Petr Savinkov
Petr
Savinkov
entered
the
Gnessin
State
Music
College
in
1994
(Choral
conducting
department).
He
graduated
in
1998
with
honours
degree
and
became
the
student
of
The
Tchaikovsky
Moscow
State
Conservatory
in
the
class
of
prof.
Boris
Tevlin.
During
his
years
in
the
Conservatory
he
was
a
soloist
of
a
prize-winner
Conservatory
Chamber
Choir
(Italy-1998,
Germany-1999,
Austria
-
2000,
Poland-2003
and
others.)
conducted
by
prof.
B.Tevlin.
In
2001-
2002
Petr
Savinkov
also
took
a
course
of
composing
in
the
class
of
prof.
R.Ledenev
and
the
postgraduate
course
in
choral
conducting
in 2005.
Since
2002
P.Savinkov
is
the
precentor
of
the
male
Choir
in
the
St.Eligah
Church
in
Moscow.
With
this
male
Choir
he
recorded
a
CD
“To
Thee
we
sing
and
Thee
we
praise”
and
given
a
number
of
concerts
of
Russian
religious
music
in
the
Red
Square
and
The
Trade and Industry Chameber of Russian Federation.
Since
2003
Petr
Savinkov
teaches
students
of
The
Gnesins
College
(conducting,
choral
scores
reading,
choral
literature,
choral
arrangement and choral ensemble).
As artistic director (since 2008) and chef conductor of the Chamber Choir of Gnesins College he won the following prizes:
The International Choral contest in Poland (2007) lll prize
The International contest “Modern art and education “ in Moscow I prize in Choral singing
The European choral contest “Chorus Inside 2008” in Moscow I prize in category “Choral Arts”
The
International
contest
“Modern
Art
and
education”
in
Moscow
2010
Grand
Prix
in
the
nomination
“Music
performance
and
pedagogical
skills”.
In
2013
Petr
Savinkov
was
appointed
Chief
Conductor
of
the
Great
Academic
Choir
of
the
Gnesins
College
(while
preserving
his
post
of
Art
director and chief conductor of the Chamber Choir) and was also invited to teach in The Russian Music Academy named after the Gnesins.
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