Andrey SHILOV

Guitarist and Composer



 

Andrey Shilov with the Ukrainian singer Eugene Shalya

performing of the Concerto by Villa-Lobos, 23 March 1996

August 2007
 


MUSIC REVIEWS (english version)

Classical Guitar Magazine
November 2006
(United Kingdom)

OLD RUSSIAN ROMANCES
Arranged for guitar
by Andey Shilov
VP Music Media. 18pp
Here is unusual and interesting collection of old Russian tunes each with its own little tale as described in the one-page Preface. There are 15 little miniatures. 12 written by composers previously unknown to me and three by good old Mr Anon.
The standard of difficulty is medium throughout. None are very difficult and yet the music is always interestingly harmonized in a friendly way. Nearly all of them are in 3/4 so anyone who loves the waltz rhythm on the guitar would immediately take to this little set. I imagine one could even programme a small number of them in sequence to make a satisfying and substantial concert work.
I find no need to single out any of them as they are charmingly done and none of them, happily, are lightweight. So this is therefore a quality publication with some diverse and fun music nicely arranged, and well printed. (Chris Dumigan).

Soundboard Vol. XXXII, no. 3-4, 2007
(USA)

Andrey Shilov: RUSSIAN FOLK SONGS
Rome: VP Music Media, 2002. [VPMM3211] 13pp
No price marked
In this collection of seven Russian folk songs, several will be
familiar to almost everyone. They are memorable melodies that stay in the ear long after each hearing. The settings here are very straightforward and mostly fingerboard friendly, suitable for intermediate players. All but the first two are presented in variation form, but the variations merelv repeat the principal tune with different textures—tremolo, arpeggio accompaniment, harmonics, etc., all in primary harmonies. There is no attempt to develop the variations beyond this most basic concept, but these would be just dandy for gigs and for
recreational playing
. (David Grimes)


ОБЗОР МУЗЫКИ (russian version)

ЖУРНАЛ  «КЛАССИЧЕСКАЯ ГИТАРА».
ВЕЛИКОБРИТАНИЯ.
Ноябрь 2006 год.

СТАРИННЫЕ РУССКИЕ РОМАНСЫ
Обработка для гитары Андрея Шилова

Издательство
VP Music Media (Италия. Рим) 18 стр.

Здесь представлена необычная и интересная подборка старинных русских песен, каждая из которых имеет свою собственную маленькую историю, как сказано в предисловии, занимающем одну страницу. В сборнике представлены 15 миниатюр. 12 написаны  ранее неизвестными мне композиторами и три старым добрым мистером Анонимом.
Уровень сложности сборника в целом средний. Ни одна из пьес не является  очень трудной, и в то же время музыка всегда интересно гармонизована в дружественной манере. Почти все пьесы в размере ¾, так что все, кто любит ритм вальса на гитаре немедленно возьмутся за этот небольшой цикл. Я представляю, что кто-то из исполнителей может даже взять некоторое количество из этих пьес, выстроить их в определенной последовательности и сделать удовлетворительную и существенную концертную программу.

Я не вижу необходимости выделять какую-либо из пьес, так как все они сделаны очаровательно и ни одна из них, к счастью, не может быть названа легковесной. Поэтому это качественная публикация, содержащая разнообразную и красивую музыку, которая прекрасно аранжирована и  великолепно издана.
(
Крис Думиган).

Гитарный журнал
SOUNDBOARD”. США. Vol. XXXII, № 3-4, 2007

Андрей Шилов: «Русские народные песни»
Рим:
VP Music Media, 2002 [VPMM 3211] 13 стр.  Цена не указана.

Несколько мелодий в этом сборнике, состоящем из семи РУССКИХ НАРОДНЫХ ПЕСЕН будут знакомы почти каждому. Это запоминающиеся мелодии, которые еще долго остаются в памяти после каждого прослушивания. Фактура здесь очень открытая и,  главным образом, в удобной для исполнителя аппликатуре, подходящая для гитаристов среднего уровня. Все, за исключением первых двух песен представлены в вариационной форме, однако вариации просто повторяют основную мелодию в разных изложениях – тремоло, арпеджио в аккомпанементе, флажолеты и т.д., все в первоначальной гармонии. Автор не делал попытки развить вариации вне этой основной концепции, однако они будут просто первоклассными для практических занятий и для развлекательного музицирования. (Дэвид Граймз)



 




 

Andrey Shilov was born in Dniepropetrovsk in Ukraine in 1957. He began to play the guitar at the age of 14. From 1974 to 1979 he studied at the College of Music in St.Petersburg (then Leningrad) with the leading two Russian guitar teachers Eugene Larionov and Jadwiga Kowalewskaja. From 1996 to 2001 he studied simultaneously at the two Universities: East-Ukrainian Teacher Training University in Lugansk (the music faculty) and Dniepropetrovsk National University in his home city (philological faculty). Andrey finished all his studies with distinction.
   From 1993 he has been teaching at the Music College in his home city of Dniepropetrovsk. Andrey gives recitals in many cities of the former Soviet Union including Moscow, Odessa, Tcheliabinsk, Vilnius and many others. He has taken part in many guitar festivals including three guitar festivals in Poland where he played with great success. In 1992 he took part in the 6th International Guitar Competition in Lubin as a member of the jury and guest-artist.
   Andrey has received many good reviews and has made television and radio recordings. He has given concerts and masterclasses in Czech Republic, Yugoslavia, Poland, Lithuania, Denmark and Great Britain. His recitals include works by composers from Europe and North and Latin America as well as music from the Russian repertoire.
   Andrey Shilov has played in a duo with the great Ukrainian singer Eugene Shalya for more than 15 years. Their concert program "Old Russian Romances" always has great success with the audience. He regularly takes part in different chamber concerts such as duos with the violin, viola, piano, cello and string quartet. In 1996 Andrey performed "Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra" by H.Villa-Lobos in his home city with great success.
   Andrey makes arrangements and transcriptions for the guitar. His works have been published in Ukraine, Great Britain and Italy.
   A. Shilov collects classical guitar recordings (audio and video) and music (mostly by his favorite composers). His collection consists of many LP's, CD's, cassette tapes and videos. His music library contains almost whole guitar output of such the composers as J. Rodrigo, J. Morel, A. York, F. Moreno-Torroba, A. Lauro, A. Tansman and many others.

Publications

Russian and Ukrainian Songs and Dances arranged for guitar by Andrey Shilov, Editions Capriol, England,1994
Contents:
 1. Petrivotchka
 2. Mother dispatched me
 3. Under a cherry tree
 4. Black eyebrows, brown eyes
 5. Gopak
 6. By a long road (Those were the days)
 7. An Apple
 8. Kozachok
 9. In the forest
10. Krzhyzhachok
11. Dark eyes
12. Moonlit night (Variations)
13. The steeps (Variations)
14. Two Guitars

Two Guitars (Tsiganochka), Traditional Russian Folk Song arranged for guitar duet by Andrey Shilov (parts included), Editions Capriol, England,1995

Georges Bizet "Minuet from L'Arlesienne" arranged for Flute and guitar by A.Shilov (parts included) , Editions Capriol, England,1995

Easy Russian Folk Songs, Dniepropetrovsk, Ukraine,2001
Contents:
1. In the Forge
2. My Delight lives...
3. Black Raven
4. The Post Troika is rushing by
5. From behind the Island
6. An Apple
7. In between the plain valley
8. Glorious Sea, sacred Baikal

Easy Ukranian Folk Songs, Dniepropetrovsk, Ukraine,2001
Contents:
 1 .Black eyebrows, brown eyes
 2. Yakiv came to me
 3. Kozaks have whistled
 4. Guys, unharness the horses
 5. The Moon and the Stars
 6. The Moon is in the Sky
 7. Small Night-Petrivochka
 8. Oh, Girl, the forest makes a noise
 9. Oh, the hoop has burst
10. On, Marichka, chichery
11. Oh, in the forest near Danube
12. Oh, you, engaged girl
13. Oh, you knew what you married me for
14. Mother dispatched me
15. Muzhik was sowing millet
16. Snow is falling, snowstorm is sweeping

Easy Folk Songs, Dniepropetrovsk, Ukraine,2001
Contents:
 1. From Kiev to Lubny
 2. Oh, you, my entrance-hall
 3. Ah, you, mother, I have a headache
 4. Krzhizhachok
 5. Petrivochka
 6. Oh, gigune
 7. Oh, behind the forest
 8. Oh, under a cherry Tree
 9. Oh, there is a snowball tree at the mountain
10. Oh, there is a  little cornfield in the field
11. Moldavian folk song
12 .The neighbour's house is white
13 .Mother dispatched me
14. It's all the shoes
15. It's noising and it's buzzing
16. A Crane once lived by itself
  
Folk Melodies arranged for guitar by Andrey Shilov, Dniepropetrovsk, Ukraine,2001
Contents:
1. Gopak
2. Kazachok (Russian)
3. Karelian-Finnish Polca
4. Kozachok (Ukrainian)
5. Galya is carrying water
6. Moonlit Night (Variations)
7. I'm sitting by the window
8. Why you didn't come?

Favourites Melodies, Book 1, Dniepropetrovsk, Ukraine,2001
Contents:
1. "Three Piglets' Song" from the cartoon
2. V.Shainskiy "The Crocodile Gena's Song" from the cartoon "Tcheburashka"
3. M.Tariverdiev "Song" from the movie "17 moments of spring"
4. "Chingiz-han" - Song from the repertoire of the group "Chingiz-han"
5. B.Bakkara "Rain Drops"
6. V.Basner "Romance" from the movie "The days of Turbins"
7. N.Rota "Melody" from the movie "God's Father"
8. K.Weil "Mack - the Knife"
9. D.Ellington "Sophisticated Lady"

Favourites Melodies, Book 2, Dniepropetrovsk, Ukraine,2001
Contents:
1. G.Hermann "Hello, Dolly"
2. S.Krajewsky "Don't have a rest" the song from the repertoire of the group "Chervony Gitary"
3. K.Bruhn "Paris Tango"
4. F.Loewe "Elisa's Song" from "My Fair Lady"
5. P.Mauriat "Melody"
6. Warren "Moonlit Serenade"
7. A.Guertchia "No, he didn't love" Romance

Favourites Melodies, Book 3, Dniepropetrovsk, Ukraine,2001
Contents:
1. V.Basner "In the spring forest" Song from the movie "Fault of Resident"
2. Trad. Song on the verses by S.Esenin "I don't regret, don't call, don't cry"
3. A.Zatsepin "Song about me" from the repertoire of Alla Pugatcheva"
4. K.Morgan "El Bimbo"
5. A.Zatsepin "Melody" from the movie "Red Tent"
6. "Peter's Song" from the movie "Peter"
7. P.Desmond "Take Five"

F. Chopin "Valse and Etude" arranged for guitar duet by A.Shilov, Dniepropetrovsk, Ukraine,2001

Two Guitars (Tsiganochka), Russian Folk Song arranged for guitar duet by A.Shilov, Dniepropetrovsk, Ukraine,2001      

Russian Folk Songs, arranged for guitar by A.Shilov, VP Music Media
Contents:
 1. By a long road (Those were the days)
 2. Podgorka
 3. Kamarinskaya
 4. The Steeps (Variations)
 5. The Moon is shining (Variations)
 6. Dark Eyes
 7. The Little Gypsy Girl (Tsiganochka)

Folk Songs AND DANCES, arranged for guitar by A.Shilov, VP Music Media
Contents:
1. GOPAK Ukrainian Folk Dance
2. KAZACHOK Russian Folk Dance
3. FINNISH POLCA Folk Dance
4. KOZACHOK Ukrainian Dance
5. GALYA IS CARRYING WATER Ukrainian Folk Song
6. WHAT A MOONLIT NIGHT Variations on the Ukrainian Folk Song
7. I'M SITTING BY THE WINDOW Ukrainian Folk Song
8. WHY DIDN'T YOU COME? Ukrainian Folk Song

OLD RUSSIAN ROMANCES, arranged for guitar by A.Shilov, VP Music Media

Contents:

1. Shine, Shine My Star by Anonym

2. Listen, If You Want by N.Shishkin

3. Chrisanthemum by N.Haryto

4. No, It's Not You Whom I Love So Fervently by A.Shishkin

5. Do Not Go Away From Me by A.Varlamov

6. Do Not Go by N.Zubov

7. Mysty Morning by V.Abaza

8. Wicket-Gate by A.Obukhov

9. White Acacia by Anonym

10. Old Waltz by K.Listov

11. I'm Not Telling You... by Anonym

12. By The Fireplace by P.Batorin

13. Kiss Me, My Sweetheart by A.Dubuk

14. Rendezvous by P.Bulakhov

15. Bright Night by N.Shishkin

Links
www.abc-guitar.narod.ru/pages/shilov.htm

web page in russian

Contact
 andr-shilov@narod.ru