Nikolai Popov (biography)

Nikolai Popov was born in Belebei, Bashkortostan republic. He graduated from

Ufa musical colledge . He graduated from Moscow State Conservatory and completed

postgraduate studies of the Moscow State Conservatory.

His compositions won awards in Russia and other countries: 1st prize on the I

National Schnittke composition competition (Russia); Gran-prix , 2nd and 3rd prizes on

the International Zolotarev composition competition (New-York, USA); 1st prize on the

II National Schostakovich composition competition (Russia); 4th prize on the II

International composition competition "Petya i Volk" (Russia); 1st prize on the

International Dvorak composition competition (Prague, Czech Republic).

Attended master classes given by Russian and foreign composers such as Ivan

Fedele, Allen Gossen, Franck Bedrossian, Mark Andre, Rodion Shchedrin, Boris

Tishchenko and others. His music is played in concerts and at festivals held in Spanish,

Italian, Portuguese, Czechian, American, Russian and Ukrainian cities ("New music -

New reality", ”Moscow Autumn”, "Percussion days of Mark Pekarsky", "Exposition

XXI", "Creative Youth of Moscow conservatory", "Europe - Asia", “Venice Biennale”).

His compositions were played by such orchestras and ensembles as Prague

Philarmonic Orchestra, Symphony Orchestra of theater "New opera", Symphony

Orchestra "Russian Philarmony", Symphony Orchestra of Ministry of Defense of

Russia, Urals Academic Symphony Orchestra, chamber orchestra "Arpeggione", The

Studio for New Music Ensemble, Percussion ensemble of Mark Pekarsky, Moscow

Contemporary Music Ensemble, Ensemble “Alter Ego”, “GAM-ensemble, string quartet

“Cantando".

Member of Russian Composer's Union.