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"White Russian" Musicologist
PhD student at Cambridge, Trustee of the CU Russian Society
Vladimir comes from the marginal Russian city of Vyatka, which recently featured in British newspapers due to the unceasing Russian habit of renaming the settlements. Always ashamed of his low origins, he has tried all his life to get as far away from there as possible – his driving force so far. Thus, after he got his College degree as a pianist, he entered the Conservatoire in Nizhny Novgorod (the birthplace of the Russian nuclear bomb), where he obtained his degree in organ and musicology in 2003. He received several fellowships on organ master-courses (including Goettingen, Germany). However, he chose musicology as his main occupation and pursued his doctoral studies in the State Institute of Arts Studies (Moscow). This was interrupted by the award of a Fulbright Fellowship (first place among all Russian participants), which took him to the John W Kluge Centre, Library of Congress in Washington DC (2005). In 2006 he became a doctoral student and a Gates Scholar at the University of Cambridge, writing a dissertation entitled “Soviet Cantatas and Oratorios by Prokofiev in Their Social and Cultural Context” under the supervision of Dr Marina Frolova-Walker.
His research interests encompass various aspects of Russian music and culture but are mostly centered on Soviet Music and the Russian Silver Age. His curriculum vitae includes numerous awards and prizes in musicological competitions, research publications, public talks, extensive archival research in the US, Russia and England, long record of teaching music, and work in the media (newspapers, magazines and television). As a former President and current Trustee of the CU Russian Society, he organised significant number of concerts and cultural events. (See: www.russiancambridge.org).
His employment history includes work at the main Russian musical Archive (State Central Glinka Museum of Music Culture) in 2004 – 2005; Chair of International Department & Assistant in the Department of Music History in Nizhny Novgorod State Glinka Conservatoire (1999 – 2003).
Vladimir Orlov's Schools
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University of Cambridge
, Class of 2009
Doing my PhD in Soviet Music (the title, again, is “Cantatas and Oratorios by Sergei Prokofiev in their Social and Cultural context”.
Actively participating in all the University life and in the life of musicology. Giving the lectures in and outside of the University, submitting the publications, participating in the International conferences; supervising in the Clare College; etc etc.
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Nizhniy Novgorod State Conservatory named after M.I. Glinka
, Class of 2003
I got there diploma with distinctions in Musicology and Organ performance. Artist in the Chamber Ensemble. (Specialist degree)
Member of the Student Council;
Studied on the various courses (our Russian academia is quite distant from the British or American system).
The courseworks are related to the Soviet and Russian Music; the composers executed include Sergei Rakhmaninov, Alexander Skryabin, Sergei Prokofiev, Dmitriy Shostakovich. The title for the diploma project is “The Metaphysics of Death in the Russian Culture of the Silver Age”.
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Vladimir Orlov's Companies
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Cambridge University Russian Society
2007
- Cambridge, United Kingdom
Trustee of the Cultural and Artistic Affairs
Connecting and holding the contacts between the Society and artistic and cultural organisations; organising events related to culture; spreading Russian culture in the Great Britain and creating the fundamental cultural basis for the British Russian community. Doing various work as a member of Trustee foundation as well.
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Cambridge University Russian Society
2006 - 2007
- Cambridge, United Kingdom
President
Heading one of the most active and significant Societies in Cambridge and in Great Britain as well. Doing incredible amount of work related to generally all sorts of activities related to business, culture, management, etc. By looking at our events link on our web-site you might notice how wide our profile is. My work have been connected basically connected with all our activities.
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State Central Museum of Musical Culture named after M.I. Glinka
2004 - 2005
- Moscow, Russian Federation
Researcher
Solving the problems, keeping the Reading hall in order and keeping the readers patient and hard-working. Exploring and cataloging the archival materials; doing correspondence and negotiating with various people; translating/interpreting from and to English and German; all the possible heavy and boring duties in regard to my research field and Archival routine, suffering, hoping for the future (it came out!); making my dissertational research...
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Vladimir Orlov's Affiliations
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