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Vladimir Chekasin
composer, instrumentalist-performer, producer (film-director), teacher

Was born in 1947 in Yekaterinburg. Started to play violin and piano from six, clarnet from fifteen years old. In 1965 finished a special music school, 1970 – Music Academy of Yekaterinburg.
The beginning of his international performing was at “Praga-71” festival, where he’s got the first prize. Also his first album “Meeting” (Setkani) was recorded there.
Vladimir Chekasin has recorded about 60 original music (his own or with other authors) albums since, had a lot of concerts and took part in the biggest festivals in all countries of Europe, USA, Canada, Cuba, Japan, India and others.
From 1994 constantly co-operating with one of the central Moscow stage – Central Artist’s House’s hall. On this stage working as a composer, performer, producer, making sincretic perfomings with actors and musicians from different countries (about 10-12 perfomings a year).
Also working in theater and cinema sphere from 1975. In 1991 P.Lungin’s movie “TAXI-BLUES” with music of V.Chekasin has got the first prize at the Canne festival. And in 1992 the film “Bolero, or provincial melodrama with emotional outburst”, where V.Chekasin was composer and producer (second producer M.Bezchastnov), has got first prize at the “Post-Montreux” festival. The plays with Chekasin’s music are going on in the famous Moscow theatres.
From 1975 – working as a teacher in Lithuanian Music Academy and special B.Dvarionas music school. His original methodic has written in the article “Operative composition and structuring”. (Publicated in pedagogic congress matherials “Modern improvisation music and jazz”) November 8 – 11, 1995, Mönchen-Gladbach, Germany)
V.Chekasin’s ex-students are so well known Lithuanian musiciants like P.Vishniauskas, V.Labutis, N.Malunavichute, S.Sasnauskas and others.
In 80-ns Lithuanian Music Akademy’s big-band several times was the best in USSR. And V.Chekasin, before the split of Soviet Union, was there “musician N1” or was getting first places in the different nominations.

Contact: V. Chekasin, Skroblø 17-47, 2000 Vilnius, Lithuania
Phone: (370-2) 336841, 636841, 757674; Fax 220309

www.lithill.lt/chekasin

e-mail: public@lithill.lt

 

 


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