Victor Kissine

Victor Kissine
Виктор Кисин
Born(1953-03-15)15 March 1953
Leningrad, Soviet Union
Occupations
  • Composer
  • Musicologist
Organizations
  • INSAS
  • Conservatoire royal de Mons

Victor Kissine (Russian: Виктор Романович Кисин; born 15 March 1953) is a Russian-born Belgian classical composer and academic teacher.

Biography

Kissine was born in Leningrad on 15 March 1953.[1] He studied musicology at the Rimsky-Korsakov Saint Petersburg State Conservatory with Mikhail Druskin, among others, completing a PhD.[1][2]

He has been a resident of Belgium from 1990, working as professor of musical analysis and orchestration at INSAS and at the Conservatoire royal de Mons.[2][3]

Kissine has composed two operas and ballets, orchestral and concertante works including three violin concertos, chamber music, choral and vocal music, and film scores.[3] His compositions have been premiered at venues including Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center in New York City, the Komische Oper Berlin, the Salzburg Festival and the Kammermusikfest Lockenhaus; he has collaborated with orchestras including the Berlin Philharmonic, the San Francisco Symphony, Konzerthausorchester Berlin and the Belgian National Orchestra. He has served as a juror of international competitions such as the 2026 Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels.[3] One of his compositions, Caprice, was written for the 2012 violin competition.[1].

Award

Kissine was named a Grand Officier of the Belgian Order of Leopold on 15 November 2020.[4] A 2011 recording of his second piano trio, Zerkalo, alongside Tchaikovsky's Piano Trio,[5] with violinist Gidon Kremer, cellist Giedrė Dirvanauskaitė and pianist Khatia Buniatishvili,[6] received the Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Victor Kissine". Forum de la création musicale. Retrieved 11 May 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 "Victor Kissine". ECM Records. Retrieved 12 May 2026.
  3. 1 2 3 "Queen Elisabeth Competition 2026". Queen Elisabeth Competition. 2023. Archived from the original on 11 May 2026. Retrieved 11 May 2026.
  4. ↑ "Ordre de Leopold / Grand Officier" (PDF). Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium (in French). 16 November 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2026.
  5. ↑ Fanning, David (July 2013). "Kissine / Between Two Waves. Duo. Barcarola". Gramophone. Retrieved 12 May 2026.
  6. ↑ Maddocks, Fiona (17 April 2011). "Tchaikovsky, Kissine: Piano Trios – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 May 2026.
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