Month: May 2017
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New project
Got an invitation to work with Peeter Klaas – viola da gamba player – on one 16 – 17 century music project. Peeter can be fairly considered an Estonian Jordi Savall. Excited, for sure I will learn something new about the music!
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A piece to record
Soon, in the end of June, will be recorded and published my guitar duo piece “Un Rêve”. Inspired a little bit by Indian pop music, as well as African rhythms it was written in 2016 winter, when I was living in Geneva. The theme was written while I was watching out of my 5th floor…
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Young Composers-Performers in concert
Today was the last concert of this schoolyear for my young Composers-Performers. Almost an hour lasting concert was versatile and interesting: solo pieces as well as duos. Now last working week left and vacation can begin! 🙂 Writing your own music is cool, interesting and fun.
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The power of music
Someone can impress you for a several of times with a perfect technique, virtuosity, drumming, strumming and all other athletic stuff on an instrument. But it’s all is short-lasting. The real power of a piece is in a melody. A melody, that is singable, swinging and expressive. If you are able to write such a…
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Purpose of music
I 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,…
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My favorite composition technique is…
… a DIALOG. It opens many opportunities how to compose a piece as well as puts certain game rules. In case of a two instrument composition it is very beautiful when one instrument “asks” and other “answers”, one “proposes” and other “rejects” or “accepts”.
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The first experience
The idea of the first experience proved itself working well. Most of the beginners, who came in my guitar class in September 2016, these days ask me regularly “when can we do our own piece? Please! Please!” 🙂 According to my program, a student, coming to a first lesson with me, is creating right away…