About

Nikolai Khrust is a graduate and former faculty member of the Moscow Conservatory, where he served as associate professor. As a composer he has received numerous awards, including the Moscow Art Prize (2021), and his music has been performed internationally at venues like the Venice Biennale, Konzerthaus Berlin, and in cities across Europe. Khrust has collaborated with ensembles such as MCME, Studio for New Music Moscow, de Ereprijs, and Ensemble Aleph, with recordings on Melodiya and broadcasts on Russian radio. His multimedia work has been commissioned by institutions such as the Garage Museum, GRAME (Lyon) and CIRM (Nice). Since relocating to France in 2022, Khrust continues to develop new projects and upcoming residencies, including at Château de Goutelas. Khrust’s work in electronic and computer music performance extends to Russian premieres of significant electroacoustic works, including Luigi Nono’s Das Atmende Klarsein (Moscow Forum, 2011). As an improviser, he has appeared in various venues, from Moscow's House of Composers to clubs in Russia and Ukraine. He founded the King Bee electronic-instrumental ensemble and the Octopus improvisation ensemble, both performing new music and improvisation. In music education, Khrust has contributed extensively, curating electroacoustic programs at the Moscow Conservatory and the Young Composers Academy in Tchaikovsky-city, lecturing and teaching across institutions such as Moscow State University and Garage Museum of Contemporary Art. Since 2022, Khrust resides in France.

Skills

  • Music Composition
    10
  • Sound design
    10
  • Computer Music Design
    10
  • music theory
    9
  • Music Teaching
    10
  • Music Scoring
    10
  • Piano playing
    6
  • flute
    2
  • clarinet
    2
  • bass guitar
    2
  • Playing Guitar
    1
  • artistic direction of chamber ensembles
    7
  • Music Typefaces Designing
    10
  • English
    9
  • Russian (native)
    10
  • French
    5
  • German
    1

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Experience

Composer, Sound Artist, Audio Designer, Computer Music Designer, PhD in Musicology, Ex-Associate Professor at the Moscow Conservatory

  • France, Varangeville
  • Music Composition
  • Sound design
  • Computer Music Design
  • music theory
  • Music Teaching
  • Music Scoring
  • Piano playing
  • flute
  • clarinet
  • bass guitar
  • Playing Guitar
  • artistic direction of chamber ensembles
  • Music Typefaces Designing
  • English
  • Russian (native)
  • French
  • German
  • PhD Equivalent ("Kandidat") in Art Studies in the field of Music at   Moscow Conservatory  
  • October, 2017 - March, 2018
  • Designer of Typefaces with Musical Symbols at   Freelance  
  • September, 2012 - February, 2023