Alexey Retinsky

Alexey Retinsky ( ukr. Oleksii Retynskii) was born on 14 November 1986 in Simferopol, Crimea. He is an Austrian composer and artist of Russian-Ukrainian origin. Born to a family of musicians in Simferopol, Retinsky's early musical experiences consisted of playing wind instruments. He graduated from the School of Music, mastering the oboe, saxophone and trumpet. In parallel, he began to study composition. He later studied composition and electroacoustic composition in Music Academy of Kiev and in the Zurich University of the Arts (Zürcher Hochschule der Künste). His PhD studies were concluded at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz by Beat Furrer. Since 2014, he has live and worked in Vienna.