Anton Safronov · Composition

BIOGRAPHY

Anton Safronov was born in Moscow in 1972. In 1996 he graduated from the Moscow Conservatory in the composition class of Edison Denisov. He also graduated from graduate school there (1999). Training in Germany with Walter Zimmermann (Berlin University of the Arts) and Wolfgang Rihm (Karlsruhe University of Music), attending master classes with Paul-Heinz Dittrich, Beat Furrer, Peter Ruzicka.
From 2003 to 2009 he taught at the Moscow Conservatory (analysis of musical works, seminar "Music of the XX century"), since 2009 he teaches at the Berlin University of the Arts. He writes articles, lectures and writes reports and radio programs about contemporary music, including publications in the magazine "Musical Life". From 2004 to 2009 he was a member of the editorial board and author of articles for the magazine "Tribune of Contemporary Music". He was the project coordinator of the festival "Territory" (2008-2009) and the Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble (2009-2011). From 1995 to 1997 he was a fellow of the Moscow Union of Composers. He was also a fellow of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) from 1996 to 1998, of the Academy Villa Massimo (Rome, 2007) and of the Academy Solitude (Stuttgart, 2008).