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Dmitri Kourliandski, born 1976 in Moscow. Studied in Moscow conservatory with Leonid Bobylev. Since 2022 lives and works in France. Winner of a number of composers competitions incl. Gaudeamus, Franco Abbiati, Gianni Bergamo and Johann Joseph Fux prizes a.o. In 2008 he was artist-in-residence of the Berliner Künstlerprogramm and in 2025/26 - fellow of the Wissentschaftskolleg zu Berlin. Since 2012 he is invited to give master-classes and lectures in Austria, Italy, The Netherlands, Ukraine, France, Israel, Spain, Switzerland, Sweden, Russia. Author of chamber, orchestra and opera works performed worldwide at concerts and festivals by well known musicians and collectives. In his compositions, often static and repetitive, he develops the concept of objective music, understood as an object, as a visual phenomenon, or, more broadly, as a spatial installation (often interactive). His works are published by Donemus and Editions Jobert.

His compositions won prizes at the international composers competitions, including the Gaudeamus Prize 2003, Gianni Bergamo Classic Music Award 2010, Johann Joseph Fux opera composition competition 2011, Andrey Voznesensky foundation "Parabola" prize 2016, Franco Abbiati 2017 Prize of Italian music critic, Moscow art prize 2020, Golden mask award 2021 (in 2024 he was again awarded this Prize but rejected it for political reasons), Sergey Kuryokhin prize 2022.

He graduated from the Moscow Conservatory and completed post-graduate course led by Leonid Bobylev. In 2008, he was artist-in-residence of the Berliner Künstlerprogramm and in 2010 – composer-in-residence of the 2E2M ensemble in Paris. Since 2012, he is invited to give master-classes and lectures in Austria, Italy, The Netherlands, Ukraine, France, Israel, Spain, Russia a.o.
Dmitri Kourliandski is the founder and artistic director of the International Young Composers Academy in Tchaikovsky city (2011-2020). Co-founder of the Structural Resistance group (StRes). Musical director of the Stanislavsky Electrotheatre (2013-2022).