Vyacheslav Artyomov

Vyacheslav Petrovich Artyomov (1940) is a Russian and Soviet composer.
Artyomov was preparing to become physicist, studying music at the same time. He graduated from the Moscow Conservatory in 1968 where he studied composition.

In 1975, he joined the improvisation group "Astreya" together with the composers Sofia Gubaidulina and Viktor Suslin. In 1979, he was blacklisted as one of the “Khrennikov's Seven” at the Sixth Congress of the Union of Composers for unapproved participation in some festivals of Soviet music in the West.

After the collapse of the USSR, his works were nominated for the State Prizes in Russia and prestigious prizes in the US. They appeared on 29 CDs in USA, GB, Germany and Russia Artyomov is a member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, President of the Foundation for Spiritual Creation, and holder of the Order of Friendship (2010).