Aleksey Aygi (also Alexei Aigui (), born 11 July 1971) is a Russian composer, violinist, and leader of the 4'33" Ensemble.
Biography and career
Aygi is ethnically Chuvash and the son of Chuvash national poet Gennadiy Aygi.
A graduate of Moscow's State Music and Pedagogical Institute, Aigi's work has been noted for its minimalist aesthetics. This investment in minimalism led Aygi to name his band after the John Cage composition 4′33″, the score for which instructs performers to refrain from playing their instruments. In 1994, Aygi debuted his 4'33" Ensemble at the Moscow International Festival of Modern Music, with another early performance taking place at the 1996 "European Days in Samara" festival.
Aygi is a prolific composer who has scored dozens of films and television programs, including Country of the Deaf, which received the Russian Guild of Film Critics Award for Best Score; Wild Field, which received a Nika Award, Golden Eagle Award, and Kinotavr Award for Best Music, as well as the White Elephant Award for Best Composer; and the widely-acclaimed I Am Not Your Negro, which was nominated for a Cinema Eye Honors Award for Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Score.
Discography
Leader or co-leader
Release year Title Label Notes2001Musique CyrilliqueSoLydwith Pierre Bastien2002Aigui & Bonnen Play the Music of Jimi Hendrix: Up From The SkiesSoLydwith Dietmar Bonnen2003Aigui & Bonnen Play The Music Of Frank Zappa: Black WaterSoLydwith Dietmar Bonnen2008The CloserSoLydsolo2009Aigui & Bonnen Play the Music of Kurt Weill: NightshiftSoLydwith Dietmar Bonnen
with Ensemble 4'33"
Release year Title Label Notes1997Sisters Grimm TalesSoLyd Recordsft. the NeTe1997FallsLong Arms Records1998Hearts (Сердца)SoLyd1999TaxidermySoLyd1999One Second Hand (Music For Kinetic Theatre)SoLyd2001EquusSoLyd2002Happiness, Fame And FortuneSoLyd2003MixSoLydft. Mina Agossi 2005Live @ LoftSoLyd2012Hard DiscSoLyd2016Sergey Kuryokhin: The Spirit LivesLeo Records
Selected filmography
Release year Film Soundtrack Label Awards1998Country of the Deaf (soundtrack: Les Silencieuses)Sergent Major RecordingGolden Aries Award for best score; Nika Award nominee1998Retro vtroyom1998Chastnye kroniki. Monolog2000Kamenskaya: Chuzhaya maska2002The LoverGolden Aries nominee; Nika nominee2004My Step Brother Frankenstein2004Kvartirka (TV series)2004Mars2004Ragin2005The Fall of the Empire (TV series)2005The Wedding ChestGolden Aries nominee2006Charell2006Mans virs Andrejs Saharovs2006Made in Paris (Je pense à vous)2007Sishik Poutilin (TV series)2008The Great Alibi2008Snezhnyy angel2008Wild FieldMusic Box RecordsGolden Eagle, Nika, and Kinotavr Awards for Best Music; White Elephant Award for Best Composer2008Ochen russkiy detektiv2009L'école du pouvoir2009Can't Say No (Je ne dis pas non)2009Moloch Tropical2011Hop-o'-My-Thumb (Le petit poucet)2012The HordeSoLyd Records2012Rondo2012Looking for Hortense2014Vychislitel2015OrleanNika Nominee; White Elephant for Best Composer2015V dalyokom sorok pyatom... Vstrechi na ElbeNika for Best Music2015Krasnaya koroleva (TV series)2016I Am Not Your NegroMusic Box Records / Lakeshore RecordsCinema Eye Honors Award Nominee2016Mata Hari (TV series)APKiT nominee for Best Music in a TV Movie/Series2017The Young Karl Marx2017André2017Doktor Rikhter (TV series)2017Our Little Secret2018Assia2019Good as New2019The Truth (La vérité)Music Box Records2022No Crying2026Maigret and the Dead Lover
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