Alexander Raskatov was born in Moscow on March 9, 1954, and graduated from the Moscow Conservatory in 1978. His main interests are vocal and instrumental chamber music and symphonic music. His outstanding abilities find expression in his vivid imagination and emotional language, which he combines with distinct and elaborate structural processes. Alfred Schnittke considered him "one of the most interesting composers of his generation".

The Kremerata Baltica and Gidon Kremer share a fruitful and continuous collaboration with Alexander Raskatov. His music is a great jewel in our repertoire. The latest work Alexander has written for us is Schubert - Idillio, based on Franz Schubert's "Winterreise". This piece is part of a cycle of 5 works commissioned by Gidon Kremer and Kremerata Baltica from 5 composers on the occasion of our joint 100th anniversary (Gidon Kremer 75 + Kremerata Baltica 25) - "Another Winter Journey".

His other opuses include 4 minutes from the life of W.A.M.; Blissful music; Traumpendel schwingend...; Prelude and Fugue from J. S. Bach Well tempered clavier No. 6 d-minor BWV 851 - for BACH XXI: Art of Instrumentation.

Listen to Alexander Raskatov's "Seasons Digest"