Goldsmiths - University of London

The Centre for Russian Music (CRM) is an original and unique initiative in the West, the main purpose of which is to promote research, publication and performance. It offers a wide-ranging scope of interdisciplinary activities focused on cultural, social, political and musical problems of Russian modern history and based on its unique archival collections. The CRM works in close collaboration with the Serge Prokofiev Archive. A recent addition to the CRM collection is the Alfred Schnittke (1934-1998) archive which contains manuscripts, facsimiles of all scores (including unfinished ones), private papers, sketches, photos, films, tapes of Schnittke's own performances and talks, all published scores, books and articles on Schnittke, and all existing recordings of his music.

The CRM works under the supervision of an international board of advisors, including Krzystof Penderecki, Sofia Gubaidulina, Arvo Part, James MacMillan, Oliver Knussen, Irina Schnittke, Gennady Rozhdestvensky and Alexander Lazarev. The Centre attracts researchers and students from different countries and makes its unique materials available to any interested scholar.

The CRM offers:

• Courses in Russian music
• Graduate supervision
• Short courses, research seminars and round-table discussions
• Publication launches
• An innovative yearly conference and concert events backed by the music industry
• Workshops and masterclasses with leading Russian composers and performers
• Opportunities to perform Russian music
• Access to unique unpublished archive materials, a very comprehensive recording collection, and one of the best collections of publications on Russian music
• Unique opportunities for postgraduate students to work in archives in Russia.

Special collections of the Centre for Russian Music include:
- Malcolm Henbury Ballan's collection of Russian Piano Music ( including many rare first editions ) [MSWord file]; inquires and appointments: Jacqueline Cooke, lbs01jc@gold.ac.uk
- Malcolm Henbury Ballan's collection of orchestral and chamber scores [MSWord file]; inquires and appointments: Jacqueline Cooke, lbs01jc@gold.ac.uk
- Special collection of post-Soviet scores, recordings and document; inquires and appointments: crm@gold.ac.uk
- Nikolai Korndorf's archive [MSWord file] , inquires and appointments: crm@gold.ac.uk
- Giles Roche's collection of the scores, recordings and books [pdf]

The CRM also co-ordinates a variety of (including concerts, festivals, research programmes, conferences and seminars) dedicated to Russian music on a wide cultural and political background. Festivals and conferences have been running in collaboration with leading national orchestras (BBC SO, London Philharmonic, RSNO), recording companies (Chandos, BMG) and publishing houses (Boosey & Hawkes; Hans Sikorski, Germany; Kompozitor, Russia).