GENIUS AND WUNDERKIND WOLFGANG AMADEI MOZART
Mozart managed to conquer all the musical heights that were available at the time, but this did not bring him success in life. Unfortunately, only a few contemporaries could appreciate the depth of his talent, and he was worthy of the highest degree of glory. Continue reading
RUSSIAN MAESTRO MICHAEL GLINKA
Mikhail Glinka entered the history of world music as the founder of the Russian national opera. His composer’s talent was not always approved, sometimes criticized and ridiculed, but the composer endured all the tests with honor and took a well-deserved place in the pleiad of great musicians. Continue reading
VIRTUOZY MUSIC WITHOUT EVGENY SOKOLOVSKY’S BORDERS
A little more than a hundred years ago, the famous poet said that if stars are lit, it means that someone needs it. Interpreting Vladimir Mayakovsky, it is safe to say that the modern viewer or listener was just waiting for such a star – filled with new meaning, emotions, ideas, fresh perception of musical art, which knows no boundaries and stereotypes. That is why Yevgeny Sokolovsky appeared on the creative horizon. Continue reading
POLISH CITY FREDERIK CHOPIN
The brilliant composer Frederic Chopin was in many ways different from most of his predecessors and even contemporaries. He wrote works only for piano.
This unique creator did not leave us any opera, symphony or overture. That is why his compositional talent becomes so striking, because Chopin managed to become an innovator of piano music. Continue reading
RODION SHCHEDRIN – KING OF A MODERN ORCHESTRA
Great music should be available to a large audience – under this motto the great composer of the second half of the 20th century and modernity Rodion Shchedrin creates. None of his contemporaries managed to so widely develop in his work the themes of his native country. Almost all his ballets and operas are written on the plots of prominent writers – Chekhov, Gogol, Nabokov, Tolstoy, Leskov, and professional musicians call Shchedrin the king of the modern orchestra. Continue reading
