New piece to compose
Recently I received an offer to write a duo for English horn and guitar.
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Giving life to music
One of the interesting features of being a composer-performer (playing your own works) is that you can always change and vary, add and remove something from your works – play them differently without being afraid of criticism. Actually, these days it seems to me pretty ridiculous of writing something down, creating really precise notes and […]
read moreGot a tabla!
Two of my guitar students in Estonia knew, how much I love India with its culture and that when I left Geneva I had to give away tabla that school was lending me. I remember the moment: it was like tearing off a piece of my heart… Today, they gave me a present… Thank you […]
read moreGuitar and violoncello piece
Writing a new piece. I dreamed for many years to write a piece for cello and guitar. Today morning when I woke up I heard a beautiful harmony in my mind and sweet melody over it. Smooth chill arpeggio played by the guitar, dancing melody of the cello sometimes stopping to listen to itself, then […]
read moreA 7-note scale
Within a 7-notes scale there is really a lot of different harmonies and chords hidden. Choose one of the notes and spin around it like a planet around the Sun. Jump on another planet and watch the rest six notes spinning, passing by, each with its own pace. Seems like it can continue endlessly: it […]
read moreComposition for everyone
During the last couple of weeks with my students we were creating and working on their own pieces. Most of them picked up a guitar for the first time in their lives and now, couple of weeks later, some are already playing technically demanding atonal stuff: fingers move fast back and forth, creating interesting moods: sounds of […]
read morePerformance of a new piece
One of my new recently written pieces, which is dedicated to Christine Gabrielle, will be performed on Saturday 12 of November 2016, 18:30 at Foyer du Théâtre Les Salons (6, rue François Bartholoni, 1204 Genève) during the “festival des instruments anciens à cordes pincées, luths & théorbes”. Here is the beautiful flyer: flyer_acma_16_a
read moreThe new study year has started!
New study year has started well and I got a lot of new young students! Most of them are beginners, but also few advanced. Everyone is so different, but there is something that unites them. And it is that… They all wanna do their own music!!! No matter if it is 7 y.o. or 16 y.o. […]
read moreNew program for music school students
From September I start teaching at two well-known schools in Estonia, Tallinn: Georg Ots music school and Vanalinna Hariduskolleegium. I got an opportunity to introduce to the people here a new program called “Composer-Performer”. The program itself is a relatively new direction in most of the modern educational establishments all around the world and it is now for the […]
read moreNew piece for solo guitar
Few days ago started writing a new piece for solo guitar. The form reminds of a sonata, but with more freedom. It is nice to study different forms and know how to handle them, but it is exiting to open them up a bit and bring some freshness and unpredictability. It will be […]
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