Владимир Уссачевский: Америкалық композитор және электрондық музыканың новаторы

American composer

Vladimir Alexeevich Ussachevsky (November 3, 1911 in Hailar, China – January 2, 1990 in New York, New York) was a composer, particularly known for his work in electronic music.

Vladimir Ussachevsky was born in the Hailar District of China, in modern day Inner Mongolia to an Imperial Russian Army officer assigned to protect Trans Siberian Railway interests. He emigrated to the United States in 1930 and studied music at Pomona College in Claremont, California (B. A., 1935), as well as at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York (M. M., 1936, Ph. D., 1939). Ussachevsky's early, neo Romantic works were composed for traditional instruments, but in 1951 he began composing electronic music. He served as president of the American Composers Alliance from 1968 to 1970 and was an advisory member of the CRI record label, which released recordings of a number of his compositions. Recordings of his music have also been released on the Capstone, d'Note, and New World labels.

In 1947, following a stint with the U. S. Army Intelligence division in World War II, he joined the faculty of Columbia University, teaching there until his retirement in 1980. Together with Otto Luening, Ussachevsky founded, in 1959, the Columbia Princeton Electronic Music Center in New York City. Ussachevsky also taught and was composer in residence at the University of Utah. His notable students include Charles Wuorinen, Alice Shields, Ilhan Mimaroglu, Faye Ellen Silverman, Charles L. Bestor, Ingram Marshall, Joan Tower, Wendy Carlos, Kenjiro Ezaki and Richard Einhorn.