Igor Druch was (*1966) in St. Petersburg. Graduated from St. Petersburg Conservatoire. Attended the international mastercourses and seminars in Darmstadt (Paul-Heinz Dittrich), Berlin (Mark Kopytman), Stuttgart (Helmut Lachenmann). In 1994-1996 was in the circle of Edisson Denissov, together with the latter wrote sound-track to the famous movie ''The Tsar’s Hunt''. In 1995 was awarded the Grand-Prix at the UNESCO Competition in Paris. Chamber music of Igor Drukh was performed by the famous ''Arditi'' and ''Mozarteum'' String Quartets, ensembles ''Musica Da Camera'' (Russia) and ''Aleo'' (USA). Member of the Russian Composers’ Association (since 1995) and ''Brandenburg Collegium of Contemporary Music'' (Germany, since 1993). Music of Igor Drukh was performed at the various contemporary music festivals in Russia and abroad. Creative art of Igor Drukh combines the most refined achievements of contemporary European music with Jazz and Russian church and traditional influences.
Writte n in 1996, Second Piano Sonata by Igor Drukh is dedicated to the memory of composer's mother who died on January 17, 1995.
The author's already familiar musical world is found here crashed and distorted. In order to reach the very hearts of the listeners, Drukh is relying on the power of parallel associations more often than in his previous works. The musical texture is woven from half-quotations half-reminiscences, even elements that are beyond the music itself. Rising to the power of a ''human document'', this Sonata remains a contemporary, wholly pianistic, work of Art.