Serov Yury Eduardovich

Serov Yury Eduardovich

Main article: History of music in Russia

Biography

Born February 19, 1964. Father is a conductor.

"About four years old, my twin brother and I went to my father for rehearsals and concerts," Yuri Serov recalled. - At the age of twelve I listened with the scores of Mahler's symphony, I knew Bruckner's symphonies. I came from school, listened to music, and then I went to play football... "

November 10, 1987 - 1988, Choral School named after Glinka, accompanist.

He graduated from the St. Petersburg Conservatory. N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov in 1991, graduate school in 1993 (professor R. Lebedev, piano; T. Feedler, chamber ensemble; G. Serova, accompaniment). He trained in Salzburg and Weimar with Hartmouth Hel.

"Since 1990, I began to travel abroad and lived on what I earned there. Still, when you have two children, first you need to make sure that everything is fine with them, and only then think about what I myself want in music. So I taught, played endless concerts as a pianist. "

As a conductor, soloist-pianist and ensemble, he toured in more than 35 countries.

Discs began to be released in 1999. What first arose as a hobby later became a respected label in the world: it is associated with St. Petersburg music, often unknown, with composers whom Yuri Serov loves and appreciates.

Yuri Serov has recorded more than 70 CDs for various companies in Russia, Belgium, Japan and the United States. Including:

• "Don't get away from me..." Romances and songs of Russian composers of the first half of the 19th century (with Lyudmila Shkirtil).
• 5 discs with full recordings of Shostakovich's vocal work were nominated for a Grammy Award.
• "When my daughter was born, I specially recorded a disc with lullabies for her, which included various hits of piano music. The disc has sold a huge edition! I print all the time - and sell all the time, "Yuri Serov recalled.

Since 2009, Yuri Serov collaborated with the team that was founded by his father. It was called "Orchestra of Ancient and Contemporary Music." "At the concerts of this orchestra, I grew up. In 1985, dad left there, leaving for Volgograd. Then Ravil Martynov was a conductor there until 2004. The orchestra became known as the State Academic Symphony Orchestra of St. Petersburg. For some time Vasily Petrenko worked there, who made a dizzying career around the world. Since 2007, Alexander Titov became the chief conductor in the orchestra, who offered me joint work. We can say that I am engaged in the artistic policy of the orchestra, periodically conduct, and also conduct subscription concerts. I especially love children, "Yuri Serov said in an interview in 2012.

From 2012 to 2017, he served as chief conductor of the Volgograd Academic Symphony Orchestra. Yuri Serov is a guest conductor of the Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra and the Karelian State Philharmonic Orchestra. He collaborates with the St. Petersburg State Academic Symphony Orchestra, with the National Orchestra of Belarus, with the Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra, with the Belgian Prima la Musica Orchestra, with the Kaunas Philharmonic Orchestra, with the European Chamber Orchestra, with the symphony orchestras of São Paulo and Cincinnati, with the philharmonic groups of Saratov, Samara and other cities and countries.

By the beginning of the 2010s, Yuri Serov was tired of St. Petersburg, tired of a large and uncomfortable city for life and chose a new habitat for himself - not far from the monastery of Alexander Svirsky, this is 250 kilometers from St. Petersburg. "Here you need to live, prepare new programs, think and develop, and come to St. Petersburg for a day or two on business," said the musician^[1].

Yuri Serov is the author of numerous lectures, articles and essays on music, gives master classes in Russia, Brazil, France, Portugal and Belgium.

In 2011, he performed with the Hollywood Music program, which included music from the films James Bond and The Godfather. The entire second section was entirely given to the music of John Williams.

In 2012, he performed with the program "Time of Britain: from Purcell to Pink Floyd," dedicated to English music.

He taught at the St. Petersburg Conservatory, until 2013 he was the artistic director of the International Chamber Music Festival "Northern Flowers" in St. Petersburg, the founder and editor of the series of CDs "St. Petersburg Music Archive."

For 2023 - Director of the St. Petersburg Music School. M.P. Mussorgsky.

In 2020, Yuri Serov was awarded the title of laureate of the International Competition "Constellation of Talents" and laureate of the A.P. Petrov Prize - for his special contribution to the education of talented youth.

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