Biography

Andrey Ivanovich GOLOVIN

Andrey Golovin was born in 1950 in Moscow. In 1976 he graduated from the Moscow Conservatory (the composition class of Professor Evgeny Golubev, instrumentation class of Professor Yuri Fortunatov).
    
Among the Golovin's works: opera "The First Love" (on the novel by Ivan Turgenev), four symphonies, Canto d'attesa for Violin and Orchestra, "The Simple Songs" (Cantata on poems by Nikolay Rubtsov for mezzo-soprano, bass, Piano and Chamber orchestra), Eight Poems of Count Vassily Komorowsky for Soprano and Orchestra, Music for Strings, Canzona for Cello and String Orchestra, as well as chamber music and vocal works, pieces for piano, choirs, music for theater productions, films and TV.
    
Golovin's music was performed in Germany, Austria, Finland, France, Italy, UK, Poland, Greece, and the USA.
    
In 1998, Golovin was awarded by the Prize of Moscow (in the field of literature and the arts) for his opera "The First Love".
In 2004, at the Russian film festival "Kinotavr" composer received the Award "For the best music for the film " (film "About a Love" directed by Sergei Solovyov) .
    
Since 1994, Andrey Golovin performs as a conductor of his own works.
The scores of Golovin's music is published by such publishers as Muzyka, Soviet Composer, Alphons Leduce, Supraphon, Zen-On Music Co., Musikproduktion Höflich München. The recordings with Andrey Golovin's works appeared on the CDs by such labes as Boheme Music, Arts and Electronics, Cadenza, Relief. The Russian label Melodiya released four CDs with the music of Andrey Golovin.

On the photo - scene from opera "The First Love" (staging of Evgeny Kolobov in NOVAYA OPERA Theatre)