IEGOR REZNIKOFF, specialist in the art of ancient music
He gives his first concerts of ancient Christian chant in 1975.
His original interpretation of this early Chant, has become known world wide.
His research has influenced the evolution of the understanding of ancient Chant in particular the Gregorian Chant; he has mastered the great soloist Chant.
His research is based on a thorough study of ancient manuscripts and their neumatic notations, comparing them to the great oral and spiritual tradition of the Oriental Christian church and the spiritual traditions of Turkey , Iran and especially India , working with Indian Masters.
A specialist in the resonance of ancient and medieval churches as well as paleolithic caves, he has coined the term: “Architectural Sound Heritage”
A specialist in Sound Therapy, especially by the sound of the voice, with efficient clinical applications, he has also coined the term “the anthropology of sound”
He has been invited by several international festivals in Europe, the USA , China and Japan .
Professor in the departments of philosophy and Mathematics at the Paris X University, he teaches in many prestigious Conservatories and religious Communities. He has sang for the Dalai Lama ( Zurich 1991) in Shinto ceremonies for the celebrations of the new millenium (Kyoto 2000) as well as in exceptional sites as the temple of Apollo in Delphi and the Basilica of St Francis of Assisi .
Areas of Specialisation:
Philosophy and the Foundation of Science
The Foundation of Art and Ancient Music
The Anthropology of Sound
Mathematics and Mathematical logic
Academics:
PHD in Mathematical Science, Paris 1966
Assistant in the department of Mathematics in the Universities of Paris and Orleans from 1961 to 1965
Master of Conferences in the Department of Mathematics in the University of Reims (1966 to 1967, and University of Orleans (1967 to 1971)
In charge of the teaching of Mathematical logic at the Ecole Polytechnique (1970-1971) Master of Conferences (1971 – 1975) at the Department of Philosophy ate the University of Paris X
Since 1975, holds the Chair of Logic at the Department of Philosophy in the University of Paris X-Nanterre
Administrative Functions:
Director of the “UER” of Philosophy, History of Art, Archeology, Mathematics at the University of Paris X ( 1976 to 1980) Assistant Director of the Department of Philosophy (1993-1994)
Teaching outside France:
Department of Mathematics, Berkeley University (1971) CMA Geneva (1982-1988); Sibelius Academy , Finland ( every year since 1987); San Francisco (1992); Moscow Conservatory (since 1990) St petersbourg Conservatory ( 1993-1997) Aarhus Popular University , Denmark (1989 – 2002)
Seminars, conferences and International congresses, outside France:
Jerusalem (1964); Moscow (1966, 1987, 1989, 1990); Obervolfach (1967,1969); Amsterdam (1968,1980,1981); Oslo (1970), Berkeley (1971); Barcelona (1982,1986,1993,2003,2004); Vienna (1981, 1984, 1987);Utrecht (1982, 1984); Assisi (1989); Salzburg (1990, 1991, 1992); St Petersburg (1992) Stanford and San Francisco (1992) Siberia: Irkoutsk, Novosibirsk (2000) Japan (2000); Moscow (2001,2002,2004); Bergen (2002, 2003) Cambridge (2003) La Paz, Bolivia (2005) etc.
Works and Publications:
Fondements de la Thérapie par le son , 2006, Albin Michel
Fondements de l'Art Sacré , 2006, Albin Michel
Articles:
Mathematics, mathematical logic, Physics
On a realistic and discrete definition of time: logical and physical reflections on the theories of time , Epistémologique no 2, Paris, 2005
The consciousness space. A mathematical proof of the irreducebility of consciousness , Journal of Consciousness Studies, 2006
Free axiomatizations , Journal of Symbolic Logic, 2006
Philosophy, musicology, ethnology, prehistory:
Le Chant D'Orphée: chamanisme, orphisme, sacrifice et puissance du son , Sorgue no 3, p.85-103 ; Isle sur la Sorgue, 2001. Prehistoric Paintings, Soumds and Rocks , in Studien zur Musikarcheologie III (Colloque International, Michaelstein, sept 2000). E.Hickmann et al. éd., p.39-56, Rahden ( Westf.) Germany ,2002.
On the notion of Eurasian Music , in L'Espace Eurasien ( Evrasliskoie Prostranstvo ), V.Ivanov éd.,p.408-414.Moscow,2003
Transmission Orale, Transmission écrite: le chant chrétien antique , in Vivre et transmettre la tradition dans Connaissance des Religions , no 69-70,p.191-210,Paris, July-December 2003
The evidence of the use of sound resonance from Palaeolithic to Medieval times, Acoustics, Space and Intentionality . Identifying intention in the ancient use of acoustic space and structure . Proceedings of a conference held in Cambridge, 27-29 June 2003, Lawson G. and Scarre, C.eds., Cambridge (McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, Monographs), 2005 On primitive elements of Musical meaning , The Journal of Musical Meaning,no3, Copenhague, March 2005.
Etude sonore de la grotte de Labastide (Pyrennées) , Bulletin de la Société Préhistorique Française, 2006.
Recordings:
Le Chant de Vézelay , Studio SM, 1992 & 1993
Le Chant de Fontenay , Studio SM, 1989-2005
Le Chant du Thoronet Studio SM, 1989-2005
Le Chant du Mont St Michel was awarded the “diapason d'Or” November 2001 and the ffff of Telerama.
Le Grand Chant Russe Ancien dans la résonance de Kolomenskoye (Moscow), 2006
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