Emile Naoumoff, a child prodigy, began studying with the legendary music teacher Nadia Boulanger in Paris at the age of seven, a relationship that lasted until her death ten years later.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Emile Naoumoff's music fuses his Slavic roots with the Western tradition, often incorporating overt cultural allusions like Orthodox church bells and a predilection for slow harmonic movement.
Compositional Technique
A rotational approach to musical material, where themes are repeated with subtle harmonic and expressive changes rather than developed, is a prevalent feature in Emile Naoumoff's Slavic-influenced music.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Nadia Boulanger, Emile Naoumoff's teacher, recognized his unique musical voice, stating that his personality as a composer developed naturally without being enslaved to any school.
Composer Biography
Emile Naoumoff considers himself essentially a French composer, having grown up in Paris and deeply internalized the French aesthetic, particularly through the influence of Gabriel Fauré.
Recording & Production
This album features many first recordings of Emile Naoumoff's piano music, with only one piece having been recorded previously.
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