Vjacheslav Schelokov composer

Vjacheslav Schelokov (1904-1975), auch Schelekov, Schelukov, Shelukov
Composer

Vjacheslav Schelokov, the Russian trumpet pedagogue and composer, studied trumpet with Mikhail Tabakov and composition with Alexander Alexandrov and Anatoly Alexandrov at the Moscow Conservatory. After graduating and becoming the chair of the wind department at the Ural Conservatory in Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg), he composed incredible sets of trumpet studies.

Following in the footsteps of great Russian composers like Berdiev and Ginetsinsky, he challenges modern players with intervals, articulations, and stylistic elements that are guaranteed to keep you busy, and more importantly, thoroughly satisfied.