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Dutch composer (1851-1926)
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- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- pianist, composer
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2022-02-16 08:08:55
On 22 February, Kamerorkest van het Noorden (the string orchestra based in Groningen, The Netherlands) is releasing SATSARA an EP that features SATSARA by the Ukrainian/Dutch composer Maxim Shalygin alongside Shalygin's string orchestra arrangement of music from Schnittke's Choir Concerto. Shalygin's SATSARA is inspired by the writings of Argentine-French novelist Julio Cortázar (1914-1984) and his ingenious use of palindromes. The composer describes it thus: "Palindromes in music are just as normal as the Fibonacci numbers in the structure of leaves on the trees. Therefore, when I read the story of Cortazar "Satarsa", I immediately felt the mysterious musical current in it. Surprisingly, for more than 15 years, I periodically return to his unusually rich work and find sources of inspiration for myself. My SATARSA is a desert of pleasure. A desert with gardens of paradise, crooked mirrors and an endless horizon, from which the melodies of our past lives are heard." - Maxim Shalygin Shalygin (born […]
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ArtsJournal: music
2020-11-03 22:01:59
New Research: Van Gogh’s Mental Illness
“Experts at the University Medical Centre Groningen conducted a psychiatric examination based on hundreds of letters he wrote – the majority to his beloved brother, Theo – as well as existing medical records. They found that the artist probably experienced two episodes of delirium caused by alcohol withdrawal after he cut off his own ear.” […]
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ArtsJournal: music
2020-04-06 17:29:00
The Netherlands Has Had A Rash Of Van Gogh Thefts In Recent Years
The fact that all 28 Van Gogh paintings, from six separate thefts, were eventually recovered should offer hope that The Parsonage Garden at Nuenen in Spring will eventually return to its home in Groningen. – The Art Newspaper
2020-03-15 21:32:14
There is no shortage of Bach organ recitals–and yet it never gets old. Orchestras may sound increasingly identical so that one band or another tackling yet another Beethoven symphony hardly makes a difference beyond the specific interpretation; but organs always retain their individual character so that two pieces played on two instruments, even if the […]
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