Algirdas Paulavicius (04-10-1945, Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR)

Composer. Honored Art Worker of Russia (2000). Conductor of the Youth Philharmonic Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre, artistic director and conductor of the Laureate of Music and Student Festivals of the Symphony Orchestra of the N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov. He graduated from the Kaunas Secondary Special Music School (Lithuanian SSR) in the violin class, the Leningrad Conservatory with a degree in choral and opera-symphony conducting. In the 1960s - 1970s he worked as a pianist, violinist, flutist, arranger and leader of various ensembles, taught conducting at the Conservatory and the N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov. Conductor-producer of operas and musical performances. G. Rossini's opera "Italian in Algiers" was awarded the title of the Best Performance of the Year in Lithuania (Klaipeda Musical Theatre, 1990). In 1999 Z. Matus' opera "Song of Love and Death by Cornet Christoph Rilke" was awarded in the "Best Opera Performance" nomination of Russia's highest theatrical award "Golden Mask" (St. Petersburg Opera). He headed the musical editorial office of the Lenfilm film studio, as a conductor and consultant collaborated with famous composers and directors - A. Petrov, V. Uspensky, I. Schwartz, M. Legrand, I. Heifetz, A. Sokurov, E. Hoffman, M. Andersen and others. Conducted in Austria, Switzerland, Denmark, Norway, Lithuania, Mexico, Finland, Sweden, Germany, Italy, Russia.

• The Horse, the Violin and a Little Bit Nervous
  The Horse, the Violin and a Little...
  1991
• The House Built on Sand
  1991
• Exceptions Without Rules
  1986
• For the Sake of a Few Lines
  1986

• Una vita umile
  1997
• Detective of the St. Petersburg...
  1992
• Coma
  1990
• The Gardener
  1987