Month: March 2017
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Concert video of “The Miraculous Monk”
Some time ago I wrote a piece for two guitars, dedicated to the school where I teach. “I wanted to write a work that reflects the school’s history through the centuries to the present day and also add my experience of working there: the support of colleagues, сheerful students and general enjoyable atmosphere.” Here is…
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A Form
When I teach composition to my small and big students I always spend some extra time and repeat again how important it is to have a form: beginning, middle part and ending. How to arrange them, so that they work. It’s like a cake: when all the ingredients are mixed without a clear logic, without…
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An Instant Piece
I was always impressed how someone can come on stage and create an instant piece of music. “The Köln Concert” called is an album by pianist Keith Jarrett, when he was touring Europe playing improvised concerts. That’s a good example, I think. Also, now and then I hear “classical” guitarists doing something close to that…
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Being alone…
About a year ago one Spanish composer came to me after my concert and told: – “You know, Dmitri, we – composers, are alone in what we do!” Now I am starting to understand… Just the other day, felt some special new type loneliness. When I was only a performer, this feeling did not come.
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Developing your style as a composer
Most of the composers want to go further in developing their style and language (musical, harmonic). It is important to do it and be armed with a couple of facts. What I have noticed while analyzing pieces of other composers (comparing their pieces from early periods of life till latest) is that in most of…
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Let the music live
Already for a several weeks I struggle with one of the parts from one of my suites of chamber music. I like the method of first writing a story, “libretto”, and then composing music to it. Yet at times it doesn’t work. Let’s say a story has romantic calm ending, so I intend to write…
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Two of my students got special prizes
EN A few weeks ago, two of my students have gone to try their skills in a composition contest. They got special prizes. ET Paar nädalat tagasi kaks minu õpilastest on läinud oma jõude proovima kompositsiooni konkursil. Said eripreemiaid. RU Пару недель назад, двое из моих учеников пошли попробовать свои силы в конкурсе композиции. Получили…