Alexei Aigui | |
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 Alexei Aigui in 2021 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | 11 July 1971 |
| Origin | Russia |
| Genres | minimalist music |
| Occupation(s) | musician, composer |
| Instrument(s) | violin |
| Years active | 1994–present |
| Labels | SoLyd, Music Box, Lakeshore, Leo Records |
| Member of | 4'33" Ensemble |
| Website | www |
Aleksey Aygi (stylized as Alexei Aigui, born 11 July 1971) is a Russian composer, violinist, and leader of the 4'33" Ensemble. [1]
Aigui is ethnically Chuvash and the son of Chuvash national poet Gennadiy Aygi. [2]
A graduate of Moscow's State Music and Pedagogical Institute, [3] Aigui's work has been noted for its minimalist aesthetics. This investment in minimalism led Aigui 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, Aigui debuted his 4'33" Ensemble at the Moscow International Festival of Modern Music, [4] with another early performance taking place at the 1996 "European Days in Samara" festival.
Aigui 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; [5] Wild Field , which received a Nika Award, [6] Golden Eagle Award, [7] 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. [8]
| Release year | Title | Label | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Musique Cyrillique | SoLyd | with Pierre Bastien |
| 2002 | Aigui & Bonnen Play the Music of Jimi Hendrix: Up From The Skies | SoLyd | with Dietmar Bonnen |
| 2003 | Aigui & Bonnen Play The Music Of Frank Zappa: Black Water | SoLyd | with Dietmar Bonnen |
| 2008 | The Closer | SoLyd | solo |
| 2009 | Aigui & Bonnen Play the Music of Kurt Weill: Nightshift | SoLyd | with Dietmar Bonnen |
| Release year | Title | Label | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Sisters Grimm Tales | SoLyd Records | ft. the NeTe |
| 1997 | Falls | Long Arms Records | |
| 1998 | Hearts (Сердца) | SoLyd | |
| 1999 | Taxidermy | SoLyd | |
| 1999 | One Second Hand (Music For Kinetic Theatre) | SoLyd | |
| 2001 | Equus | SoLyd | |
| 2002 | Happiness, Fame And Fortune | SoLyd | |
| 2003 | Mix | SoLyd | ft. Mina Agossi |
| 2005 | Live @ Loft | SoLyd | |
| 2012 | Hard Disc | SoLyd | |
| 2016 | Sergey Kuryokhin: The Spirit Lives | Leo Records |
| Release year | Film | Soundtrack Label | Awards |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Country of the Deaf (soundtrack: Les Silencieuses) | Sergent Major Recording | Golden Aries Award for best score; Nika Award nominee |
| 1998 | Retro vtroyom | ||
| 1998 | Chastnye kroniki. Monolog | ||
| 2000 | Kamenskaya: Chuzhaya maska | ||
| 2002 | The Lover [9] | Golden Aries nominee; Nika nominee | |
| 2004 | My Step Brother Frankenstein | ||
| 2004 | Kvartirka (TV series) | ||
| 2004 | Mars | ||
| 2004 | Ragin | ||
| 2005 | The Fall of the Empire (TV series) | ||
| 2005 | The Wedding Chest | Golden Aries nominee | |
| 2006 | Charell | ||
| 2006 | Mans virs Andrejs Saharovs | ||
| 2006 | Made in Paris (Je pense à vous) | ||
| 2007 | Sishik Poutilin (TV series) | ||
| 2008 | The Great Alibi [10] | ||
| 2008 | Snezhnyy angel | ||
| 2008 | Wild Field | Music Box Records | Golden Eagle, Nika, and Kinotavr Awards for Best Music; White Elephant Award for Best Composer |
| 2008 | Ochen russkiy detektiv | ||
| 2009 | L'école du pouvoir | ||
| 2009 | Can't Say No (Je ne dis pas non) | ||
| 2009 | Moloch Tropical | ||
| 2011 | Hop-o'-My-Thumb (Le petit poucet) | ||
| 2012 | The Horde | SoLyd Records | |
| 2012 | Rondo | ||
| 2012 | Looking for Hortense [11] | ||
| 2014 | Vychislitel | ||
| 2015 | Orlean | Nika Nominee; White Elephant for Best Composer | |
| 2015 | V dalyokom sorok pyatom... Vstrechi na Elbe | Nika for Best Music | |
| 2015 | Krasnaya koroleva (TV series) | ||
| 2016 | I Am Not Your Negro | Music Box Records / Lakeshore Records | Cinema Eye Honors Award Nominee |
| 2016 | Mata Hari (TV series) | APKiT nominee for Best Music in a TV Movie/Series | |
| 2017 | The Young Karl Marx | ||
| 2017 | André | ||
| 2017 | Doktor Rikhter (TV series) | ||
| 2017 | Our Little Secret | ||
| 2018 | Assia | ||
| 2019 | Good as New | ||
| 2019 | The Truth (La vérité) | Music Box Records |
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