Alexey Retinsky was born on 14 November 1986 in Simferopol, Crimea.
Education
He graduated from the School of Music, mastering the oboe, saxophone and trumpet. He later studied composition and electroacoustic composition in Music Academy of Kiev (under the tutelage of Professor I Sherbakov) and in the Zurich University of the Arts (Zürcher Hochschule der Künste) (under Professor Bruno Karrer and Professor German Toro-Perez).
Career
He is a Ukrainian composer and artist. Born to a family of musicians in Simferopol, Retinsky"s early musical experiences consisted of playing wind instruments. In parallel, he began to study composition.
Since 2014, he lives and works in Vienna.
Retinsky"s oeuvre is wide. He is a creator of symphonic, chamber and electronic music, as well as music for theatre, installation art and other performances.
As a composer, he has participated in festivals and concerts throughout Europe and in Asia. In common with the studio Idee und Klang, he created electroacoustic works for the Swiss National Museum in Zurich, the Imperial War Museum in London, the King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture in Saudi Arabia and others
In addition to his work as a composer and musician Rentisky paints and takes film photography.