This eclectic concert will showcase a captivating constellation of talented and stylistically diverse musicians.

Pianist Fyodor Biryuchev will perform his own compositions, created in the spirit of Romanticism and touched with both tenderness and high expressivity.

Olga Glazova will demonstrate the beautiful art of traditional gusli performance, one of the oldest Russian multi-string plucked instruments.
Pianist Vladyslav Kuznetsov will perform a full set of pieces from the 1988 work “Metamorphosis” by the minimalist composer Philip Glass.

Synecdoche Montauk, the project of a London-based, Moscow-born singer-songwriter Savva Rozanov, will present a special acoustic set filled with imaginative poetry on the themes of identity and the ephemeral sense of nostalgia.

In conclusion to the evening, Gabriel Prokofiev, a composer and producer of classical and electronic music, will perform live electronics alongside members of his newly formed group: Gabriel Prokofiev Ensemble.

World Heart Beat Music Academy is an innovative place, where young people, many of whom would never have access to musical education, are brought together with world-class musicians to share their love of music. Proceeds from ticket sales will support scholarships for refugee musicians under the care of World Heart Beat. 

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PROGRAMME
Fyodor Biryuchev (20 min)
Olga Glazova (20 min)
Vladyslav Kuznetsov (30 min)
~ interval ~
Synecdoche Montauk (30 min)
Gabriel Prokofiev Ensemble (30 min)


Fyodor Biryuchev is a pianist and composer, a graduate of Liceu Conservatory (Barcelona). His sphere of interests includes solo piano compositions, collaborations with orchestras, experiments with prepared piano and electronics, work with ethnic musicians from various countries, and so on. In May 2022, Fyodor Biryuchev released his fourth album “Old Photographs”, in which he combines traditional and modern compositional approaches, rethinking the legacy of the Slavic piano school of the 19th century and the works of European romantic composers.

Olga Glazova is a gusli player, composer and singer-songwriter. Gusli is one of the oldest Russian multi-string plucked instruments, first documentation of which dates back to the 12th century Novgorodian Rus’. Olga Glazova graduated from the Saint-Petersburg State Conservatory and plays a custom-made 30-stringed gusli, performing her own instrumental compositions as well as traditional Russian songs. Olga was nominated twice for the Sergey Kuryokhin Award in the nomination “Ethno-Mechanica (World Music Project)”, released several albums and took part in over 30 international and national competitions in the field of folk music.

Vladyslav Kuznetsov is a composer and pianist, born in Nova Kakhovka in southern Ukraine. In 2013 he entered the National Music Academy of Ukraine in Kyiv (Composition course), first graduating with a Master’s degree and then passing a PhD. Vladyslav is a member of the National Union of Composers of Ukraine. Due to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, in 2022 Vladyslav relocated to London where he joined the postgraduate course in piano performance at Guildhall. He has collaborated with many collectives, including the National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, the Kyiv Symphony Orchestra and Kyiv Kamerata, amongst others. As a pianist he has performed across the UK, as well as in Austria, Italy, France, Germany and other countries.

Synecdoche Montauk is the project of a London-based, Moscow-born composer, producer, and singer-songwriter Savva Rozanov, whose work brings to the front the gentleness of folk and electronic music, and the self-proclaimed ‘pierrot-core’. The heavily detailed world of Synecdoche Montauk is constantly balancing between allusions to Russian life and signs of modernity. In the recent album “Acume”, Synecdoche Montauk takes listeners on a fascinating voyage through the avant-pop universe with a heavy focus on texture and sound design.

Gabriel Prokofiev is a Hackney-based composer and producer of classical and electronic music. He has composed nine concertos, and his Concerto for Turntables has become one of the most widely performed concertos composed in the 21st century. His music has been performed by many orchestras including Seattle Symphony, Detroit Symphony, BBC Philharmonic, MDR Leipzig, Buenos Aires Filarmônica, amongst others. Gabriel is also an events curator, producer and founder of the Nonclassical label & events. He DJs and performs electronics regularly in the UK and Europe, often alongside classical musicians. Gabriel is an artist ambassador for EMMA for Peace, a non-profit global organisation for the promotion of peace and cooperation for development through music diplomacy and education in Europe, the Mediterranean region, Middle East and beyond