Month: June 2015
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Composer: how to find your own style
That’s an interesting question! I guess, many young “classical” composers break their heads on figuring out the answer. So do I… Here I would like to write about my vision of composing as a professional. Style of composing: “classical” or since word “classical” has very wide meaning (are we talking about Classicism period music – Mozart, for example,…
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Study different forms!
In recent weeks I felt a great lack of knowledge about different musical forms. I understood how vital it is for a composer to know ways of developing an idea: how is was done in different centuries, in different countries: form of a song, variations, sonata, ricercare and fantasia. At least this basic stuff should be…
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The last exam is done!
The last exam is done! Two days ago I did my last exam: 54 page orchestration of Mozart’s piano sonata. Work will be sent to jury in Madrid (two other options were: Paris and Vienna). And even though I don’t know yet any results of all the exams, I turned on the “summer mode”. During…