Peter Theremin is a Russian composer and performer on the theremin, an electronic musical instrument.
Life and career
Peter Theremin is the great-grandson of Leon Theremin, and is himself a thereminist – a player of the instrument his grandfather invented. He plays classical and contemporary improvised music.
He is organizer of "Thereminology" — a festival devoted to the theremin and its cultural impact – and the creator of the Russian-language website Theremin Times, now called Theremin Today. He is the head of Theremin Family School, and is the author of a series of lectures on the history of electro music, and the theremin. He create the course "Theremin in 24 hours".
Guest Records
Polo & Pan 22:22 ( Petite Etoile) ( 2025) Ryder The Eagle Smile, Hearse Driver! ( 2025) Apply - Lost in Space ( 2025) The Owls Are Not What They Seem: David Lynch Tribute Remixes (2017) Varvara Vizbor "Forbidden Fruit" (2015) Sergey Babkin "Muzasfera" (2018) Panama (Igor Grigoriev) - "Saints" (2018) Tatiana Alyoshina "How we flew on a balloon" (2013)
Music for films A Requiem in Bishkek ( India - France) directed by Di Sica Ray ( 2026) Vygotsky ( Russia) - ( theremin part) Director Anton Bilzho "Participation" (2021) Theremin Party for the VR game M1n0t0r (France) (2021) Lessons of Auschwitz (dir. Denis Semionov, Webby Award 2020) VITEBSK ART SCHOOL for at the Centre Pompidou (Paris) and Jewish Museum, (New York) directed by Lesya Matsko (2018) Valse de Vladimir (2018) (France, directed by Matthew Martin) Sounds of Vladivostok (theremin part) (2017) (Russia - Cyprus, directed and composed by Marios Elia) In the Shadow of Red October ( BBC) The Sheep Islands (2015)
Awards
Laureate of the International Film Festival "Fathers and Children" in the nomination "film music" (2017) Special grant for teachers from the television contest "Blue Bird" Silver medal of the British award Creativepool for music for the film "Lessons of Auschwitz" (2020) Bronze of the American Clio Awards (English) rus. 2021 for the music for the film "Lessons of Auschwitz".
References
Sources
External links Official site