| Boris Golovin | |
| Native Name: | Russian: Борис Головин |
| Birth Name: | Boris Nikolayevich Golovin |
| Birth Date: | 1955 5, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Sverdlovsk (Yekaterinburg), USSR |
| Genre: | Classical music, rock music, world music |
| Occupations: | Composer, songwriter, poet |
| Years Active: | 1976–present |
Boris Golovin (Russian: Бори́с Голови́н|p=bɐˈrʲis ɡəlɐˈvʲin|a=Boris Nikolayevich Golovin.ru.vorb.oga; born 26 May 1955) is a New Zealand composer and poet with Russian background.
1975–79. Moscow State University, faculty of journalism.
1982–87. Maxim Gorky Literature Institute, Moscow, faculty of poetry.
2013–17. University of Waikato, New Zealand. Conservatorium of Music.
2017–19. School of Music The University of Auckland, New Zealand. Master of Music in Composition, under the supervision of Eve de Castro-Robinson.[1]
Boris Golovin studied journalism at the Moscow State University and since that time became gradually known as a singer-songwriter who performed his songs, accompanied by the guitar, to live and TV audiences in Moscow and other parts of Russia. For example, some of his artistic tours were commissioned by the Northern Shipping Company which involved performances on cargo and fishing ships operating in the Arctic Ocean.His songs were awarded at national music competitions.
Neoclassicism, modernism
Golovin published his first book of poetry in Moscow in 1987.Since the late 1980s many readers have ranked Boris Golovin's poetry as one of the most influential in neoclassical movement. Though the poet himself has often emphasized that, strictly speaking, the word 'neoclassical' suffers from tautology since classical poetry as such descends from the Golden Age and fits both in the remote past and the future.Boris Golovin has always strongly declined any association with literary grouping.