
1. Full Name
Uryupin Ivan Andreevich
Position (to be filled in by the university), state awards (if any).
2. Biography
Russian teacher, composer, conductor.
Born in 1980 in Moscow.
Graduated with honors from the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory and its postgraduate program, majoring in conducting, academic choir conducting, teaching, art studies, and musical art.
Has teaching experience at the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory, initially as a postgraduate assistant in the conducting class, and subsequently as a teacher of the orchestration course. Ivan Uryupin's choral arrangements and choral works have been performed by Russia's finest choral ensembles, such as the Sveshnikov State Academic Russian Choir, the Moscow State Conservatory Chamber Choir, the "Yaroslavia" Philharmonic Choir, and others. His choral works have been published and recorded by European publishers such as Helbling Verlag, Keep Moving Records, and others. Since 2017, he has taught orchestration, arrangement, and composition at the Moscow Film School — Russia's first institution of higher education training specialists in the "film composer" profession.
After graduating from the Moscow State Conservatory, Ivan Uryupin has been actively engaged in the Russian and world film industry as a film composer, having composed music for more than 80 films. He is a member of the Composers' Guild of the Russian Union of Cinematographers, and a longtime member of the Russian Authors' Society, the Russian Union of Copyright Holders, and the French authors' society SACEM. His priority areas of work are symphonic film music and orchestration, and he also serves as a producer of orchestral recordings. He regularly records his symphonic film music at the studios of Russia's leading film group "Mosfilm" and other studios. As a film composer he has received Russian and foreign awards, including: the "DOLBY" Award (2015, UK), the "Golden Eagle" Award in collaboration with the TSNF-animation film company (2011, Russian Federation), the Santa Fe Film Competition (2016, Argentina), and others. His works include music for numerous feature films, series, and animated films that have achieved broad international success, including Russia's first 3D feature film "Space Dogs" and all films and series in that franchise, Russia's first film using 11-channel Dolby Atmos technology "Serafima's Extraordinary Journey," as well as historical films and TV series widely popular both in Russia and abroad, such as "The Shore of My Father," "Hugging the Sky," "Suvorov: The Great Journey," and "22 Minutes." As a composer he has collaborated with Russia's leading film companies, such as the Soyuzmultfilm Studio, Gorky Film Studio, Central Partnership, KARO Productions, Kinoatis, Animaccord, Starmedia, the All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company, TV Center, Bazelevs, the State Film Center Film Studio, as well as Epic Pictures (USA), Valday, Yunost, Pchela, Sigur, Zhanr, Rim, Litsenzionnye Brendy, Raketa, Metronom Film, Keepers of Secrets, Salyus-Media, Kinoskazka, KaramelKo, SPK, and others. Ivan Uryupin's songs in films have been performed by well-known Russian artists such as Philip Kirkorov, Nonna Grishaeva, Larisa Dolina, Anton Makarsky, and others. Ivan Uryupin's orchestral and choral film music works have been performed in concerts in Russia. He has repeatedly been invited to serve as a jury member of international composers' competitions and has given masterclasses on the subject of film music composition at Russian higher music institutions.
3. Education
1999 — Graduated from the Theory and Composition Department of the College affiliated with the Schnittke Moscow State Institute of Music. Red diploma (diploma with honors).
2001–2006 — Specialist degree at the Moscow State Conservatory, major: conducting, academic choir conducting, teaching. Conducting Department, Professor Yeliseyev's class. Red diploma (diploma with honors).
2006–2009 — Postgraduate program at the Moscow State Conservatory, majoring in "Musical Art" and "Art Studies."
4. Teaching Activity
2006–2009 — Postgraduate assistant in Professor Yeliseyev's class at the Conducting Department of the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory.
2011–2015 — Teacher at the Conducting Department of the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory, teaching the choral arrangement course.
2017–2026 — Senior lecturer at the "Film Composer" Department of the higher education institution "Moscow Film School," teaching composition, choral arrangement, and orchestration courses.
Masterclasses: Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory (2021), St. Petersburg State Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory (2024), Military Institute of Conducting of the Military University (2024, 2026), Film Producers and Film Directors Department of the Moscow Film School, Irkutsk Chopin Music College (2016), Kamchatka Art College (2015), and others.
5. Concert Activity
Tours:
As accompanist, performer, soloist, and conductor, toured with the Model Ensemble of the Russian Guard, the Moscow State Conservatory Chamber Choir, the Sveshnikov State Academic Russian Choir and other ensembles: 1994 Poland, 2000 Turkey, 2001 North Korea, Turkey, 2002 North Korea, USA, 2003 North Korea, 2004 Germany, 2005 France, 2006 Japan, 2007 Germany, 2009 Japan, 2010 Italy, 2011 UK, 2012 Japan, 2013 Croatia, 2014 Poland, Lithuania.
As a feature film composer: 2015 People's Republic of China.
Participation in recordings of symphonic, chamber, choral and electroacoustic music works as the author of the music, in projects at the studios Mosfilm, Soyuzmultfilm, Gorky Film Studio, State Film Center Film Studio, CineLab, Pythagor, and others: "Serafima" (2025), "Nakhimov Cadets: The Amber Coast" (2025), "Turbo Dinosaurs: The Super Movie" (2025), "The Hydrosphere" (2025), "Kolya, Come Home!" (2025), "To the Ends of the Earth" (2025), "Once There Was a Mouse" (2025), "Crime and Punishment" (2024), "The Mystery of the Black Hand" (2024), "About My Mom and Me" (2024), "The Puppeteer" (2023), "I'll Teach You to Dream" (2023), "Suvorov: The Great Journey" (2022), "Fir Needles" (2022), "Wings for Friends" (2022), "Your Aunt Lucy" (2022), "The Big Journey 2: Special Delivery" (2022), "Oncoming Lane" (2022), "Space Dogs: Return to Earth" (2019–2022), "Wings for Friends" (2021), "The Conspiracy" (2020), "Halley's Comet" (2020), "Space Dogs: Caribbean Mystery" (2020), "The Foundling" (2019), "Moving" (2018), "Peter Bass" (2018), "The Story of the Film Projectionist" (2018), "The Game" (2018), "Two Tails" (2018), "Kani and Simba" (2017), "A Comrade from the Stars" (2017), "The Shore of My Father" (2017), "The Old Lady Went Out" (2017), "Grass for the Lion" (2017), "The Frozen Angel" (2016), "Serafima's Extraordinary Journey" (2015), "The Fox That Played the Violin" (2015), "Space Dogs: Moon Adventure" (2014), "Hugging the Sky" (2014), "Space Dogs: The Sports Team" (2014), "22 Minutes" (2014), "Planet Ai" (2014–2015), "Masha and Gosha" (2014–2021), "Alisa Knows What to Do!" (2013), "The Dragonfly" documentary (2013), "Kukaracha" (2013), "The Pencil That Takes On Everything" (2013), "The Deal" (2012), "Tales of the Peoples of the World" (2012), "Russian America" (2012), "Just an Owl" (2011), "The Naughty Family" (2011–2019), "I Want to Know Everything!" film magazine (2011–2015), "The Rain" (2011), "Russian Science" documentary (2011), "The Secret of the Matryoshka" (2010), "Two in the House" (2010), "The Space Dogs Belka and Strelka" (2010), "Zaza" (2009), "A Contemporary Bylina, or a Russian Spirit Tale" (2009), "Harmony" (2009), "Down to the Tip of the Tail" (2009), "Adventures in the Thirtieth Kingdom" (2008), "The White Locomotive" (2008), "I Know How to Be Happy" (2008), "The New Adventures of Munchausen, Unknown to Anyone" (2008–2015), "Roman S." (2008), "The Genius and the Swindler" documentary (2007), "Exchange of Success" (2007), the film magazine "I Want to Know Everything!" (2003–2010).
6. Publications and Research (if any)
Since 2010, has collaborated with researchers at the Russian Institute of Higher Nervous Activity (IVND) on interdisciplinary research into the processes of music's influence on the brain. Related research and experimental papers have been published in European scientific journals, for example: https://www.wseas.org/multimedia/journals/acoustics/2017/a025819-100.pdf
7. Participation in Competition Juries
Jury member of the "Neoclassica" International Composers' Competition of the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory (2020, 2021).
Chairman of the jury of the All-Russian Composers' Competition "Russian Underground" (2015).
8. Language Proficiency
Language and level of proficiency (native, fluent, conversational, etc.).
Example:
Russian (native)
English (fluent)
French (conversational)
9. Contacts
Email:
urupinn2@mail.ru
Class: (to be specified later by the university)