Ivan Bushuev

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I was born in 1984 in Moscow and graduated from the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory with a postgraduate degree in 2012, under the guidance of Olga Ivusheikova in the flute class.

About

I was born in 1984 in Moscow and graduated from the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory with a postgraduate degree in 2012, under the guidance of Olga Ivusheikova in the flute class. In 2007, I became a member of the Fondazione Marco Fodella in Milan, where I studied traverso flute with Marcello Gatti at Scuola Civica di Milano. I also worked on contemporary music repertoire with Claudio Santambrogio (Conservatorio di Verdi in Milano) and Harrie Starreveld (Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam). Together with pianist Natalia Cherkasova, I have performed numerous Russian and world premieres of contemporary music repertoire. From 2004 to 2006, I was a soloist with the «Studio for New Music». From 2006 to 2022, I was a soloist and conductor for the Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble, and from 2010 to 2022, I taught as a professor in the flute class at the International Academy of Young Composers in Tchaikovsky city. I have been recognized as a laureate in the contemporary chamber music competition in Krakow and the historical performance competition “A Trè” in Trossingen. I am also a member of the multi-art project “Platform”, created by Kirill Serebrennikov. I’ve had the honor of being an invited teacher at the «Gnesin Summer School» and in the «Practikum» of contemporary music by MCME. I authored the project «Nine postcards» alongside Olga Borozdina, featuring music by Hiroshi Yoshimura. In 2013, I launched my electronic music project «nerest», releasing four albums through various Russian labels. Between 2016 and 2022, I taught flute at the Music University named after M.M. Ippolitov-Ivanov. In 2018, I initiated a project focused on field recordings called «звука среда» with Yulia Glukhova, which evolved into a collective for improvised music. I am also a member of the Moscow Scratch Orchestra, formed with Dmitry Vlasik, and participated in the reconstruction of an orchestra without a conductor called «Persimfans». Since 2013, I’ve been a guest soloist with the Musica Eterna orchestra, directed by Teodor Currentzis. Throughout my performing career, I’ve worked on composing music. My compositions include music for theatrical performances and chamber music. In 2022, I created the installation «I campi dei ricordi» for the VAC foundation. In 2023, I began working at “Arzamas” as a composer, sound designer, and sound editor, crafting music for audiobooks, podcasts, and lectures. I also started working with the VAC foundation as a post-production mastering engineer. I am the winner of the 1st international composer competition named after Tigran Mansuryan. In cooperation with Yulia Glukhova, in 2025 we created bar zahlen studio where we put our energy into sound design and music composition, we meet the standards of professional mixing & mastering and we are willing to experiment. In 2025 I formed a new project of electronic music called “GUFFY IS NOT A DOG!”

Languages

  • EnglishAdvanced
  • RussianFluent
  • ItalianBeginner
  • FrenchBeginner

Industry experience

  • Media & Entertainment
  • Education
  • Non-Profit Organization

Projects · 4

Podcast & Audiobook Music Over the past few years, a significant part of my work has been focused on dialogue editing, but I also work extensively with podcasts, lectures and complete audiobook productions. Music is often part of this work. I particularly enjoy using music to emphasise important or emotionally complex moments, but I generally don't like music to be present all the time. For me, continuous musical accompaniment can sometimes take away an important part of the listener's imagination. If music constantly tells us how to feel, there is less space left for the listener to create their own world around the story. This is why I often prefer to work with musical fragments. They can be long passages or very small gestures. The approach always depends on the particular story, its rhythm and the needs of the project. Here I would like to show one chapter from an audiobook, a fragment of music from a podcast, and an original podcast jingle. Here you can listen one of the podcasts I worked on for Arzamas and GusGus. For this particular episode, I composed the music and handled the final mixing and mastering. In this specific example, Russian is spoken, but I work with English and Italian. more examples of my works here - https://www.twine.net/signin

  • Composer
  • Flutist
  • Music Composer
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This package of four vertical videos was created for social media by a 3D video studio that asked me to compose the music. Although it could also be described as sound design, I think of it primarily as music because the noises and SFX are closely connected to the musical timbres, colours and gestures. The sound effects are not simply placed underneath the music — they are part of its musical language. They were build like a loops, so, they need to play permanently. more examples of my works here - https://www.twine.net/signin

  • Composer
  • Music Composer
  • Sound Designer

Below the Grass invites visitors into a miniature world of animals and insects where familiar objects appear in dramatically different scales: grass blades tower like trees and mushrooms rise like buildings. Children can climb into burrows, peek into a beaver’s lodge, or crawl through tunnels inside mushrooms. The immersive environment explores how the same world can be perceived differently depending on the observer’s size — whether human, mouse, or ladybird — and invites us to experience it from perspectives beyond our own. I composed the music and sound design for this promotional animation. I also restored and processed the children’s voices. Although I was not responsible for the original voice editing, I worked to improve their intelligibility and continuity, making the voices smoother and more natural to compensate for the abrupt and fragmented nature of the edit. more examples of my works here - https://www.twine.net/signin

  • Music Composer
  • Music Editor
  • Sound Designer
  • +1

I work with scores of any complexity — from conventional classical notation to contemporary scores involving extended techniques, unconventional tuplets, extensive graphics, irregular time signatures, spatial notation, tablature and other non-standard forms of notation. I can also help with re-orchestration, arranging and adaptation of existing works for different ensembles, as well as rearranging and preparing already written parts for recording — for example, film scores or parts for recording a song. Here you can see and listen my own piece The Room of Lost Steps (2022) This piece was commissioned by the contemporary music ensemble MusicAeterna. more examples of my works here - https://www.twine.net/signin

  • Composer
  • Flutist
  • Music Composer
  • +2

Work experience· 9 roles

Post-production Mastering Engineer · VAC foundationJan 2023 – Present · 3 yrs 11 mos

Performed mastering in post-production for projects connected with the VAC foundation.

Composer, Sound Designer, Sound Editor · ArzamasJan 2023 – Present · 3 yrs 11 mos

Crafted music and sound for audiobooks, podcasts, and lectures. Worked as composer and sound editor, shaping audio content for educational and media projects.

Field recording / Improvised music collective member (zvukasreda project) · Collective with Yulia GlukhovaJan 2018 – Present · 8 yrs 11 mos

Initiated a field-recordings project that evolved into a collective for improvised music.

Flute Teacher · Music University named after M.M. Ippolitov-IvanovJan 2016 – Jan 2022 · 6 yrs 1 mo
Creator / Music Producer (nerest electronic music project) · Various Russian labelsJan 2013 – Present · 13 yrs 11 mos
Composer / Performer (Guest soloist) · Musica EternaJan 2013 – Present · 13 yrs 11 mos
Professor (Flute) · International Academy of Young Composers (Tchaikovsky city)Jan 2010 – Jan 2022 · 12 yrs 1 mo
Soloist and Conductor · Moscow Contemporary Music EnsembleJan 2006 – Jan 2022 · 16 yrs 1 mo

Education

Master of musician · Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory2024
Master of baroque flute · Scuola Civica di Milano2024
Postgraduate degree · Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory2030 – 2012

Certifications and awards

Master of musician2024
Master of composer2024

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