It is pleasant and responsible to write about colleagues and friends. And if time brings you back to the works of one and the same author, it means that there are still many discoveries and revelations on your path that shape the musical world as a whole. My acquaintance with the composer Vasily Medved, which has lasted for almost a decade, has become so multi-meaningfully important for me. It is a great fortune to be friends with him, and it is necessary to write about the maestro’s work, because together we have gone through a path of long conversations and reflections, which stimulated a continuous creative search. Vasiliy Medved is an example of unusual self-realization at the crossroads of different countries and music schools. He was born in Mogilev-Podolsky, Vinnytsia region, studied at the Moldovan Conservatory in the jazz department for 5 years, then entered the composition class of Liviu Stirbu, with whom he studied for two years. Then fate abruptly changed its trajectory and he had to emigrate to the United States due to family circumstances. Vasily continued his musical education in the USA: initially, these were bachelor’s and master’s degrees in music at the Mannes Conservatory in New York (1999; 2001). And after studying in graduate school at Boston University and defending his dissertation (Dissertation Topic: Concerto for Four Wooden Instruments and Orchestra, composed and presented to the committee), Vasily Medved was awarded a Doctorate in Composition (2009). Since then, many interesting events and meetings have taken place. Vasily Medved became a member of three creative organizations at once: the American Society of Composers and Writers (ASCAP), the Union of Composers of Ukraine, and the Union of Composers and Musicologists of Moldova. His music is heard in America, Ukraine, Australia, Moldova, Russia, Israel, Romania, Japan, and the Czech Republic. A teacher, composer, philosopher, and author of music in a wide variety of genres, he is a welcome guest in musicological publications, because he wields words as interestingly as he wields musical material. For the Chairman of the Zaporizhzhia branch of the NSCU, Honored Artist of Ukraine Natalia Boeva: “The music of Vasyl Medved is akin to the sound of the Bell, calling to listen to the beating of the heart — does it coincide with the rhythms of life of the Universe, is it organic with the peace of the World, its harmony? He studies the genres and forms of musical art with all the care of a scientist, theorist and composer. Music finds the composer everywhere: in the fall — in New England (a work with a similar title for chamber orchestra), in Russia — by the fireplace, where he listens to the voice of Marina Tsvetaeva’s poetry (By the Fireplace for mezzo-soprano and piano was recently published in Moldova). With the voices of the Baroque era, she calls to him from Frankfurt, the Balkans, Japan...
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