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Anna Solovieva Drubich was born in Moscow. From
an early age Anna was
exp
osed
to music and began piano lessons at the age of 8. Anna earned her Bachelor
and Master's degrees at the Munich School for the Performing Arts
(2002-2008) under the tutelage of Professor Franz Massinger. Anna has been
very busy as a solo and chamber music performer giving concerts in Russia,
Ukraine, France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland and Spain, among others. She
is a recipient of several awards and prizes, including First Prize at the
Moscow Beethoven Competition and the Mozart Prize at the Bremen
International Piano Competition. Ms. Drubich is also a beneficiary of the
Spivakov Foundation and Krainev Foundation
scholarships. In
addition to her piano endeavors, Anna has been writing music, focusing on
film composition. Her first project, in cooperation with Andrei Golovin,
was the score to the film O Liubvi [About Love] (Mosfilm, Russia, 2002),
which went on to receive the Best Music Award at the Russian National Film
Festival Kinotavr. After this success Anna decided to pursue her studies
in Film Composition at the Munich School for the Performing Arts, under
the guidance of Prof. Enjott Schneider and is expected to graduate in July
2011. Concurrently with her studies, Anna participated in several film
projects, including the Lange Nacht der Musik for which she wrote several
pieces. In 2009 Anna was awarded the Special Prize at the Soundtrack
Cologne Competition for her composition for the animated feature The
Factory. Most recently, Anna completed the score to three major feature
films: Anna Karenina, 2ASSA2, and Odnoklassniki [Classmates] (Mosfilm,
Russia). All three films had their premieres in 2010.
Anna's work as composer has led her to being nominated and
shortlisted for the Russian Film Academy Award NIKA. She is also the
winner of the prestigious Triumph Award in Russia. At the present time
Anna is working on several major projects in Russia, USA and Germany. Her
diverse body of work can be heard on television, at the cinema and in the
theatre and includes animated features, documentaries and plays. In
addition to her music for the visual arts, Anna has been intensively
involved in writing music for the concert hall. Several works, from
sonatas for solo instruments to chamber music to orchestra pieces, were
debuted by famous musicians - many of them friends and colleagues of Miss
Drubich. These pieces have always enjoyed a warm and enthusiastic
reception from the audience and positive response from the
critics.
In
the summer of 2010 Anna was chosen as one of 5 composers worldwide to
spend a month in Aspen, Colorado, USA, studying and composing with major
Hollywood composers Jeff Rona, David Newman and Jack Smalley. Anna's music
has been performed and recorded by the American Academy of Conducting at
Aspen Orchestra. From August 2011 to May 2012 Ms. Drubich was studying at
the University of Southern California as part of the prestigious Scoring
for Motion Pictures and Television program. Since than she worked on many
short films, animations and video game projects. Her animation film "Yadda
Yadda Yada" won 3rd Prize at the USC Science Animation Contest. Her recent
animation short film "Semaforo" ("Stoplight") is selected at the top
animation festivals of the world: ANNECY 2013 (France), "Chilemonos" in
Chile and Student Academy Awards in USA.
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