Albert Lehman (1915-1998) Composer, Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Composition at the Highest Moscow State Conservatory Tchaikovsky Elena Gantchikova is considered one of the most talented and most promising young musicians of her generation. During her studies at the Conservatory, she acquired a deep knowledge of the following disciplines: theory of composing, orchestration, conducting, counterpoint, harmony, and music history. Actually, Elena Gantchikova is the only young Russian composer who has had the opportunity to receive a professional education in both musical information technology and in new music (high) technology (as taught at IRCAM in Paris, France). In her works, she covers a very large range of genres and different forms of music.

Her work shows a great professionalism as well as great originality of style, novelty of ideas and the methods of realization. Most stunning is the impression created by the union of the timbres of traditional orchestral instruments and folk instruments of varying origins, treated by real-time electronics.

Elena Gantchkova’s music is regularly played in the concert halls and musical theatres of Moscow, and programmed in international festivals.

The scientific research, which Elena made in twentieth century musicology was very well appreciated by the professors of the Higher State Academy of Tchaikovsky of Moscow.

At the same time, Ms. Gantchikova maintains activities as a concert piano performer and she also presents regularly the latest directions of contemporary western music to the Russian public. And she plays programs of contemporary Russian music to audiences abroad. Her pianist repertory includes a large range of both classical and contemporary music.

Her talent, her creative personality and dynamism, her substantial cultural level, her mastery, the richness of her projects—all these attributes allow one to consider her already a remarkable phenomenon in contemporary musical creation.