Anton Silaev (Russia)

Young, yet extremely successful composer, musician and performer. He's got an incredible service record in his scarcely 25. (Enclosed below)

Anton graduated from electric guitar department at musical school but finally he came about as a professional trumpeter. He mastered various instruments on his own including ethnic wind instruments: kalyuka, zhaleika, Japanese flutes, Arabian argul, Australian dijeridoo, Latin American flutes, wind harmonicas, block-flutes (including bass-flute), flugel-horn, and others.

         2003 album «Mixing point Mockвa» was released by «Manas Records».  This ethno-electronic project in collaboration with S. Starostin, Shobha Joshi, Mashrab Shierdil, Moiramo, Karina Moller was his contribution to The World Tea Festival

         2004  participation in Radio CULTURE opening concert

         2005  album "Music of Cosmic Divers" was released as a supplement to Leonid Tishkov's book "Divers 3", Gayatri

         2005 work with Givan Gasparian resulting in 20-minute disk for Ararat Company.

He performed with "NETE" group, Guendos Chamzyryn (Tuva), Sergei Starostin, Sainkho Namchylak,  Spooky Actions, Han Bennink, Alexei Borisov, Maxim Ivanenko and others.

         By 2007 album in collaboration with  Chamzyryn  has to be released by LONG ARMS Records.

By now he composed soundtracks for more tan 10 documentaries and 5 feature films; the first one -- "Harvest-time" (dir. Marina Razbezhkina) -- won 16 awards and prizes (including musical awards) in Greece, Russia, USA, France and other countries.

Film  "Ravine" by the same director won Tariverdiev Commemoration Prize "For the Best Soundtrack" at the prestigious Russian festival "Kinotavr-2007".

Soundtracks for documentaries:

SIMPLY  LIFE                            dir. Marina Razbezhkina

VACATION                                dir. Marina Razbezhkina

 1000 C                                    dir. Irina Uralskaya

ABOUT SARAH and SVETA         dir. Irina Uralskaya

CLONDiKA                                dir. Vladimir Popov

MIRACLES and MYSTERIES         dir. Olesya Fokina

CHASING FOR ANGEL               

SAUCHEK                                 dir. Alexei Yazlovski

SNOW ANGEL                           dir. Tatiana Scabard

BEAST DAMNATION                   dir. Olga Chekalina

and others

Soundtracks for feature films:

2004 HARVEST-TIME                                    dir. Marina Razbezhkina

2005 HUNTER                                             dir.
2006 ORANIENBAUM. SILVER SAMURAI         dir. Vladimir Kotta

2007 I'lll STAY                                             dir. K. Oganesyan

2007  RAVINE                                  dir. Marina Razbezhkina