new system of music modes. Lately he uses this system in his compositions. This system is so called “non octave modes”. Also he use his own computer program (algorithmic generation of modes selections) in the process of compiling of music material. The last time he comes back to more traditional stile in composition. The most part of his compositions is the music for guitar, for guitar with ensemble, two concerts for guitar with orchestra (“Tribute to Petersburg” and “Island of Dreams” [suite]) and a great number of guitar arrangements. Also had a several transcriptions for guitar with orchestra from a classical musical repertoire.
From 1989 he has become the President of guitar society of St-Petersburg, one of the most active guitar organisations in Russia. This society organises seminars, competitions, master-classes, philharmonic concerts of the best Russian and foreign guitarists. Sergey also held the cycle of radio program “History of classic guitar” at the St-Petersburg's “Radio-Classic”(more than 100 programs), lead a TV-circle of guitar accompaniment. Starting from the beginning of the 90-th years he co-operates with different musical editions as an author, editor and arrangement-maker. The first experiments of composer's work were referred to the time of learning in University of Music Art. After the first period of mastering “classical” composers' techniques, he studied the problem of modes system for a long time. He was working about creating his own new system of music modes. Lately he uses this system in his compositions. This system is so called “non octave modes”. Also he use his own computer program (algorithmic generation of modes selections) in the process of compiling of music material. The last time he comes back to more traditional stile in composition. The most part of his compositions is the music for guitar, for guitar with ensemble, two concerts for guitar with orchestra (“Tribute to Petersburg” and “Island of Dreams” [suite]) and a great number of guitar arrangements. Also had a several transcriptions for guitar with orchestra from a classical musical repertoire.