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Art of imitation

In music schools we study Renaissance and Baroque cadenzas and do exercises so to learn doing them well. But another thing is to master those skills of great composers at level that you are able to make your own nice piece using them and that it sounds nice and natural! So nowadays I am digging deeper […]

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Pieces becoming ready!

Three of five pieces inspired by the Lapland are ready! All pretty and different from each other 🙂 Little by little I start practicing them and during the beginning of Autumn will make a recording, so you can hear them too! There is obvious development in my composition skills and I feel more or less satisfied […]

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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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Afghanistan traditional music

Today had an amazing experience of playing and improvising Afghanistan traditional music together with great professionals: Homayun Sakhi on rubab, Siar Hashimi on tabla from Afghanistan and Abbos Kosimov on doyra from Uzbekistan. My guitar duo partner, some colleagues on Chinese flutes, another rubab and doyra. Very inspiring!

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Interesting masterclasses!

This week I will experience something very special: One masterclass from Afghan great rubab player and another masterclass from very good Indian tabla player! 🙂 Rubab: a lute-like musical instrument originating from central Afghanistan) Tabla: a membranophone percussion instrument similar to bongos, which is often used in Hindustani classical music and in traditional music of […]

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