Kofman, Grigory Yakovlevich

In 1985 he graduated from the Faculty of Physical Chemistry of the Technological Institute. Lensoviet . (Engineer Diploma).

In 1989 he graduated from the Higher Theater School. B.V. Schukin . (Director's diploma).

Since 1995, lives in Berlin .

During his studies at LTI, he was an actor, subsequently artistic director, of a student theater.

In 1989, he founded the Little Petersburg Theater (later Paramon Theater ). There was a laboratory and a classroom at the theater.

From 1995 to 2000, he was the head of the St. Petersburg Paramon Theater .

From 1995 to 1999, he was a teacher in the theater and dance master class project telling times (Potsdam - Tallinn - Derry).

From 1995 to 2002 - actor Volksbuene (Volksbuene), Sophien Zele (Sophiensaele) and other Berlin theaters.

From 2000 to 2004, he was the coordinator of the annual Russian Theater Week in Saarbrücken (Germany).

2001 - Associate Professor of the Berlin Theater Academy .

2004 - Associate Professor of the Theater School in Vienna (Austria).

From 2004 to 2008 - the head of the Russian Theater (Berlin).

Since 2004 - editor and speaker of news on the radio Russian Berlin .

From 2005 to 2006 - Associate Professor the @ kademie (Berlin).

Since 2005 - the organizer of the annual international theater festival Cordon-2 Art Laboratory .

Since 2007 - Head of the avant-garde music and theater project GOFF-Company .

More than 30 productions in different years in St. Petersburg, Berlin, Vienna, Hamburg, Eisenach, Londonderry, Pskov, including:

• Acts (2015)

on the cycle of plays by Arkady Bartov , GOFF-Company

• Presentation (2013)

poems I.A. Brodsky , GOFF-Company

• Rozanov vs. Gogol (2010)

based on an essay by Victor Erofeev , GOFF-Company

• WHEEL

based on the works of O.E. Mandelstam , GOFF-Company

• The Case of the Doctor (2008)

based on the works of medical writers: M. A. Bulgakov , G. Benn, L.-F. Selina , A.P. Chekhov and Dr. Zhivago

• Oblomov died. Long live Oblomov! (2007)

Based on the novel by I. Goncharov

• Mozartin (Mozartin, 2006)

based on the play by E. Jankowski at the Russian Theater (Berlin)

• Russian Spirit in the Danish Forest (2005)

based on texts by Y. Bardolim and H.-K. Andersen at the Russian Theater (Berlin)

• Banana Fish (2005)

based on the works of D. D. Salinger , graduate of the theater school Ingrid Sturm (Vienna)

• Dr. Zhivago (2004)

based on the novel by B. Pasternak at the Russian Theater (Berlin)

• Passport (2002)

based on the play by P. Bourjad at the Hackeschen Hof-Theater (Berlin)

• Russian roulette (2001)

based on the story by A. Kuprin “Staff Captain Rybnikov” at the Russian Chamber Theater (Berlin)

• Laying Chicken Knife (2000)

based on the play by D. Harrower in Freien Eisenacher Burgtheater (Eisenach)

• Speech of the Chief Prosecutor (1999)

based on the novel by V. Sorokin at the Theaterforum Kreuzberg (Theaterforum Kreuzberg, Berlin).

• Gift (1996)

based on the stories of N. Sadur (“The Garden”) and J. Bataille (“The Dead”) PARAMON-Theater - contact-17 (Petersburg-Hamburg)

More than 60 roles, participation in more than 50 theatrical productions, including:

• Night in Lisbon (2015) - Various Roles

based on the novel by E.M. Remark , production of the Salon-Theater (Salon-Theater, Taunusstein / Wiesbaden), dir. Mikhail Levitin

• Black Deer (2004) - Alf (lead)

based on the works of I. Abele, director Felix Goldman (Felix Goldmann), staged by Akud-Theater (Akud-Theater, Berlin)

• Concert Opera Emigrants (2003) - Commentator

director Peter Schweiger, project by Vinko Globokar (France) and New Music Ensemble United Berlin (United Berlin)

• The Ballad of the Creepy Macabre (2002) - Aspic

based on the play by M. Gelderod , director Anemone Poland, Theaterforum Kreuzberg

• Clinch (2001) - Teacher (main role)

based on the works of A. Slapovsky , director Felix Goldman (Felix Goldmann), production of Akud-Theater (Akud-Theater, Berlin)

• Villa die Misteri (2001) - Nietzsche, Meyerhold

Director Ivan Stanev, Sophiensaele (Berlin)

• Antigone (2000) - Tiresias

on the tragedy of Sophocles , directed by Tine Madsen, Kulturetage (Kulturetage, Oldenburg) and Anden Opera (Anden Opera, Copenhagen)

• Blue Sky (2000) - Troppmann

based on the works of J. Bataille , director Ivan Stanev, Sofien-Zele (Sophiensaele, Berlin)

• Commissar and Green Panther (1996) - The Waiter-storyteller

based on the works of B. Vian , director Wolfgang Hoffmann, Fabrik e. F. (Fabrik eV, Potsdam)

• The Seagull (1995) - Anton Chekhov

based on the play by A. Chekhov , director Ivan Stanev, Volksbühne (Volksbühne, Berlin)

Director's work:

• “Leningrad. Backyard ”by A. Galich
• “Combination of two souls” according to “Faust” by I.V. Goethe and “Little Tragedies” by A. Pushkin
• "Forest Destruction" according to the "Forest" by A. Ostrovsky
• "Squeals of seagulls over the swan lake" based on the "forbidden" tales of Afanasyev
• “Russians at the foot of Vesuvius” based on the play by I. Turgenev “Evening in Sorrent”
• “Auditor” based on the play by N. Gogol “The Auditor”

Acting work:

• "Dumplings" according to V. Sorokin . Man with glasses.
• “Combination of two souls” according to “Little Tragedies” by A. S. Pushkin . Salieri, Leporello, Priest, Gide.
• "Forest restoration" by A. Ostrovsky . Unlucky people.
• “Leningrad. Rear Yard ”based on A. Galich . Former ZEK.
• “Verliber on the waves of love” based on the poetry of H. Martinson . Home owner.

• wheel

60 minutes of Mandelstam Vanguard

... Oh, where are you, holy islands,
where they don’t eat broken bread,
where only honey, wine and milk.
creaky labor does not offend Heaven,
and the wheel spins easily.

From sherry brandy to lantern fish oil, from Jewish prayer to Russian crying in Soviet night, time-space extends in which the hero of the play Osip Mandelstam exists.

• Harry songs

text-sound-fusion for actor and musicians

Harry Martinson is a poet, a Nobel laureate in the field of literature, peacefully and with fiction leads a conversation with his friends. Around the hospitable host gather kindred poets. There is only one condition: each comes with his own character and a verbalom embedded in his mouth. The only "rebellious" is the chansonnier, who inappropriately gets into lyrical dialogues.

The performance uses poems by Harry Martinson, Semyon Kirsanov , Osip Mandelstam, Alexander Chuck , Langston Hughes , Joseph Brodsky , Jacques Brel , Alexander Pushkin , Carpenter and others.

• Speech by the Chief Prosecutor

based on the novel by V. Sorokin "Norma"

Who is Marcel Duchamp ?
What does a white urinal in an empty showroom mean?
What destructive role for state building can cultural studies play, especially if they are related to the art of avant-garde?

The State Prosecutor raises these questions with all the acuteness and principle, he is opposed, of course, by the Lawyer. Everything would be in order, if the first did not sometimes seem a little strange, and the second would not have as arguments nothing but a musical instrument.

• Rozanov vs Gogol

neo-academic investigation

The production is not just a continuation of the experiment begun in 2007: a dialogue between avant-garde musicians and an actor. This is a pretty radical shift towards the text. The actor’s figure is washed off, the hero becomes supra-theatrical, the character is the text and music itself, or rather instruments. The function of musicians - usually quite abstract - is concretized. Victor Erofeev ’s essay “Rozanov against Gogol” makes it possible to implement a furious trialogue: crushing Rozanov (drums) - laughing (mocking?) Gogol (saxophone) - text-writer (Erofeev?). This experiment is rare, because the task is not to convey the essayist’s thoughts to the public, but to create a dense non-discharged space: the verbal meaning, like the meaning of the sound-musical series, is destroyed and created anew continuously.

• Into the Unknown (2015) - Actor

Director I. Westmeier. Production of Morpho Film.

• Small hands in a big war (2013) - Colonel Leonid

Director M. Zirzow (M. Zirzow). Production ARTE.

• Lead correspondent of the program Wait for me in Germany (2009 -2013)

Production of t / c “VID”, Channel 1

• Love (2012) - Pharmacist

Director S. Ashkenazi. Production 1st channel (Russia).

• Birmingham Ornament (2010) - Alien / Urban Crazy

Director A. Sylvestrov. Production t / c "Culture".

• Souvenir from Berlin (Souvenir from Berlin, 2005) - Mr. Alexander (main role)

Director D. Mladenic. Production Berlinale Talent Campus.

• Ghosts (2002) - Vadim (the main role).

Director H. Henkes. Production DFFB-Berlin.

• Enemy at the Gates (2000) - Politruk

Director J.-J. Ano (J.-J. Anaud).

• Commissioner and Green Panther (1997) - Commissioner

Director W. Hoffmann. Production Theater-fabrik (Potsdam).

• From Neva to Elba (1996) - Street Musician

Director Yulia Solovyova. Hamburg

• Synchron and voice-over, voice acting in dozens of films, including main roles

• Image films, advertising

• Educational programs, documentary films, audio guides for such programs and studios as ZDF, WDR, NDR;

• Participation in radio shows at various studios in Berlin and Germany, incl. RBB, WDR, Deutschland Radio-Kultur.

• Numerous audio recordings of works of modern and classical Russian and foreign literature.

Organizer and moderator of literary readings and salons: “Joint” (2002, the Rainbow bookstore, Berlin), “Triangle of poets” (2006-07, Russian Theater Berlin), “A pair without clever words” (2015 - 2017, Ephraim`s cafe-restaurant salon, Berlin), Tyt-a-Tyt (2017 - ..., Piano Please cafe salon)

• Ulyanova N. I love “Cordon” for a close circle of friends // City Environment. 2009.August. About the festival LIK-2 2009.
• Tagali Yu. Theater Festival. Cordon Art Laboratory // Prose Ru. 2009. About the festival LIK-2 2009.
• Andrei Kudryashov about Grigory Kofman. 2009. About the performances in the GEZ-21.
• Susid A. What is the norm for art // Evening Petersburg. 2008.15 Aug About the play “Speech of the main prosecutor” based on the novel “Norma” by V. Sorokin.
• About GOFF-Company performances on the website of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation. 2006. Announcement of performances in the "Attic of Artists".
• Rybakov M. Russian Theater wanted to deceive everyone // Russian Germany. 2005. No. 51. (unavailable link) On the performances of the Russian Theater (Berlin).
• Over the barriers. Transmission on the radio "Freedom" with the participation of Grigory Kofman. 01/12/2005 About the performances of the Russian Theater (Berlin).

• GOFF-Company Website
• Website of the international theater festival LIK-2
• Site of the Russian Theater (Berlin)