Vladislav Shoot

Vladislav Shoot (, Vladislav Alekseyevich Shut’ (also spelled Chout, Schut, Sciut, Shut or Szut); 3 March 1941 – 9 March 2022) was a Russian-British composer of contemporary classical music. Born in Voznesensk, Soviet Union, now Ukraine, he moved to the United Kingdom in the early 1990s, settling on the artists’ estate of Dartington Hall. Biography He was born Vladislav Shut in Voznesensk, Soviet Union, to Valentina (née Nizovaya) and Alexei Shut, an officer in the navy. He was raised in Sevastopol, where he attended School N14. Shoot’s music is published by M.P. Belaieff – Edition Peters (Frankfurt-am-Main)/Schott (Mainz). He married the artist Irina Karpey in 1970. Shoot died on 9 March 2022. Music Shoot’s works met with much admiration in the West from the 1980s onward. He preferred smaller ensembles, up to a chamber orchestra, which he tied into sound compositions or groups of overlapping sound layers. Even his symphonies, excepting the High Cross Symphony (1998), are chamber symphonies. He retained serial processes, used post-Romantic elements, and quoted composers of the past, with Alban Berg as the clearest influence. His music has been performed at numerous venues and festi