Pavel Singer

Pavel Singer (Павел Зингер, born September 29, 1962, in Pyatigorsk, USSR) is an Austrian composer, pianist and arrangeur. Biography Pavel (name at birth Paul) Singer was born in Pyatigorsk, to a Russian-German family. In 1987 Pavel Singer graduated from the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory and in 1992 he obtained a postgraduate diploma in musical composition studying under Tikhon Khrennikov’s class and Nikolai Rakov’s class and Concert Pianist (Rudolf Kerer’s class, professor M. S. Petukhov). In 1981-87 he made many concert tours throughout the Soviet Union as piano soloist and with various ensembles. In 1988-1990 he worked as a pianist, harpsichord player with the Amadeus Moscow Chamber Orchestra. In 1990-1992 he worked as an arranger for the “Slava Rossii” (Glory of Russia) Ensemble at the State Central Concert Hall “Rossiya”. In 1990 he participated in the “International Workshop of Composers” in Amsterdam and attended master classes given by Ton de Leeuw, Theo Loevendie and Dimitar Hristov. In 1992-1993 he undertook an Internship at the Vienna Higher School of Music (now the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna), studying composition under Professor Erich Urbanne