Couple of years ago, after one of my concerts, that consisted entirely of my music, I went to speak with an established composer, who was in the audience. We chatted for about five minutes, during which he told me that “we, composers, are alone”. I wasn’t hundred percent sure what he meant, but here is […]
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 moreThought about improving my piano playing skills and… Wrote a “waltz” piece for piano solo! 🙂 One of the ways to learn any instrument is to “talk” to it, to discover it and to understand how it works (how sound is produced). Then to write a small easy pretty piece for it. That’s how that […]
read morePreparing a presentation for Tallinn Guitar Festival. In that presentation I will try to show the importance of teaching composition to small kids and adults. Looking back in history, when each player was also a composer, and learning from our predecessors is an access to a lot of joy when playing an instrument.
read moreI would like my music to serve at least three purposes: 1. To be educational (that it would contain information about a distant places and cultures; connected to history) 2. That it would have something, that one can think of and discuss, as well as 3. Purely for aesthetical pleasure while listening to it (relaxing, […]
read moreWhen 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 […]
read moreI 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 […]
read moreAbout 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.
read moreMost 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 […]
read moreIn our time we are used that a certain composer has his own distinguished style. We read in books: “in this period composer “A.” was still searching for his style. Ten years after he found it.” If there was not so much variety in early music, then more towards the Romanticism we see more distinguished styles (due to […]
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