Alexander Raskatov

• For Alexander Raskatov, the human voice with its tonal mutability is one of the most important means of expression
• in his own words, his music often deals with the 'forgotten idioms of Romanticism', which are, however, reshaped and presented in an unusual, nostalgic, almost 'unreal' context
• early works sometimes make references to Minimalism and also to popular Russian art songs of the 19th century
• in all phases of his output his works display a spiritual, liturgical element
• Raskatov regards a form as 'a static non-action', as a 'pleasant idleness'
• many of his works adopt the language of the musical avant-garde in a modernist manner
• music demonstrates a refined treatment of sound and the concentrated development of material

Works by Alexander Raskatov include:

Nunc dimittis for mezzo-soprano, male voices and orchestra (2007)
Missa byzantina for mixed choir and large orchestra (2014)
A Dog's Heart Opera in two acts (2009)

Works by Alexander Raskatov are published by Boosey & Hawkes / Sikorski.

Looking Ahead: German premiere Bel canto for viola, strings and temple gong with Anya Dambeck (Va) and Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden under Dmitri Jurowski in Gohrisch (30 Jun)

"Each artistic message has two levels of understanding: information and expression. For me as an Eastern artist expression is the most important." — Alexander Raskatov