Vasily Lobanov

Vasily Pavlovich Lobanov also Vassily Lobanov (Васи́лий Па́влович Лоба́нов, born 2 January 1947) is a Russian composer and pianist.

Vasily Lobanov

Worldwide pianist and composer, Duo-Partner of Sviatoslav Richter, - Vasily Lobanov was born in Moscow. He studied piano with legendary Heinrich Neuhaus and Lev Naumov and composition with Sergej Balassanjan and Alfred Schnittke. Lobanov’s composition instructor Alfred Schnittke, one of the most significant composers of the 20th century, said of Lobanov, “There are talented composers and there are talented pianists, but seldom do those two talents converge in such brilliant proportion as they do in Vassily Lobanov …” In his Credo (www.lobanov.de/Komponist/credo), Lobanov presents a keenly vivid portrayal of the foundations of his compositional process. Among Lobanov’s many works are two operas, "Antigone" (1989 performed at the Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow) and "Father Sergius" (1995 performed in Germany); several instrumental concertos, String Quartets; Sonatas for Piano, Cello, Flute, Viola, Clarinet. His works (available at Sikorski Edition, Hamburg) have been performed at major music festivals. As a pianist, Lobanov initially began concertizing in Russia in 1966. He began making concert appearances abroad in 1978, performing in the music metropolises of Europe, in the US, in Japan and South America with such conductors as Gennady Rozhdestwensky, Heinrich Schiff, Juri Bashmet, Christoph Poppen, Kurt Lewin, Alexander Lasarev... He performed in a piano duo with Sviatoslav Richter, a piano trio with Oleg Kagan and Natalia Gutman and still, today remains a member of a piano quartet alongside Victor Tretiakov, Juri Bashmet, and Natalia Gutman. He concertized with many other renowned artists, such as Leonidas Kavakos, Gidon Kremer, Elmira Darvarova, Marc Kaplan, Eduard Brunner, Kolja Blacher, Charles Neidich, Kim Kashkashian... Lobanov’s concert and chamber music undertakings are documented in a series of radio broadcast recordings and numerous CDs (Philips, Ondine, Classics Live, Tudor, Chant du Monde, Melodia).

Selected works

Operas
  • Antigone, opera after Sophocles, Op. 51 (1985–1987)
  • Father Sergius (Отец Сергий – Otets Sergiy), opera in one act after the story by Leo Tolstoy (1990–1995)

Oratories and cantatas
  • Leutnant Schmidt, oratorio, Op. 31 (1979)
  • God-Nightingale, cantata after Osip Mandelstam for baritone and chamber ensemble, Op. 61 (1991)

Orchestral music
  • Aria for violin and string orchestra (1986)
  • Chamber Sinfonie, Op. 92 ("Painters"), (2018)
  • Concerto for cello and orchestra, Op. 42 (1984–1985)
  • Concerto No.1 for piano and chamber orchestra, Op. 35 (1981)
  • Concerto for trumpet, percussion and string orchestra, Op. 70 (1997)
  • Concerto No.1 for viola and string orchestra, Op. 53 (1989)
  • Concerto No.2 for viola and string orchestra, Op. 71 (1998)
  • Double Concerto for clarinet, violin and chamber orchestra, Op. 65 (1995)
  • Sinfonietta for chamber orchestra, Op. 47 (1986)
  • Symphony for strings, percussion, flute and trumpet, Op. 22 (1977)

Chamber music
  • 2 Pieces for Flute solo, Op. 24 (1978)
  • 7 Pieces for Cello and Piano, Op. 25 (1978)
  • Piano Quartet, Op. 68 (1996)
  • Sonata for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 45 (1985)
  • Sonata for Flute and Piano, Op. 38 (1983)
  • Sonata No. 2 for Cello and Piano, Op. 54 (1989)
  • Sonata "In 6 Fragments" for Violin and Piano, Op. 56 (1989)
  • Sonata for Viola and Piano, Op. 58 (1990)
  • Sonata No. 2 for Piano, Op. 33; (1980)
  • String Quartet No. 4, Op. 49 (1987–88)
  • String Quartet No. 5, Op. 50 (1986–88)
  • String Quartet No. 6, Op. 50 (2004)
  • Trio for Flute, Clarinet and Bassoon, Op. 29 (1979)
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