Oleg Karavaichuk

Oleg Karavaichuk

Nacimiento : 1927-12-28, Kiev, USSR [now Ukraine]

Muerte : 2016-06-13

Historia

Oleg Karavaichuk was a Soviet and Russian composer, conductor and pianist who wrote music for film and theatre. Notorious for his eccentric lifestyle and avant-garde leanings, he collaborated with many renowned filmmakers and artists.

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Oleg Karavaichuk
Oleg Karavaichuk
Oleg Karavaichuk
Oleg Karavaichuk
Oleg Karavaichuk
Oleg Karavaichuk
Oleg Karavaichuk
Oleg Karavaichuk

Películas

Martin Eden
Music
Martin Eden es un chico de pueblo que se gana la vida trabajando como marinero. Un día, Martin consigue salvar la vida de Arthur Morse, un joven de clase alta que vive en San Francisco. Como agradecimiento, Arthur invita a Martin a su hogar y, poco a poco, le va introduciendo en su propio estilo de vida. El joven ve esto como una oportunidad para convertirse, finalmente, en escritor y trata de aprovechar al máximo el tiempo entre lujos. Martin recibirá un impulso inesperado cuando conozca a Ruth, una joven de la que se enamora al instante.
Heavenly Tamper
Music
The film is dedicated to a unique artistic phenomenon—the work of musician Oleg Karavaichuk, who with great strength embodied the understanding of “The Spirit of St. Petersburg” in our time. About this film composer who wrote music for more than 100 movies, and the creator of virtuosic piano, improvisations, Dmitry Shostakovich said, “Karavaichuk is not a talent; he is a genius.” This is how he was discussed, as the last musical genius, in June 2016, when Oleg Karavaichuk passed away. The next year, 2017, he would have turned 90 years old.
Heavenly Tamper
Himself (archive footage)
The film is dedicated to a unique artistic phenomenon—the work of musician Oleg Karavaichuk, who with great strength embodied the understanding of “The Spirit of St. Petersburg” in our time. About this film composer who wrote music for more than 100 movies, and the creator of virtuosic piano, improvisations, Dmitry Shostakovich said, “Karavaichuk is not a talent; he is a genius.” This is how he was discussed, as the last musical genius, in June 2016, when Oleg Karavaichuk passed away. The next year, 2017, he would have turned 90 years old.
The Last Waltz
Music
This film is about Oleg Karavaichuk, eccentric musical genius and famous St. Petersburg composer, who takes his final stroll through Komarovo, a bay-side summer community just outside St. Petersburg where he spent his whole life and wrote most of his works. His final piece, “The Komarovo Waltz”, unveiled here for the very first time, was written as a tribute to the place. The film is the reclusive composer’s eulogy to the community. It also serves as Karavoichuk’s farewell to audience as well as his last address and reminder of things that are truly important – love for your fellow man and virgin nature.
The Last Waltz
Himself
This film is about Oleg Karavaichuk, eccentric musical genius and famous St. Petersburg composer, who takes his final stroll through Komarovo, a bay-side summer community just outside St. Petersburg where he spent his whole life and wrote most of his works. His final piece, “The Komarovo Waltz”, unveiled here for the very first time, was written as a tribute to the place. The film is the reclusive composer’s eulogy to the community. It also serves as Karavoichuk’s farewell to audience as well as his last address and reminder of things that are truly important – love for your fellow man and virgin nature.
A Gentle Creature
Music
Inspirada en el relato de Dostoyevski de 1876, 'La sumisa'. Una mujer viaja a una cárcel en una región remota para averiguar qué le ha pasado a su marido después de que un envío para él fuera devuelto sin explicación.
Quiasma
Compositor
A dance film that captures the research and choreographic process of Javier Martín for his work ‘the exform,’ performed for the first time in September 2016 at the Teatro Colón of A Coruña, Spain. Filmed on 16mm, QUIASMA explores the intersection between performing and visual arts in a context of collective research around the arts of movement.
Oleg y las raras artes
Music
Oleg Nikolaevich Karavaichuk a sus 89 años de edad continúa siendo una figura controvertida y enigmática para la cultura rusa. ¿Quién es este hombre que parece sacado de un cuento de Gogol? ¿Es acaso un siervo del Zar Nicolás II a quien le fue confiado el piano del palacio para mantener vivo el espíritu de otros tiempos? Oleg desafía con su arte la identidad de su país transformándose y reinventándose a cada instante. Nacido en 1927, Oleg fue un niño prodigio que tocó el piano para Stalin, asistió al Conservatorio de Leningrado y, a lo largo de su carrera, ha escrito música principalmente para teatro y cine -por ejemplo, para Paradjanov y Muratova-. En Rusia es admirado por su música y su forma de tocar, pero también por su singular y excéntrica personalidad.
Oleg y las raras artes
Himself
Oleg Nikolaevich Karavaichuk a sus 89 años de edad continúa siendo una figura controvertida y enigmática para la cultura rusa. ¿Quién es este hombre que parece sacado de un cuento de Gogol? ¿Es acaso un siervo del Zar Nicolás II a quien le fue confiado el piano del palacio para mantener vivo el espíritu de otros tiempos? Oleg desafía con su arte la identidad de su país transformándose y reinventándose a cada instante. Nacido en 1927, Oleg fue un niño prodigio que tocó el piano para Stalin, asistió al Conservatorio de Leningrado y, a lo largo de su carrera, ha escrito música principalmente para teatro y cine -por ejemplo, para Paradjanov y Muratova-. En Rusia es admirado por su música y su forma de tocar, pero también por su singular y excéntrica personalidad.
Shado'man
Music
In Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone, a group of friends lives on the streets. They call themselves the Freetown Streetboys, even though there are some women among them as well. Suley, Lama, David, Alfred, Shero and Sarah have all faced enormous physical and psychological challenges, and have been abandoned by the world around them. Without commentary and in poetic, cinematic images, the camera records the dark environment that they inhabit. The group shares their heartrending stories of the precarious nature of life in this complex country. But there is also room for everyday personal struggles, such as starting relationships, how to bring up children (or not), and sex.
Oleg Karavaichuk. Encircling Minstrels
Himself
Legendary St. Petersburg composer Oleg Karavaichuk strolls through the Hermitage accompanied by his music. A seething genius among the masterpieces and interiors of the Winter Palace similar to himself.
Oleg Karavaichuk. Encircling Minstrels
Music
Legendary St. Petersburg composer Oleg Karavaichuk strolls through the Hermitage accompanied by his music. A seething genius among the masterpieces and interiors of the Winter Palace similar to himself.
Oleg Karavaichuk. Encircling Minstrels
Idea
Legendary St. Petersburg composer Oleg Karavaichuk strolls through the Hermitage accompanied by his music. A seething genius among the masterpieces and interiors of the Winter Palace similar to himself.
Andrei Dolinin
Music
The subject of this documentary short is Andrei Dolinin, a 56-year-old man with autism.
The Day of the Beast
Music
1945. Young German soldier is hiding from Soviet soldiers in abandoned house. Every day he sees a girl who moved to the house next door until finally he falls in love with her.
The Dark Night
Music
Mixture of documentary and fiction about the dictatorial 1930s, loosely based on the utopian fantasies of Fritz Lang and about the forbidden passionate love affair between a photographer and his model.
Бабушка
Music
The Iron Curtain
Music
1947 ... The Savchenko family returns to Moscow from evacuation - husband and wife with Kostya's little son. They settle with Grandma Kostya in a huge communal apartment. Street meets the boy with a flock of local boys. Then there were: the division of the territory with the "Sretensky"; trophy movie “Girl of my dreams”; a school with separate education, camp discipline and essays about the border guard Karatsyup. And the monetary reform of 1947, when all of their savings depreciated in an instant, and the boys let out boats from banknotes in puddles.
The Year of the Dog
Music
Former criminal Sergei meets Vera - an elderly unhappy woman who lives in a dormitory. After Sergei commits another crime, they run together and along the way they accidentally get into a zone contaminated by radiation. Sergei decides to stay there, but Vera does not leave him. At that moment three looters come to the territory.
Luna Park
Music
Andrei is the head of a gang of antisemitic skinheads clinging to the old communist ideals in post-Communist Moscow. When he learns that his long lost father actually is a Jewish bohemian living in Moscow, rather than an Afghanistan war hero, he traces him down in order to kill him. But the intriguing father and his "reactionary" lifstyle soon fascinates Andrei which leads to a clash with his gang.
The Leg
Original Music Composer
The film's protagonist Valera - cheerful guy from Moscow, who at age 19 learned a whole hell of war in Afghanistan, where he lost a leg. Returning from the war, he had no idea what a nightmare for him is just beginning.
New Adventures of a Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Original Music Composer
The plane of the American pilot Hank Morgan got lost in time. The pilot falls into temporary loop and finds himself at the era of the glorious King Arthur. Here he is destined to meet the legendary knights of the Round Table and the insidious Queen Morgana - the sister of the king, the beautiful Sandy and the wise Wizard. He will find himself in the rags of a slave and in knightly armor, to witness the greatness and death of the kingdom.
Tamara Aleksandrovna's Husband and Daughter
Music
Daughter and husband of a teacher of the high school live in the old house at different floors of multifamily unit. When the former wife gets to hospital the girl leaves in father’s care who is a weak but kind-hearted man.
The Wild Swans
Original Music Composer
Once upon a time, a King had eleven sons and one daughter. When his wife, the Queen, died, the King remarried. The new wife and the children's stepmother looks beautiful on the outside, but actually she's an evil witch. She sends the young princess Eliise to live in the village as an ordinary peasant girl and turns all the princes into wild swans. The princes are stuck being swans all day long and only at night can they regain their true form. When Eliise is 15 years old, she learns about the fate of her brothers and now she must overcome the obstacles put in her way by her stepmother in order to release her brothers from the spell.
Married for the First Time
Original Music Composer
According to the story of the same name by Pavel Nilin. At 20, Tonya gave birth to a daughter — alone, without a husband. At 30 — personal happiness became an unattainable dream. She devoted herself to her beloved daughter. But at the age of 40, life seemed to make a circle and return to its starting point. There is nothing left to lose — which means you can take a chance, start all over again. Mom is married for the first time, and it’s hard for a selfish daughter to put up with this...
Take-Off
Original Music Composer
A biographical film about the life of the great Russian scientist, inventor of rocket technology and the founder of theoretical astronautics — Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, the hard spiritual work of the thinker, overcoming the stagnation of the surrounding and dramatic events of his family life.
Marriage
Original Music Composer
Based on the comedy of the same name by Nikolai Gogol. Succumbing to the persuasion of his friend Kochkaryov, a middle-aged court adviser Podkolyosin wooed to the overripe girl Agafya Tikhonovna, a merchant's daughter. At the very last moment, having gone through a painful period of matchmaking, and bringing the matter to a wedding, indecisive grief — the groom escapes from under the crown, jumping into the window...
Other People's Letters
Music
Zina is sixteen. She is a manipulative schoolgirl living in a small Russian town among sincere and simple people. Zina is nice on the surface, but so unable to enjoy normal life, that she is desperately trying to hurt someone. She tries to seduce and compromise a handsome young man, but he is smart enough to see through her and escapes from her trap. Zina manipulates her classmates so she looks like a victim. Now Zina's teacher, Vera, a sweet and loving lady, takes care of her trying to save the troubled girl, but in return, Zina becomes extremely crafty to hurt the teacher.
Kseniya, Fyodor's Beloved Wife
Original Music Composer
Fyodor and Kseniya for many years worked at various construction sites. They constantly moved from one hostel to another and dreamed of their own cozy nest. Their dream came true after fifteen long years, and this made them incredibly happy. Kseniya is pregnant, the characters will finally begin a new life and become a full-fledged family. Fyodor is convinced that his calling is to provide for his family. He works hard and rarely sees his family. Kseniya lacks his attention. The couple began to move away from each other.
The Gambler
Original Music Composer
This lavish Soviet/Czech co-production is based on Fyodor Dostoyevsky's famous novel, The Gambler, which tells the story of a Russian living in Germany, in a gambling resort. This film is set at the turn of the century, and was filmed in Karlovy Vary (Carlsbad), Czechoslovakia. Played by Nikolai Burlyayev, the gambler succumbs completely to his addiction, using up every resource he has (human, spiritual and financial) in his wagering, finally becoming a rootless drifter.
The Committee of 19
Music
UN's The Committee of 19 sends six scientists to investigate a biological outbreak in Africa.
Monologue
Music
Professor Sretenski is a scientist and director of a research center in Russia. He is separated from his wife and lives alone. His daughter, who lives with the mother, comes to his home and stays with him for a period, leaving her daughter with him. He raises his granddaughter, feeling a great affection for her.
Drama from the Old Life
Music
A love story between a barber and a serf actress who find themselves in an environment that combines savagery with a veneer of enlightenment. Based on Nikolai Leskov's short story "The Toupee Artist".
The Long Farewell
Original Music Composer
A single mother is confused by the changes in her teenage son, who has become distant since spending summer vacation with his father.
Urban Romance
Music
A young student Masha and doctor Zhenya found each other in the city. But their way to love was not so easy...
Do You Know How to Live?
Original Music Composer
From the childhood Natasha Korolyuk showed talent for music. She graduated from the conservatory in a small town and was ready to begin new and exciting activities. But her life plans changed when she met pianist Alexander. She married him and moved to Moscow. But soon the girl realizes that her husband is the usual mediocrity and seedy bohemian who wants to live idly. Active Natasha does not want to cast in lot with this man and returns to her homeland.
Секундомер
Люди земли и неба
Original Music Composer
Big Troubles for a Small Boy
Director of children's films
A child actor runs away from his film set and embarks on a series of adventures around Kiev.
Brief Encounters
Original Music Composer
Country girl Nadia moves to the city and becomes a maid in Valya's apartment. Valya, who is a member of the local District Committee, does not know that Nadia fell in love with her currently absent husband, a geologist named Maksim, when he had visited Nadia's village during a recent expedition.
Avdotya Pavlovna
Music
The first postwar years. The Director of a small breeding station Avdotya Pavlovna is not immediately convinced of the anti-science of the official Lysenkov direction in biology. But making sure leaving the farm as an ordinary agriculturist, where he works on breeding new wheat varieties on the basis of the persecuted Lysenkova chromosome theory of heredity.
Gorod masterov
Después de que su ciudad está ocupada, los ciudadanos están tratando de luchar contra el enemigo. Basado en el cuento de hadas de Tamara Gabbe.
Gorod masterov
Music
Después de que su ciudad está ocupada, los ciudadanos están tratando de luchar contra el enemigo. Basado en el cuento de hadas de Tamara Gabbe.
The Newlywed
Original Music Composer
Based on the story of the same name by Yuri Nagibin. Sergei Voronov comes to the floodplains of the Dniester to hunt. He is here for the first time, and he is recommended by the huntsman Vasiliy, nicknamed "Newlywed". In the evening, by the fire, the men started talking about wives. Voronov's cynical views cause a protest from Vasiliy. He wants to go home. With irony, Voronov agrees to let the "Newlywed" go until morning. When Vasiliy returns, Voronov is surprised to learn that the huntsman has been married for over ten years. Over the years, Vasiliy did not lose his youthful enthusiasm, falling in love with his wife. Therefore, his fellow villagers called him "The Newlywed".
Never
Music
A new shipyard director arrives in the city. New orders began at the factory, but, unfortunately, the new leader had flaws: there was something unusually tough, callous in his attitude to people ...
By the Ravine
Music
Senya, a young hunter, hunts for two wolves that have been preying on sheep of various farms in Siberia. Kira Muratova and husband Oleksandr Muratov's diploma film.
I Love You, Life
Oleg
Timofej Korneev is a fresh member of the Communist Party. He works as an engineer for Leningrad candy factory. Since most of its colleagues are young girls he soon finds himself in a love triangle. Moreover, there's a third girl trapped by a scheming Jehovah Witnesses sect. Will Timofej be able to stop the brainwashing?
Life in Your Hands
Music
The film is based on authentic events that took place in 1957 in Kursk. Fifteen years after the war, the sappers will have to clear away the ammunition depot left by the German's. The town rebuilt with such difficulty is under threat of explosion...
Clattering Wheels
Original Music Composer
The City Turns the Lights On
Original Music Composer
Based on the novel by Viktor Nekrasov “In the Hometown”. Former front-line intelligence officer, captain Nikolai Mityasov, after being wounded, returns to the destroyed city and learns the sad news: his wife Shura cheated on him. Bitterness and confusion gave way to hope. But peace has come, demobilization has begun, it is necessary to restore the homeland. Nikolai finds the strength to continue living, enters a construction institute, meets Valya and begins a new happy life without war...
The City Turns the Lights On
Conductor
Based on the novel by Viktor Nekrasov “In the Hometown”. Former front-line intelligence officer, captain Nikolai Mityasov, after being wounded, returns to the destroyed city and learns the sad news: his wife Shura cheated on him. Bitterness and confusion gave way to hope. But peace has come, demobilization has begun, it is necessary to restore the homeland. Nikolai finds the strength to continue living, enters a construction institute, meets Valya and begins a new happy life without war...
Two Captains
Music
Based on the novel of the same name by Veniamin Kaverin. From childhood, Sanya Grigoryev was able to achieve success in any business. He grew up a courageous and brave man. The dream of finding the remnants of Captain Tatarinov’s expedition led him to the ranks of polar explorers. The life of Captain Grigoryev is full of heroic events: he flew over the Arctic, fought against the Nazis. He was in danger, had to endure temporary defeats, but the hero’s persistent and purposeful character helps him to keep his vow made to himself in childhood: “Fight and seek, find and not give up.”
Олег Каравайчук «Рука Гоголя»
Music
The film is based on a video made by Sergei Lando at the St. Petersburg Recording Studio at the end of March 2009, on the eve of the 200th anniversary of Nikolai Gogol. Literally the next day, Oleg Nikolaevich selected the video material. The film was first shown on April 1, 2009 on Gogol's birthday at the concert "Notes of a Madman" at the DK Lensovet in St. Petersburg. Numerous interested responses from the audience of this concert and their own vivid impressions prompted the Bomb-Peter company to publish this film. This film is not about Gogol, but is dedicated to him: in the intervals of playing the piano, the composer talks about the true roots of the writer's work, about the common fate of the greatest people of art, about the synthesis of music and literature, about eternity and paradoxes.
Олег Каравайчук «Рука Гоголя»
Idea
The film is based on a video made by Sergei Lando at the St. Petersburg Recording Studio at the end of March 2009, on the eve of the 200th anniversary of Nikolai Gogol. Literally the next day, Oleg Nikolaevich selected the video material. The film was first shown on April 1, 2009 on Gogol's birthday at the concert "Notes of a Madman" at the DK Lensovet in St. Petersburg. Numerous interested responses from the audience of this concert and their own vivid impressions prompted the Bomb-Peter company to publish this film. This film is not about Gogol, but is dedicated to him: in the intervals of playing the piano, the composer talks about the true roots of the writer's work, about the common fate of the greatest people of art, about the synthesis of music and literature, about eternity and paradoxes.
Олег Каравайчук «Рука Гоголя»
Himself
The film is based on a video made by Sergei Lando at the St. Petersburg Recording Studio at the end of March 2009, on the eve of the 200th anniversary of Nikolai Gogol. Literally the next day, Oleg Nikolaevich selected the video material. The film was first shown on April 1, 2009 on Gogol's birthday at the concert "Notes of a Madman" at the DK Lensovet in St. Petersburg. Numerous interested responses from the audience of this concert and their own vivid impressions prompted the Bomb-Peter company to publish this film. This film is not about Gogol, but is dedicated to him: in the intervals of playing the piano, the composer talks about the true roots of the writer's work, about the common fate of the greatest people of art, about the synthesis of music and literature, about eternity and paradoxes.
За пределами любви
Himself
За пределами любви
Music