Leonid Karev is a composer,

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and pianist, born in

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in 1969. He has lived in

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since 1992, and is a professor of organ and piano accompaniment at the Conservatories of Paris and

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(France) and organist at the Notre-Dame-de-l’Assomption church in Paris and the Bertrand Cattiaux's organ in the Saint-Médard church in Brunoy (France). He studied at the Moscow

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and at

Conservatoire de Paris The Conservatoire de Paris (), also known as the Paris Conservatory, is a college of music and dance founded in 1795. Officially known as the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (CNSMDP), it is situated in the avenue ...

both as composer and organist. His professors included

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André Isoir André Jean-Marie Isoir (20 July 1935 – 20 July 2016) was a French organist and pedagogue. Biography André Isoir was born in 1935 in Saint-Dizier in Grand Est, France. Isoir studied with Édouard Souberbielle (organ) and Germaine Mounier (p ...

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, Alain Banquart, Michel Merlet, and

Guillaume Connesson Guillaume Connesson (One can hear Connesson pronouncing his name in thiinterview) is a French composer born in 1970 in Boulogne-Billancourt. Biography Connesson studied the piano, music theory, music history and choir conducting at the Conserva ...

. He graduated from the École Normale de Musique de Paris as a composer. His symphony ''Dulce Memoriae'' was awarded the Sacem prize and a prize at the Gino Contilli competition in Italy and his piece for choir ''Ave Maria'' was awarded at the Guido d’Arezzo competition in Italy. He is also the First Prize winner of Marcel Dupré organ Competition in Chartres (1998), and the First Prize of honor winner of the UFAM in Paris (1996). In his music Karev has continued the Russian tradition, adapting it to contemporary compositional ideas. He has given many organ concerts in Russia, France, Italy, USA and other countries. His compositions have been performed at Moscow Autumn Festival (2001, 2004, 2006), Saint-Eustache organ festivals in Paris (1994, 2003, 2007), Russian Contemporary Music Festival in Iowa (2000) and many other music events.

External links

Leonid Karev's official web site

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Karev, Leonid 1969 births Living people Conservatoire de Paris alumni École Normale de Musique de Paris alumni Moscow Conservatory alumni Russian musicians