Anton Viskov: About Old Times

Anton Olegovich Viskov. Born 1965, Moscow. Russian composer, musical educator and publicist, musicologist and textologist. Graduate of the Moscow State Conservatoire – flute with Dolzhikov and composition with Lehman. Also undertook further studies with Sviridov, Ledenev and Gladkov.. Corresponding Member of the International Academy of Creativity, composer of the International Foundation for the Unity of Orthodox Peoples, researcher of folklore and early music. Participant of domestic and international festivals including: ‘Russian Winter’, ‘Talents of Russia’, ‘Stars in the Kremlin’, ‘Moscow Autumn’, and ‘Mystery of Russia’. A lecturer, and a leading music consultant on radio programs. Viskov is the Artistic Director and composer of the Moscow Ensemble of sacred music ‘Blagovest’. Along with his passion for sacred music, he has also composed music for cinema and documentaries.