Evard's debut EP featured three classical crossovers. It opens with the composition Time to the words of Anton Brezhestovsky, which tells the story of a wanderer who received the keys to time, but was unable to use them. The rest of the compositions - Starlight and Rainbow Bridge, written by Margaret Plat, tell about eternity: eternal love, eternal snow in the mountains and eternal existence.

"These three stories unite in themselves one global theme, moving from time to eternity, - says Igor Evard. "From the time of human life - the most important value today - to the eternity of the original creator."

Currently, work is underway on clips for tracks from the debut EP project - Starlight and Time, which are scheduled to premiere in the winter of 2020-21

The composer's debut single - “Rainbow Bridge” in this genre is released. It is a composition in English, recorded in collaboration with the lead singer of the Leipzig Opera House - tenor Sergei Pisarev. The lyrics were written by moscow poet Margaret Plat.

“The classical crossover is close to me, because it is some kind of going beyond the classics, but on it's basis, - explains Igor Evard. - This is approximately the same as nanotechnology: it seems that they did not discover anything new, but we simply begin to better understand what is happening around. And I want to express what is happening with the classics in the context of the 21st century.”

In support of the single, the famous director Irina Mironova, who previously collaborated with Alla Pugacheva, Zemfira, Bi-2, Kristina Orbakaite and other stars, shot the video. It's release is planned for august, then the debut EP of Evard, including the track Rainbow Bridge, will also be released.

Igor Arkadievich Evard is a member of the Union of Composers of Russia, laureate of music competitions, editor-in-chief of the all-Russian music and information newspaper “We Play from the Beginning. Da capo al fine ”, the creator of the unified information system“ Music and Culture ”, holder of the order to them. M. Balakireva "For selfless service to the art education of Russia", President of the international competition of contemporary music "Composer of the XXI century".

Igor Evard was born in Vilnius in 1963. Graduated from the Leningrad Mining Institute in 1985. Subsequently, he worked in a mine, climbed the mountains as a sports instructor. In 1992 he graduated from the Ryazan branch of the Moscow State Institute of Culture as an orchestra conductor and created an ensemble, which he led for a long time. Taught guitar playing.

He worked as a music journalist, since 1991 he was a leading and music editor at the radio STRC "Smolensk". Since 1994 - a member of the Union of Journalists of Russia . In 2000 he received the degree of "Candidate of Philosophical Sciences", having defended his thesis at the Moscow State University on the topic "Contemporary Russian Musical Culture: Socio-Philosophical Analysis". He taught at Moscow State University (since 2002 - the author of a course in aesthetics as a special discipline at Moscow State University. Since 2003 - Associate Professor of the Department of Philosophy of Moscow State University), was director of the School of Creativity at Moscow University for the Humanities. Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences .

In 2003 Igor Evard created the All-Russian musical and information newspaper “We Play from the Beginning. Da capo al fine ”and is currently its editor-in-chief. In 2013, he organized the International Competition of Contemporary Music "Composer of the XXI Century" , held in Moscow. In 2014, the second competition was held in Kaluga with the support of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Kaluga Region. Igor Evard was a member of the jury of many music competitions: both the Composer of the XXI Century created by him (along with Vladislav Kazenin , Sergei Slonimsky , Efrem Podgaits , Ekaterina Mechetina , Ruzanna Lisitsian , etc.), and many regional competitions.

• 1990 - laureate of the "Voices of Russia" music competition.
• 1992, 1993 - laureate of composer competitions.
• 2002 - publishing of author's CDs: "Numbers in the Sand", "Lagoon of White Roses", "Ballad of Sea Water".
• 2002 - publication of the monograph "Orpheus in a Shattered World"
• 2003 - laureate of the composers' competition "Towards the Liberation of the Smolensk Region" (Smolensk)
• 2004 - author's concert in Algeciras (Spain) within the framework of the festival of Russian music of scholars of the International V. Spivakov Foundation.
• 2005 - laureate of the Euroorchestria festival of youth symphony orchestras of Europe (France).
• 2010 - the publication of the double CD "Oh, return the wings!", Which included romance compositions based on poems by Lorca and Lermontov, as well as chamber music by Igor Evard.
• 2012 - established and organized the I International Forum and Festival-Competition of Cellists, dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the proclamation of the independence of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the International Competition of Classical Romance, which was first held in Aktobe from 18 to 20 April 2012

• In November 2018, the publishing house "Contemporary Music" published a collection of romances for voice and piano by Igor Evard. The collection includes vocal cycles “Listening to the Sounds” to poems by Mikhail Lermontov , “Lagoon of White Roses” to verses by Federico Garcia Lorca , romances to verses by Anna Akhmatova , Leonardo Quirini and Arthur Rimbaud .

• Starting in 2020, Igor Evard began work in the “classical crossover” genre, which involves a synthesis of classical music with various modern trends. Having created the project Evard (from ward (English) - "guardian"), the musician is preparing to release his debut EP in this genre, which will combine three compositions in English.

• The first single in this format - Rainbow Bridge - was released in July 2020. A video was shot in support of it by the famous music video maker Irina Mironova .

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“The classical crossover is close to me, because it is some kind of going beyond the classics, but on it’s basis, - explains Igor Evard. - This is approximately the same as nanotechnology: it seems that they did not discover anything new, but we simply begin to better understand what is happening around. And I want to express what is happening with the classics in the context of the 21st century”.

— Igor Evard

In 2003 Igor Evard created the All-Russian musical and information newspaper “We Play from the Beginning. Da capo al fine ”and is currently its editor-in-chief. In 2013, he organized the International Competition of Contemporary Music "Composer of the XXI Century" , held in Moscow. In 2014, the second competition was held in Kaluga with the support of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Kaluga Region. Igor Evard was a member of the jury of many music competitions: both the Composer of the XXI Century created by him (along with Vladislav Kazenin , Sergei Slonimsky , Efrem Podgaits , Ekaterina Mechetina , Ruzanna Lisitsian , etc.), and many regional competitions.Igor Evard is a true multi-instrumentalist, and this applies not only to piano and guitar, but also to his talents in many other professions. At various times, he worked as a mine drifter and climbed the mountains as a sports instructor, worked as a engineer, radio journalist, cathedral singer, conductor and guitar teacher, traveled a lot (up to Colombia and Morocco). Igor was always worried about worldview issues: he became a candidate of philosophical sciences, studied music philosophy, published the monograph “Orpheus in a Shattered World», and for many years had been teaching at the Moscow University. In addition, Igor has successful publishing activities, covering the issues of musical education and culture on the pages of the newspaper “Играем с начала”, created by him.

Igor Evard is a true multi-instrumentalist, and this applies not only to piano and guitar, but also to his talents in many other professions. At various times, he worked as a mine drifter and climbed the mountains as a sports instructor, worked as a engineer, radio journalist, cathedral singer, conductor and guitar teacher, traveled a lot (up to Colombia and Morocco). Igor was always worried about worldview issues: he became a candidate of philosophical sciences, studied music philosophy, published the monograph “Orpheus in a Shattered World», and for many years had been teaching at the Moscow University. In addition, Igor has successful publishing activities, covering the issues of musical education and culture on the pages of the newspaper “Играем с начала”, created by him.

Igor Evard has been involved in music for over 25 years. In his creative arsenal there are many romances based on poems by famous poets (Federico Garcia Lorca, Mikhail Lermontov, Marina Tsvetaeva, Anna Akhmatova, Osip Mandelstam and others). Igor received composer's education under the guidance of the Soviet and Russian composer, Honored Art Worker of the Russian Federation, Efrem Podgaits. In addition, Igor is the author of dozens of academic compositions for orchestral performance. In 2010, the musician released a double CD “О, верните крылья!”, Combining both of these facets of his talent.

The first release in the genre of the classical crossover is planned for Septembre 2020, it will be a EP, that will include three compositions in English, recorded in collaboration with the lead singer of the Leipzig Opera House - tenor Sergei Pisarev.

The first single in this format - Rainbow Bridge - will be released on all digital platforms in August 2020. In support of this single, the famous director Irina Mironova, who previously collaborated with Alla Pugacheva, Zemfira, Bi-2 and other stars, has shot the video.

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