Pavel Brochin: Diabelli Contest 2016

Pavel Brochin Resume PAVEL BROCHIN

Pavel Brochin was born 1966 in Nikolaev, Ukraine (formerly Soviet Union), and began his musical training in 1973 at the Boys Choir of Moscow Choral College ''Sveshnikov''. He studied choir directing intitially with Prof. Lev Kontorovitch and later at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory with Prof. Viktor Popov. In 1991, he completed his studies as choir director and conductor (Diploma with Honors).

In 1991, Borchin and his wife Irina who is also a choir director and music teacher accepted an invitation to teach at the ''Gymnasium am Oelberg'' located in Königswinter, North Rhine-Westfalia, Germany. In a short period of time, the couple established a childrens choir by the name of ''Shchedryk'' which became a first-rate national and international concert choir. Further committments followed as a conductor and music teacher.

Currently, Brochin is working with several successful choirs as well as being in high demand as a repetiteur, lecturer, and juror. Invitations have led to his peforming at the vocal ensemble of the SWR German regional radio station, WDR and MDR radio station choirs, the Dutch Radio Station Choir, and ChorWerkRuhr. He has appeared as a guest conductor with the women's choir of the Estonian Choir directors and the choir of the Moscow Academy of Arts. During the last several years, Brochin has worked closely together with the ''European Choral Association – Europa Cantat''. He is artistic director of the Bonn Children and Youth Choral Festival '' Youth choirs in movement''.

Brochin has worked as a composer and arranger with ''Reader's Digest'' and Duden Verlag. He works have been published by Tonger, Sonat-Verlag and Hayo Musik.