Education:
Children’s Music School No. 2 (bayan) in Solikamsk, Perm Krai; Moscow Military Music School (French horn), Moscow; Military Conducting Faculty at the Moscow Tchaikovsky State Conservatory; postgraduate studies at the same Faculty.
Main position: Artistic Director of the “Young Alexandrov Ensemble” Studio of the A. V. Alexandrov Academic Song and Dance Ensemble of the Russian Army.
Professional qualifications and achievements:
- member of the Union of Composers of Russia (Moscow branch);
- laureate of all‑Russian and international competitions (Russia, France, Slovenia);
- composer, expert, author of masterclasses, and director of combined creative ensembles at the Artek and Ocean International Children’s Centres, the “Spasskaya Tower” International Military Music Festival, “Siberian Fanfares”, and others;
- laureate of all‑Russian, inter‑regional, and regional festivals and competitions of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation;
- participant in annual seminars for directors of artistic ensembles organised by the Russian Ministry of Culture;
- author and artistic director of the “School of Composers” project in Barnaul, Altai Krai;
- author and guest conductor of original concert programmes: “Along Tverskoy Boulevard”, “From Flute to Double Bass”, “For Young and Grown‑Ups”, “Meeting the Composer”, “Melody, Harmony, Rhythm”.
His Candidate’s dissertation “Orchestration as a Means of Artistic Expression in Contemporary Wind Music” was defended at the S. V. Rachmaninov Russian State Conservatory in 1998 under the supervision of Professor Yuri Nikolayevich Rags, Doctor of Art History.
He has supervised the following defended dissertations: “Music of Funeral and Memorial Rituals in Russia” by M. M. Muzychenko (Candidate of Art History); “Formation of Service and March Repertoire in Russian Military Bands from 1918 to the 1980s” by A. S. Malyutin (Candidate of Art History); “The Music of B. A. Dyev in the Context of Russian Wind Music of the Second Half of the 20th Century” by D. S. Kashkarov (Candidate of Art History).
Creative achievements:
Alexander Gennadyevich Gilev represents the contemporary Russian school of composition, is a member of the Moscow Union of Composers, and a laureate of international and all‑Russian composition competitions in France, Slovenia, and Russia. Numerous author concerts of his music have taken place in Moscow, St Petersburg, Rostov‑on‑Don, Novosibirsk, and other Russian and foreign cities.
His personal style is marked by an organic interaction of diverse idioms, including impressionism, neo‑romanticism, avant‑garde, and rock. Exceptional craftsmanship, refinement, and subtle psychological insight are combined with a constant search for new ways of shaping musical ideas. The orchestral palette of his works reveals a brilliant command of orchestral texture and colour, and his compositions have gained wide recognition, being performed by leading orchestras both in Russia and abroad.
Alexander Gilev – personal website
