Alexei Aigi

Alexei Aigi is a composer, violinist, and the leader of Ensemble 4'33". He is one of Russia’s most interesting composers, those whose works define the face of contemporary Russian music. And yet Mr. Aigi’s work falls outside of traditional musical forms. In his music Mr. Aigi easily melds various musical genres including minimalism, jazz, rock, and improvisational music into an instantly recognisable signature style. Alexei Aigi has been nominated numerous times for Russia’s major film prizes the “Nika” and “Golden Eagle” and was nominated for the French film prize "Les Lutins de Court-Metrage". In 2007, Alexei won a prize from the Latvian Copyright Society for his score to Inara Kolmane’s documentary My Husband Andrei Sakharov (France-Latvia production). He has participated in contemporary music festivals in France, Belgium, Germany, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, the USA and others.

Selected Composing Credits:

1998 The Country of Deaf People (“Strana Glukhikh”) – feature

2002 Lover (“Lyubovnik”) – feature

2004 My Step Brother Frankenstein (“Moy Svodnyy Brat Frankenshteyn”) – feature

2004 Mars (“Mars”) – feature

2005 The Fall of the Empire (“Gibel Imperii”) – TV mini-series

2006 Je pense a vous – feature

2007 My Husband Andrei Sakharov (“Moy Muzh Andrei Sakharov”) – doc.

2008 Le Grand Alibi – feature