Petr A. Klimov

Composer, member of the Union of Composers of Russia.

He was born in 1970.

In 1994 he graduated from the Gnesin Russian Academy of Music with a degree in Composition in the class of Andrei I. Golovin.

Selected works by P. Klimov include:

• Sonata for violin and piano (1991);
• Trio for violin, viola, and cello (1994);
• Little Fantasy for solo clarinet (1998);
• Concertino for piano and chamber orchestra (1998);
• Suite for solo cello (2000);
• Three Poems by Nikolai Zabolotsky for choir and chamber ensemble (2004);
• Fathers and Children, suite for chamber orchestra (2009);
• Waltz for orchestra (2012);
• Musica Notturna for cello and orchestra (2013);
• Nostalgic Music on Themes by Sergei Nikitin for piano and chamber orchestra (2014);
• Four Poems by Gennady Shpalikov for soprano and chamber orchestra (2014);
• Two Photographs of Autumn for oboe, horn, and piano (2015);
• Quasi tarantella for two violins, double bass, and string orchestra (2016);
• Spirit of the Wind for wind instruments and piano (2016);
• Seven Children’s Pieces for clarinet and bassoon (2016).

P. Klimov is the author of the edition and orchestration of Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s unfinished Symphony in E‑flat major, restored at the request of the Tchaikovsky House‑Museum in Klin; the symphony in his version was first performed in 2006.

He has also prepared concert versions of Mikhail Glinka’s unfinished early Symphony in B‑flat major, two incomplete dances from Glinka’s opera A Life for the Tsar, and the Prelude The Bells by Boris Tchaikovsky.

P. Klimov has written music for films including:

• Svaz (Relations), dir. Avdotya Smirnova, 2006 (in collaboration with Boris Grebenshchikov and Alexei Steblev);
• Fathers and Sons, dir. Avdotya Smirnova, 2008 (with Alexei Steblev);
• The Bet, dir. N. Bronshtein‑Petrova, 2008;
• The Golovlevs, dir. A. Yerofeyeva, 2010;
• Two Days, dir. Avdotya Smirnova, 2011 (with Alexei Steblev);
• The Secret of Yegor, dir. A. Yerofeyeva, 2012;
• You Won’t Scare Me, dir. Kh. Klimov, 2013.

Recent performances of his works include:

• Musica Notturna, performed by Alexander Rudin (cello) and the Musica Viva Orchestra under Kirill Yershov, Moscow International House of Music, December 2017;
• Nostalgic Music on Themes by Sergei Nikitin for piano and chamber orchestra, performed by Ekaterina Mechetina and the chamber orchestra «Provintsiya» under Igor Lerman, March 2014, Pyotr Fomenko Workshop Theatre;
• Spirit of the Wind for wind instruments and piano, performed by the L’esprit du Vent Ensemble under Felix Nodel, Rachmaninov Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, September 2016.

His concert versions of works by Tchaikovsky and Glinka have been performed by the Musica Viva Orchestra under Alexander Rudin and the Svetlanov State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia under Sergei Polyanichko in 2012–2013 in Russia, France, and Japan.

Klimov’s music is also heard in the production of the Moscow Art Theatre named after A. P. Chekhov The Precipice, directed by A. Shapiro (2010).

As an arranger and orchestral transcriber he collaborates with non‑classical musicians including Dmitry Malikov (concert programmes 2012–2016), Sergei Nikitin (arrangements for solo instruments, string orchestra, and choir, 1999–2017), and Tony Watkins (concert programmes 2016–2017).

Since 2016, as a member of the «Way to Art» team, he has given pre‑concert talks in the halls of the Moscow State Philharmonic and the Moscow International House of Music.

Klimov is the author of a volume of poetry, Motionless Light (Avalon, 2006), and has produced Russian translations of songs for numerous English‑language animated and feature films, including Mary Poppins, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland, Sleeping Beauty, The Jungle Book, The Aristocats, Lady and the Tramp, Oliver & Company, The Little Mermaid, Corpse Bride, Shrek 3, Flushed Away, The Break‑Up, and others.

As part of his teaching in the courses «Instrument Studies» and «History of Orchestral Styles», he has prepared a series of audio and score‑based teaching materials.

Dmitry Malikov, Robin Hood, transcription for piano and orchestra by P. Klimov (D. Malikov, piano, and the Russian Philharmonic Orchestra under Ulf Wadenbrandt).

Ekaterina Mechetina, Nostalgic Music on Themes by Sergei Nikitin for piano and chamber orchestra (E. Mechetina, piano, and the chamber orchestra «Provintsiya» under Igor Lerman).