Roman Parkhomenko  is a composer from Russia. 

He is a co-founder and curator of the Synesthesia Composition Workshop, co-founder and coordinator of the reMusik.org-OpenCalls, coordinator of the International Young Composers Academy in Tchaikovsky city.

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Over the years, he studied at the Kazan State Conservatory (composition class of prof. Vitaly Kharisov) and at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory (composition class of prof. Vladimir Tarnopolsky and composition class of prof. Yuri Kasparov).

He studied electroacoustic music with Nikolay Khrust at the CEAM Center for Electroacoustic Music of the Moscow Conservatory. 

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He is the winner of 12 national and international composer competitions, including the Open Space competition (Russia), Novalis Competition (Croatia), Score Follower (USA), New Music Generation (Kazakhstan), etc.

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His music is performed in Russia, France, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Spain, USA, Cyprus, Lithuania, Israel and Greece. 

Among the performers of his music: Ensemble Intercontemporain (France), 

Divertimento Ensemble (Italy), Meitar Ensemble (Israel), Ensemble Suono Giallo, MotoContrario Ensemble (Italy), Ensemble SEV (Israel), Cologne Guitar Quartet (Germany), Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble, Studio for New Music, MolOt-ensemble, folk Instruments ensemble “Russia”, GAMEnsemble, Pro-Music Orchestra, Novosibirsk Youth Orchestra, Kazan Conservatory Symphony Orchestra, La Gol ensemble (Russia), etc.

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Collaborated with such conductors as Jean Deroyer (France), Sandro Gorli (Italy), Igor Dronov, Maria Moiseenko (Russia), etc.

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His music has been performed in cities of Russia, Italy, France, Austria, Israel, Switzerland, Spain, Cyprus, Lithuania, Croatia and Greece at such international festivals and academies as IRCAM ManiFeste-2022 (FR), Impuls (Austria, Graz), CEME 2023 (ISR), Newmusic Week 2023 (Italy) T&M Nîmes (France), Festival Mixtur (ESP), St. Petersburg International New Music Festival reMusik.org (RU, 2020, 21, 22, 23), IlSuono Contemporary Music Week 2022 (IT), CEME 2023 (ISR), International Divertimento Ensemble Academy (IT), Academy for Contemporary Music in Lucerne (CH), International Young Composers Academy in Ticino (CH), Novalis Festival (HR), Felicja Blumental (ISR), X International Young Composers Academy in Tchaikovsky city (RU), Agora - Forum & Sounds (IT), International Composer + Summer Academy (LT), Biomechanics Multimedia Festival (RU), ContComp (ISR), Europe and Asia (RU),  etc.

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Parkhomenko's music was performed in such halls as the Mariinsky Theatre Concert Hall, Great Hall of the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory, the Rachmaninov Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, the Novaya Opera Moscow Theatre, the Kazan Grand Concert Hall, the Moscow Philharmonic, CentQuatre-Paris, New Stage of the Alexandrinsky Theater, Sheremetevsky Palace, Theater Practice at the Museum of Moscow, Kamala Theater, MON Theater and others. and others.

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Roman Parkhomenko is a composer of the electroacoustic science opera DIVE, which premiered at the New Opera Moscow Theater (2021). youtube.com

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The legendary Ensemble intercontemporain conducted by Jean Deroyer performed the world premiere of his piece Elements at the ManiFeste-2022, the IRCAM multidisciplinary festival and academy, in Paris on 2 July! medias.ircam.fr

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Roman is an active participant of workshops, seminars and residences in Russia, Italy, France, Switzerland, Spain, USA, Cyprus, Lithuania, Israel and Greece.

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His piece Collision has been selected for Followmyscore by Score Follower! youtube.com

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Since 2020 - co-founder and coordinator of the reMusik.org - OpenCalls ( St. Petersburg).

He is also the coordinator of the Composition Course reMusik.org (St. Petersburg).  remusik.org

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Since 2022 - coordinator of the International Young Composers Academy in Tchaikovsky city (Russia). m-c-m-e.ru/academy

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Since 2022 - curator of the direction 'Electroacoustic music' of the Sofia Gubaidulina Center for Contemporary Music in Kazan (Russia).

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Since 2023 - curator of the Synesthesia Composition Workshop and Synesthesia Contemporary Art Lab (Russia).

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Roman is a resident of the Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble (MCME) in the 2020/2021 season.

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Roman Parkhomenko - Fellow of the Composers Union of Russia (2020, 2021, 2022).

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Music by Roman Parkhomenko is published by the SovietWave label.

His piece Mist and Light, recorded by the Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble, was released on the Melodiya label in October 2022. melody.su

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Roman Parkhomenko is an invited resident of the art residences Brush Creek Foundation for the Arts (USA, 2019), Playa Residency (USA, 2022), Peredelkino (Russia, 2022), GES - 2 (Russia, 2023).

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In September 2024, the world premiere of his new piece commissioned by the Ensemble Mosaik will take place in Berlin.

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In July 2023, Roman Parkhomenko was selected to participate in special programs at the Impuls (Graz, Austria): In-Situ – translucent spaces and Klangforum Wien + Johannes Kalitzke . Reading Sessions.

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In early July, Roman Parkhomenko was invited to the Newmusic Week 2023 (Roma, Italy) with Marco Stroppa, Franck Bedrossian and mdi ensemble.

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In May 2023, Roman Parkhomenko was accepted to participate in the Academy for Music Theater T&M Nîmes (France). 

On May 12, 2023, John Cage's opera 'SONG BOOKS' will also be performed at Church "PETIT TEMPLE" in France with sound design by Roman Parkhomenko. Director - Maria Fomicheva.

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Roman Parkhomenko was invited from June to August as a resident at the GES-2 House of Culture (Moscow, Russia)

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Currently, Roman is also working on pieces for the Israeli Ensemble SEV and the famous clarinetist Michel Marang.

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Roman composed the music for the first clownery performance in the Republic of Tatarstan (Russia) called Life N. youtube.com   |   youtube.com

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Also, Roman Parkhomenko sometimes act as a conductor. youtube.com