Kirill Pokrovsky
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Kirill Pokrovsky Покровский Кирилл Владимирович | |
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| Born | 25 March 1962 Moscow, Russia |
| Died | 1 June 2015 (aged 53) Ghent, Belgium |
| Genres | Classical, world, new-age |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, composer, performer |
| Website | kirillpokrovsky |
Kirill Vladimirovich Pokrovsky (Kирилл Владимирович Покровский; 25 March 1962 – 1 June 2015) was a Russian composer and musician.
Kirill Pokrovsky learned to play and compose music from a young age, before receiving classical training at Moscow Conservatory. Between 1985 and 1989, Pokrovsky played as a keyboardist for Soviet heavy metal music bands Aria and Master. Later he moved to Belgium and wrote his first solo album called BRUGGE.[1]
Pokrovsky had a successful career as a video game score composer. He wrote the soundtrack for the Divinity series of video games produced by Larian Studios, up until Divinity: Original Sin, which he had finished work on prior to his death.[2][3]
References
[edit]- ^ Greening, Chris (4 June 2015). "Divinity series composer and heavy metal pioneer Kirill Pokrovsky passes away". VGMO. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
- ^ Hillier, Brenna (3 June 2015). "Divinity: Original Sin composer Kirill Pokrovsky has passed away". VG247. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
- ^ Chalk, Andy (2 June 2015). "Divinity composer Kirill Pokrovsky has died". PC Gamer. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
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