User:Yuryerivanov

Yury Erivanov was born in Cheboksary, Russia. He studied at Chuvashia State University and received a Bachelor of Arts degree. During his five years of study he composed musical works varying in style and magnitude. He was described by his professor as a "mature, well-trained professional musician with virtually no deficiencies in the areas of theory, skills and performance." Yury is a member of the Russian Association of Composers. His music has been performed at various concerts including the Composers' Congress, in Cheboksary, Russia. In 2004, Yury was accepted into the Master of Composition program at the Wanda L. Bass School of Music at Oklahoma City University. He was awarded a Music Graduate Talent Scholarship and a Margaret Petree Music Memorial Scholarship. His teachers included Edward Knight, Ildar Khannanov Yury Erivanov's music retains the contrapuntal structures and formal designs of the classical styles inherited from the great European tradition of the past three centuries.