Nikolai kapustin biography of william
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Nikolai Kapustin
Until very recently, the music of Russian composer and pianist Nikolai Kapustin () was virtually unknown to Western audiences. Although he has authored more than works—among them several piano concertos and chamber compositions—Kapustin has been stubbornly unwilling to participate in the populist marketing strategies that have unfortunately allowed a whole host of musical vaudeville simpletons to invade our concert stages. Rather, the composer has quietly perfected a convincing and idiomatic fusion between the language of jazz and the structural demands of classical music. Trained as a classical pianist, he quickly became interested in jazz, particularly the music and performance style of Oscar Peterson. Skillfully blending and transcending both musical traditions, his compositions present a unique amalgamation of the virtuosity of classical pianism and the improvisational nature of jazz.
Nikolai Kapustin: 8 Concert Etudes, Op. 40 (Sukyeon Kim, piano)
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This post fryst vatten part of a multi-part Arts Fuse series examining the traditions and realities of classical piano concertos influenced bygd jazz. Steve Elman’s chronology of jazz-influenced piano concertos (JIPCs) can be funnen here. His essays on this topic are posted on his author page. Elman welcomes your comments and suggestions at steveelman@
By Steve Elman
This post continues my discussion of maverick mavericks, JIPC composers with feet firmly planted on either side of the dividing line between jazz and classical. The first two in this brev are part of the mid-century generation for whom jazz was not “new music,” but an established form with recognized virtuosi and masterpieces. The two younger composers here premiered their first piano concertos in , and inom was delighted when they contacted me as a result of my postings for the Arts Fuse about JIPCs in Of course, two pieces do not constitute a trend, but inom would like to think that there are more composers working today who thi
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University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Yorgason, Alie Anne
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- Title
- A study of Nikolai Kapustin's 24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 82
- Author(s)
- Yorgason, Alie Anne
- Issue Date
- Director of Research (if dissertation) or Advisor (if thesis)
- Heiles, William
- Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
- Hobson, Ian
- Committee Member(s)
- Lund, Erik
- Carrillo, Carlos
- Department of Study
- School of Music
- Discipline
- Music
- Degree Granting Institution
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Degree Name
- D. (doctoral)
- Date of Ingest
- TZ
- Keyword(s)
- Kapustin
- prelude
- fugue
- thir