Ilya Drozdihin (30 September 1978,

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

) is a

bell-ringer A bell-ringer is a person who rings a Bell (instrument), bell, usually a church bell, by means of a rope or other mechanism. Despite some automation of bells for random swinging, there are still many active bell-ringers in the world, particularl ...

in Moscow and director of the church bell ringers Moscow School Center of Bell Art. He is the artistic director of the Moscow festival of bells in Perezvon.

Biography

He began working as a bell-ringer in 2002. From 2003 to 2005 - bell-ringer of Patriarchal town house in Orekhovo-Borisov, Moscow. Beginning in 2005 he served as the artistic director of the Moscow festival of bells «Perezvon». Beginning in 2006 he served as senior bell-ringer of the Moscow Church of Our Lady «Znamenie», Moscow. Beginning in 2008 he served as head of the School of Church Bell-Ringers.

Festivals

* «Kamensk-Ural» (2005) * « Perezvon» (2005) * «Kamensk-Ural» (2006) * «Alexis chimes» (2006) * «Dnіprovsky dzvіn» (2006) * «Perezvon» (2007) * «Alexis chimes» (2007) * «Kamensk-Ural» (2007) * «Dnіprovsky dzvіn» (2007) * «Alexis chimes» (2008) * «Perezvon» (2008) — organizer * « Perezvon» (2009) — organizer * « Perezvon» (2010) — organizer * « Perezvon» (2011) — organizer * «Alexis chimes» (2011) melody as pure as crystal ... 2011

Discography

* ''Chimes of Patriarchal town house the Millennium of Christianity in Russia'', Moscow, CD (2005) * ''Tsaritsyno Bells'', Moscow, CD (2006) * ''The Birth of a Bell'', DVD (2007) * ''Crystal Bells'', Birobidzhan, CD (2010) * ''Bells of St. Nicholas church in Buturlin'', CD (2011) * ''Leonov bells'', Moscow, CD (2011) * ''Chimes from Kaliningrad to Kamchatka'', CD (2011) * ''Educational film'', DVD (2011)http://bellschool.ru/archives/562 Moscow School Bell Ringers has released an educational film

References

External links

Interview «Sobranie», № 2 (8) 2006

Interview with the "Church Bulletin», № 22 (371) November 2007

''The Silver case '' //«Solidarity», № 45 (03/12/08)

Perezvon Festival

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