Although a virtuosic performer at a young age, composition held more appeal for him, and his first published work, the opus 1 concertino for piano was written in 1957. His compositions include music for big band instruments and symphonic instruments, and a large repertoire for solo piano. Kapustins musical upbringing, and analyses of kapustins violin sonata op. His initial efforts in this genre are fourmovement works that literally gush with unbridled creativity. I dont have time to learn things that i wont use for competitions, so this is pretty important to me. When kapustin was five years old, his older sister began studying the violin, so kapustin was enrolled in violin lessons as well. Im now considering learning kapustins second piano sonata, and i was wondering if it is a good competition piece. Kapustin composed twenty piano sonatas during the period of 19842011. Their violin teacher, ivanovich vinnichenko, heard sevenyearold. Check out eight concert etudes op intermezzo by nikolai kapustin on amazon music. Fusion of classical virtuosity and jazz techniques in. See all formats and editions hide other formats and editions.
Instrumentation violin, piano external links wikipedia. Those trademark kapustin syncopations drive the piano writing in the largo opening of no. Piano sonata no 6, op 62 kapustin hyperion records. Stylistic influences, developments, and pedagogical. Its subtitle, sonatafantasia, and the fact that the first three movements are played without a break, give the impression of a constant stream of thought. Violin sonata op 70 sheet music delivered worldwide from.
Some people seem to click instantly with the lighthearted jazzclassical fusion of ukrainian nikolai kapustin. In 1949, at the age of twelve, he started studying the piano with lubov frantsuzova, a graduate of the st. Reflections on analysis, practice, and performance by. Imslp does not assume any sort of legal responsibility or liability for the consequences of downloading files that are not in the public domain in your country. Nicholai kapustin, a ukrainian composer whose music amalgamates the western classical tradition with jazz.
Kapustins music has slowly gained popularity in recent years but his string works, particularly the violinrelated repertoire. Being himself a virtuoso pianist, kapustin has written a large repertoire for. Sheet music for violin and piano by nikolai kapustin. A comprehensive analysis of jazz elements in nikolai kapustins violin sonata. During his studies at the moscow conservatory kapustin composed and.
A comprehensive analysis of jazz elements in nikolai. Nikolai kapustin is a russian pianist and composer known for his distinctive compositional. An eclectic combination of classical and jazz idioms. Kapustins first attempts at composition began with a piano sonata at the age of. During his conservatory time he composed and played his op. William henry reed 18761942 violin, landon ronald piano first pub lication. Union, kapustins musical upbringing, and analyses of kapustins violin sonata op. Classical and jazz influences in the music of nikolai kapustin.
The music of nikolai kapustin has made a minor flurry in the classical music his eight etudes, op, partake of the 19thcentury tradition of the concertetude. But, unlike fellow pianists such as sergey kuryokhin and slava ganelin, who became worldfamous avantgarde improvisers, kapustin retained a parallel career as a straight composer, prolific in classical forms like the concerto and sonata. The compositions of nikolai kapustin born 1937 are almost all for piano, either solo or accompanied. A comprehensive analysis of jazz elements in nikolai kapustins. List of compositions by nikolai kapustin wikipedia. See all 3 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. His piano sonatas are now published by schott music for the first time. Indeed kapustin rulez as chris says and, i add, his music is brilliant fun. Pdf classical and jazz influences in the music of nikolai kapustin. After graduating, he spent the next 11 years touring with a mainstream jazz orchestra. Without formal training in composition, kapustin wrote his first piano sonata, which was in a traditional russianukrainian style, when he was thirteen. Kapustin was born in the town of gorlovka in eastern ukraine on 22nd november, 1937. The two string pieces by nikolai kapustin included in this research are the violin. He had wanted to study piano, but because of his sister, he started with the.
Kapustins paraphrase on dizzy gillespies manteca makes a perfect encore, and brings both of the pianists together for a rousing finale. Table of contents 1 all of me 2 all the things you are 3 alone together 4 autumn leaves e minor 5 autumn leaves g minor 6 beautiful love 7 blue bossa 8 blues bb 9 blues f 10 body and soul 11 c minor blues 12 cherokee confirmation 14 days of wine and roses. Kapustin s first attempts at composition began with a piano sonata at the age of. Kapustins piano etudes, in particular, are a considerable contribution to standard etude repertoire that remains understudied. Nikolai kapustin was born in 1937 in gorlovka, ukraine to parents who were not musicians, but who wanted their children to study music. The purpose of this study is to facilitate further understanding of kapustins works and his mature writing style, and to discuss how these etudes contribute to the existing piano etude repertoire, thus promoting their future accessibility and performance. Nikolai kapustin born 1937 has a prolific musical output. Nikolai kapustin is a russian pianist and composer known for his distinctive compositional style combining both classical and jazz foundations. What a pity that most of his production is so technically demanding. At the age of 14 he moved to moscow and began piano lessons with avrelian rubakh and later alexander goldenweiser. The threemovement piano sonata no 6, op 62 1991, by contrast, subscribes to a more circumscribed game plan, and seems positively haydnesque in relation to the first two sonatas beethovenian ambitions. The earlier sonata is cast in four movements whilst the second makes do with just three.
My involvement with the music of nikolai kapustin came about, like many. He has written 20 piano sonatas, six piano concerti, and other compositions for ensembles such as five saxophones and an orchestra op. The compositions of nikolai kapustin born are almost all for piano, either solo or 1 sonatafantasy for piano. Nikolai kapustin composer 1937 play streams in full or download mp3 from classical archives, the largest and best organized classical music site on the web. Forums for the international music score library project imslp skip to content. Nikolai kapustin born in 1937 is regarded as pioneer of the soviet jazz scene.