Stanislaw Eugeniusz Chumakov-Sienkiewicz, better known under the pseudonyms: le Gros "fat" by analogy with the French king Louis VI le Gros (1108-1137) due to aristocratic habits and large physique. Also known as: Lovidalf Ranemmak VI, Lovi-Thibaut, Celestin Debussy (real family name - Gaultier de Bussy). Louis-Thibaut Gaultier de Bussy - Later, Lovidalf adopted a new writing pseudonym for all of his book universes, using a modified middle name and his real French paternal grandmother's surname.. Polish-Russian fantasy writer in the genre of fantasy, composer and performer of orchestral and medieval folk music, master of medieval sword fencing.

BIOGRAPHY

Born January 1, 1983 in Krakow. In the family of Evgeny Chumakov-Sienkiewicz, according to the grandmother of the girlhood Debussy (real family name - Gaultier de Bussy) (father) and mother of Valentina von Reinecke-Ilyin.

Stanislav's father has French, Spanish (Aquitaine, Galicia) and Polish descent. Mother - German (Bavaria, Saxony), and Swedish, Finnish ancestry.

In Krakow at the age of five, Stanislav's parents sent him to a music school, in the violin class. At the age of five, Stanislav was transferred to Moscow (Russia), where he continued his studies at the Soviet music school.

He graduated from music school in classes, violin and classical guitar. He independently mastered the lute, organistrum, flute and percussion. It has a wide vocal range, from basso profondo to altus register. He studied at the Gnesins Russian Academy of Music (RAM), at the orchestra faculty, but did not graduate from it. Also, at the age of 17, he wanted to become a doctor, and studied for three years at the N.I. Russian National Research Medical University Pirogov, but, without finishing it, Stanislav directed all his desire for music. He graduated from SAN College in Krakow, Department of Cultural Studies (Medieval Studies).

In music circles, he has the nickname Alexander Dumas, only in the world of music, due to the huge number of music albums and side projects.

Stanislav began to write music from the age of 6, recording his very best scores. The first music album, he recorded on his own in 1994, the final work on the album was completed on December 13, 1994. The album is called Ordo Fantet, this is the first album of Stanislav's group, called Procel and Raum. This album became an original experiment in the music of Stanislav and he continued his experiments, mixing orchestral music with medieval and synthesizer.

Also, at the time of the trip to his grandmother’s historic homeland, to France, Stanislav with his second cousin Oscar-Claude Debussy creates the band Antiochiae, in 1995 they record a demo together. In 1996, the name of the group was changed to Ekkehardus. In fact, this group, the ideal of non-profit medieval folk metal music, which is still in deep underground.

In 1998, a very raw but epic black metal was recorded, inspired by the favorite computer game The Elder Scrolls. Subsequently, this record was released as the first album by Jagar Tharn and was the first epic fantasy black metal album.

In 2000, he created the fantasy ambient project Lovidalf VI le Gros, where all the music is created as a sound design for his series of books.

Subsequently, Stanislav, denotes his own, nothing like a musical genre, called Ordo Fantet.

The main difference between this genre and the others is that it uses both synthesizers and live instruments (orchestra, medieval instruments) and vocal parts, from major to minor. Music is exclusively saturated with medieval fantasy narrative, both in texts and in melodies.

In 2017, together with French independent musicians, Stanislav created the non-profit music label "Matthew Paris Records", exclusively for distribution the physical copies (CD, Tape) of his music and side projects, where he directly participated as session musicians.

Favorite pastime after writing books, Stanislav considers composing music. As a composer, he wrote about 30 albums on his own at the time of 2015. As a composer and performer, Stanislav likes to write music inspired by computer games, books read and films watched. Considers himself a person of mood, enthusiastically deals only with the fact that he brings pleasure.

Prefers computer games, where a serious plot is intertwined with a huge, elaborate world. He loves computer role-playing games, as well as adults, serious action games like Assassin Creed and the Mafia. From RPGs, he prefers The Elder Scrolls, Fable, Kingdoms of Amalur Reckoning, Dungeons And Dragons, and the like. Doesn't like JRPG.

Stanislav began writing books in 1992, after reading the Elenium series of David Eddings. His first little book was in the form of comics about his friends, relatives.

A full-fledged, serious story about the medieval kingdom of Fractria, Stanislav wrote in 1996. In the future, he will come up with his own fantasy universe with a huge influence of medieval studies and realism called Appororiya, and the cycle of books will be included in the Codex Draggriffe series.

Stanislav wrote the first full-fledged book in 1999 and published it independently in the circle of his friends and relatives. The first book was entitled "Insidious Minions Chorz Argen Uz And Liberators Of Fractria"

For ten years, has written six full books and a huge number of stories, essays and poems. Also, a lot of texts for music groups, their own and session side projects.

Stanislav has a negative attitude to commercial musicians, groups, labels. His ideal, underground music, in his opinion, it is there that you can meet a truly new non-standard form of musical concept. On the example of such initially non-commercial music genres as: black metal and dungeon music and the very first original teams in these musical genres. Stanislav believes that today the majority of musical groups and musicians of individual students write and compose music for the sake of profit and money, and not for the sake of pleasure and self-determination. Therefore, in his opinion, today's commercial music scene is saturated with monotony and carbon copies of commercially successful groups and the sound of these teams, mastering and mixing, so plastic that it is not clear whether you ever listened to these groups or not, they all sound the same.

The musical preferences of Stanislav, the musicians who inspired him: Guillaume de Machaut, Philippe de Vitry, Josquin des Prez, Binchois, Guillaume Dufay, Sergei Prokofiev, Edvard Hagerup Grieg, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Richard Wagner.

Contemporaries - Howard Leslie Shore, Jeremy Soule

Stanislav is a convinced escapist. He considers the idea of ??escapism to be a good reason for creativity and self-sacrifice, and considers fantasy literature and classical music to be the best help for escapism. Stanislav promotes asceticism. Therefore, he lives only according to his needs, not chasing profit and fees. He lives in poverty and is proud of it; he is proud that he never deceived or robbed anyone.

Politically, he supports Feudalism and Monarchism, but with the strict idea that the king or queen should be from aristocratic dynasties and royal tribal houses, initially, and not from plebeians and working families.

From an early age, is engaged in martial arts and weightlifting (kettlebell). According to him, he initially did not like Asian types of martial arts, so he was engaged in such sections as boxing, kickboxing, Greco-Roman wrestling, Slavic historic wrestling, and later, he began to practice with one-handed sword. When he finally came across a copy of the fechtbuch Tower of London manuscript I.33, Stanislav began to study it more thoroughly since 2001.

By law, Stanislav is French from birth, since his grandmother was French, according to jus sanguinis, Stanislav, along with a Polish and Russian passport, also has a French passport and citizenship.

Lives with a girlfriend in Provins, France. Often happens in Krakow (Poland) and Moscow (Russia).

Bibliography

Knight Of The Order Of Dragons (Codex Draggriffe series)

Book I. Insidious Minions Chorz Argen Uz and Liberators Of Fractria (1999)

Book II. In Captivity Of The Dragon King (2003)

Book III. Escape, But Not Salvation...(2007)

Book IV. Portal In The Elsaarz (2010)

Book V. The Great Battle For Adiir di Kaz (2011)

Book VI. The Power Of The Necromancer And Skills Of Battlemages (2015)

La Louisomm series

Ombres de la Revolution (2020)

Storybook

The Draggriffe Tales (2001-2019)

Collection of Poems and Stories "Codex Draggriffe"

Discography

Musical projects in the genre of Ordo Fantet / Dungeon Synth / Darkwave / Ambient

Antiochiae

Akatosh

Chronicles Of Legends

Elfiria

Fornesbury Tales

Ironhelms

Joueur D'epee

King Ranemmak

Lanval

Lovidalf Ranemmak VI

Lovidalf VI le Gros

Magna Ge

Mordschlaght

Oravinrg

Pillars Of Virtue

Procel and Raum

Sing Vlar

Stas Tharn

The Sons Of Aktrot

Thibaut VI de Lovidois Trouveres (early Ordo Fantet, later Symphonic Black Metal / Neoclassical)

Witenagemot

Musical projects in the genre of Medieval Folk

Abbot Of Clairvaux

Beatus vir

Caladrius Bird

Carmina Ecclesiastica

Chaitivel

Erba Ecclesiastes Filii

Guillaume de Lachaut

Mavorsares

Minnesang

Minstrels Of Fractria

Salwmme

Sir Fior Furlan

Gilles de Retz

Musical projects in the genre Metal

Ave Crux Alba

Drachenorden

Dagoth Ur

Einargoroth (early Ordo Fantet, later Medieval Epic Doom Metal)

Ekkehardus

Hohenzollern

Humphrey's Clock

Jagar Tharn

King Kelkemmenar

Lovidalf VI

Omen Grott

Sheogorath

The Proggs

Trobar Clus

Vogt Castellar

Von Neifen

Xezmod