Month: May 2015
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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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Piece for two violins is finished!!!
It’s 2.30 am… Two cups of cool water consumed. Piece for two violins is finished!!! All neighbors are asleep. I opened a window, watched outside from the fifth floor of my apartment and breathed some fresh air: it’s very quiet on the streets, rarely car passes by… Far on the left one can see twinkling lights of…
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Solo tabla concert
I always though, that in music only melody can make person shed a tear. But today… For first time in my life I experienced a live concert of one of the top Indian tabla players in the world: dark auditorium, illuminated stage with only one guy on it with his two small drums. Solo tabla…
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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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Composer-Performer exam
Today I made my Composer-Performer exam: 30 mins of original music for guitar solo, guitar duo and trio (soprano, guitar (this time there were two! 🙂 and a double bass). Thank you my guests, guys and girls. On guitars: Angelito and Paul Double bass: Alexandra Soprano: Karina Those Great musicians made my music sound really nice!
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“Theme, Variations and Finale”
“Theme, Variations and Finale” (Tribute to Ilya Muromets a bogatyr)” is RECORDED! 🙂 In my opinion it is one of my best compositions for guitar solo written until now. Here is a short background of the piece: When I was a small kid, my mother used to read me a lot of Russian fairy tales,…
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Project “CHTO” with contemporary dance. Guitar duo Angel – Dmitri
Today was the second performance within the framework of dance festival “Fête de la danse” (www.fetedeladanse.ch) in Geneva. Temple was again fully packed and audience was pleased with the performance. Great light projections in the old Temple, shadows of dancers and enigmatic music, created by the duo. I think, it was a great idea, that organizers came…