Dmitry Borodaev - russian guitarist, composer and conductor, member of the Board of the Union of Moscow Composers, associate professor at the P.Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory, president of the Moscow International Association of the Guitar Art.
Studied classical guitar in Moscow with the professor Natalia Ivanova-Kramskaya at the Academic music colledge of Moscow Conservatory and the State Institute of Arts. Then he entered the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory in the class of professor Vladislav Agafonnikov with a degree in composition, graduated from the Conservatory in 2014 with honors, as well as an assistant internship at the Conservatory in 2016. In 2023, he graduated from the Conservatory with a degree in Artistic direction of the Opera and Symphony Orchestra under the direction of associate professor Vyacheslav Valeev.
The musician's tours took place in Russian cities from Kaliningrad to Vladivostok, as well as in the best concert halls of Spain, Germany, China, Ukraine, Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Bulgaria.
The musician's compositional work is represented by compositions for solo instruments, chamber ensembles, vocal cycles, music for chamber and symphony orchestras, music for cinema, works for choir, concerts for guitar and piano with orchestra.
The premieres of the composer's works were performed on all stages of the Moscow Conservatory, at the Moscow International House of Music, Zaryadye, in the halls of the Shanghai Philharmonic, Manuel de Falla in Granada, the Novosibirsk Philharmonic, at concert venues in Spain, Armenia, Greece, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Belarus, and the Russian Philharmonic from Kaliningrad to Vladivostok. As a conductor, he performed on the stages of the Bolshoi and Rachmaninoff Halls of the Moscow Conservatory, the Cathedral and the State Variety Theater in Moscow, the Yaroslavl State Philharmonic, the Brest Academic Drama Theater.
Among the performers of the author are the State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia named after E. F. Svetlanov, the Russian National Orchestra, the Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra, the State Chamber Orchestra “Virtuosi of Moscow”, the Novosibirsk Academic Symphony Orchestra, the Moscow Chamber Orchestra “Musica Viva”, the Central Military Orchestra of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the Concert and Symphony Orchestra of the Moscow Conservatory, the Orchestra of the Primorsky Opera Theater and the ballet “Russian Opera House", the Omsk Academic Symphony Orchestra and others.
Performers of chamber works are Anna Savkina (violin), Elena Semenova (violin), Rustam Komachkov (cello), Vladimir Baykov (baritone), Maria Gorelova (soprano), Georgy Migunov (piano), Elmar Hasanov (piano), Artyom Dervoed (guitar), Roman Zorkin (guitar), Elizaveta Borodaeva (organ), Vladimir Skomorokhov (organ) and many others.
Winning contests:
• Winner of international classical guitar competitions in Bulgaria, Germany, Russia and Ukraine,
• Laureate of the Moscow Government Award,
• Gold Medal of Saints Cyril and Methodius for his contribution to the guitar performing arts in Russia,
• Winner of the Moscow Composer Competition "Andalusian Winds" (2007),
• I Prize and Audience Award at the VI All-Russian Competition of Young Composers for the best composition for organ (Moscow, 2015),
• Grand Prix of the International Competition-Festival of Musical Heritage of contemporary Composers "Tchaikovsky-heritage" (Moscow-Podolsk, 2015),
• I prize of the International Music Competition "Donauwelle" (Regensburg, Germany, 2021) among professionals in a duet with Elizaveta Borodaeva (organ),
• winner of the international composer competition "New Classics – Organ of Tavrida" (2021)
• winner of the Second all-russian composer competition "Score" (2022)
The founder and artistic director of the International Competition-Festival of guitarists and composers "The Time of the Guitar" in Moscow, Russia.
Artistic director and conductor of the «Moscow Sinfonietta» Chamber Orchestra.
Among the many students of Dmitry Borodaev are laureates of international competitions in composition and classical guitar.