Fyodor Druzhinin News
Russian composer and musician
- viola
- classical music
- Soviet Union, Russia
- musician, pedagogue, composer, music teacher, violist
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[…] family of Abram Borisovich Bashmet and Maya Zinovyeva Bashmet (née Krichever). His paternal grandmother, Tsilya Efimovna, studied singing at the conservatory for two years in her youth. His maternal grandmother, Darya Axentyevna, interpreted native Huzul songs. In 1971, he graduated from the Lviv secondary special music school. From 1971 till 1976, he studied at the Moscow Conservatory. His first viola teacher was Professor Vadim Borisovsky; after whose death in 1972 was succeeded by Professor Fyodor Druzhinin. Druzhinin was also the tutor of Yuri Bashmet for the probation period and for his postgraduate study at the Moscow Conservatory (1976–78). In 1972, Bashmet purchased a 1758 viola made by Milanese luthier Paolo Testore, which he uses for his performances to date. In the late 1970s through to the early 1980s, Bashmet developed his career as a solo performer. He began his active concert activities in 1976, with a tour of Germany with […]
2015-10-01 15:06:11
[…] No. 12 (“The Year 1917”) was premiered by the Leningrad Philharmonic with Yevgeny Mravinsky conducting. In 1964 Ernst Toch died at age 76 in Santa Monica, Calif. He was a Pulitzer Prize winner for his Symphony No. 3. In 1967 Roger Sessions’ Symphony No. 7 was premiered in Ann Arbor, Mich., by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra with Jean Martinon conducting. In 1975 Dmitri Shostakovich’s Viola Sonata was premiered in Leningrad by Fyodor Druzhinin (viola) and Mikhail Muntyan (piano). In 1979 Roy Harris died at age 81 in Santa Monica, Calif. In 1992 Michael Torke’s “Chalk” for string quartet was premiered at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester (U.K.), by the Balanescu Quartet. In 1998 Charles Ives’ “Emerson Overture” for piano and orchestra (arr. David G. Porter) premiered with soloist Alan Feinberg and the Cleveland Orchestra, Christoph von Dohnányi conducting. In 2005 […]
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2014-10-25 14:01:33
Explore the Score- Schnittke String Trio
[…] opening dance melody returns for one final, complete statement in the home key of G minor. http://kennethwoods.net/blog1/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Last-Dance.mp3 After one final cadence on a pristine C major chord, the work collapses into the abyss- the cello and viola sound a death-knell, and the violin seems to depart the corporeal world. http://kennethwoods.net/blog1/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/C-major-and-death-knell.mp3 Schnittke’s String Trio was premiered on 2 June, 1985 at the Moscow Conservatory. The musicians involved, Oleh Krysa, Fyodor Druzhinin and Valentin Feigin, described the work as possessing “unusual, grim, almost alarming notes—perhaps premonitions…” Only a few weeks later, on a very hot 21 July, Schnittke collapsed while socializing with friends. He was rushed to the hospital, where he was pronounced clinically dead three times before recovering consciousness. More on the Schnittke at Vftp Composer Kile Smith on the Schnittke String Trio Review- Epomeo Play Scnittke at Scotia Festival of Music […]
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