Here from time to time I’ll be posting updates to give a little more insight on my work, random thoughts on other subjects as well as information on new projects and similar things.
Couple of weeks ago I received an invitation to introduce my recent piece “(Woke Up) In the Dream”, written for English horn and guitar, during workshops of the Tallinn Guitar Festival 2018. I will play a recording by the duo Telluur, talk about the music, writing process and the concept. When I write music, I […]
read moreПо-русски ниже. Eesti keeles allpool. EN May – June. Examinations in progress. First year of studies is introduction to guitar: simple, characteristic pieces on one, two and more strings; melodies on treble, on bass strings; solo pieces, guitar duo with teacher. Basic skills are obtained: correct posture, sound producing; improvisation, composition (song form). Second year […]
read morePiece is getting ready. Feet are already stomping into the rhythm of the music and melody is simple and memorable – tested on several people (no one died or got injured). It is a good sign! To make it even better and more authentic soon I am going to consult and to clarify some things […]
read moreYesterday spent a pleasant day at the Studio89, Tallinn. Duo Telluur was recording my piece (Woke Up) In the Dream for English horn (or Oboe) and guitar. Since myself I have little of experience as a sound technician / engineer, for me it was fascinating to see how the professionals work in high class studio. […]
read moreHere is a fresh recording from The Jack Duo: Virtuoso “Tango n.1″ from Tango Suite for two guitars by Astor Piazzolla: Hope you like it!
read moreA Fantasy form in musical composition always seemed a bit difficult to me. Basically, it is freely developed melody, based on its variation and imitation (though at some point it was strictly contrapuntal). The term Fantasia appeared somewhere around 16th century, but the form obviously was practiced well before that. Couple of weeks ago I […]
read moreRecently I received an order to write a piece in a style of Cuban salsa. I used to dance LA salsa and obviously to listen a lot of that music, but never liked the Cuban one. Cuban salsa dance for me looked chaotic and music sounded the same as well. So, first, when I was […]
read moreThe piece was composed in 2014. At the time I was living and working in Finland. All seemed to be settled down and planned for few years ahead. But after a few months I felt getting bored. I won a competition and went to live and study in Switzerland. The piece was inspired by that […]
read moreFinally found time during a weekend to record and mix one of my first guitar compositions – The Mystic River. I will put it together with a video made last year during trip to Southern Spain.
read moreRecently was revealed that also this year, in February, few of my little composer – performer program students are going to part in composition competition. Each of them wrote a piece for solo guitar and going to perform it to the audience and respected jury. Behind the scenes: new composition tricks were tried out and […]
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