Anna Drubich
- Composer
- Music Department
- Actress
Anna Solovieva Drubich was born in Moscow. From an early age Anna was
exposed to music and began piano lessons at the age of 8. Anna earned
her Bachelor and Master's degrees at the Munich School for the
Performing Arts (2002-2008) under the tutelage of Professor Franz
Massinger. Anna has been very busy as a solo and chamber music
performer giving concerts in Russia, Ukraine, France, Germany, Italy,
Switzerland and Spain, among others. She is a recipient of several
awards and prizes, including First Prize at the Moscow Beethoven
Competition and the Mozart Prize at the Bremen International Piano
Competition. Ms. Drubich is also a beneficiary of the Spivakov
Foundation and Krainev Foundation scholarships. In addition to her
piano endeavors, Anna has been writing music, focusing on film
composition. Her first project, in cooperation with Andrei Golovin, was
the score to the film O Liubvi [About Love] (Mosfilm, Russia, 2002),
which went on to receive the Best Music Award at the Russian National
Film Festival Kinotavr. After this success Anna decided to pursue her
studies in Film Composition at the Munich School for the Performing
Arts, under the guidance of Prof. Enjott Schneider and is expected to
graduate in July 2011. Concurrently with her studies, Anna participated
in several film projects, including the Lange Nacht der Musik for which
she wrote several pieces. In 2009 Anna was awarded the Special Prize at
the Soundtrack Cologne Competition for her composition for the animated
feature The Factory. Most recently, Anna completed the score to three
major feature films: Anna Karenina, 2ASSA2, and Odnoklassniki
[Classmates] (Mosfilm, Russia). All three films had their premieres in
2010. Anna's work as composer has led her to being nominated and
shortlisted for the Russian Film Academy Award NIKA. She is also the
winner of the prestigious Triumph Award in Russia. At the present time
Anna is working on several major projects in Russia, USA and Germany.
Her diverse body of work can be heard on television, at the cinema and
in the theatre and includes animated features, documentaries and plays.
In addition to her music for the visual arts, Anna has been intensively
involved in writing music for the concert hall. Several works, from
sonatas for solo instruments to chamber music to orchestra pieces, were
debuted by famous musicians - many of them friends and colleagues of
Miss Drubich. These pieces have always enjoyed a warm and enthusiastic
reception from the audience and positive response from the critics. In
the summer of 2010 Anna was chosen as one of 5 composers worldwide to
spend a month in Aspen, Colorado, USA, studying and composing with
major Hollywood composers Jeff Rona, David Newman and Jack Smalley.
Anna's music has been performed and recorded by the American Academy of
Conducting at Aspen Orchestra. From August 2011 to May 2012 Ms. Drubich
was studying at the University of Southern California as part of the
prestigious Scoring for Motion Pictures and Television program. Since
than she worked on many short films, animations and video game
projects. Her animation film "Yadda Yadda Yada" won 3rd Prize at the
USC Science Animation Contest. Her recent animation short film
"Semaforo" ("Stoplight") is selected at the top animation festivals of
the world: ANNECY 2013 (France), "Chilemonos" in Chile and Student
Academy Awards in USA.