Konstantin Bliokh's Sonata No. 6 'Kharkiv' uses an interplay between the twelve-tone principle and the G major tonal center, incorporating specific ascending and descending motifs.
Recording & Production
Marko Topchii recorded this album on a guitar made by Julian Dammann, Germany, and uses strings provided by Augustine Strings company.
Performer Biography
Marko Topchii, the Ukrainian-born guitarist on this album, has won 55 international guitar competitions, including the 50th Guitar Foundation of America International Concert Artist Competition in 2023.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Konstantin Bliokh, a composer and physicist, dedicates his Sonata No. 6 'Kharkiv' to his hometown and its citizens suffering from war.
Compositional Technique
The second movement of Konstantin Bliokh's Sonata No. 6 'Kharkiv' features numerous semitones, accented chords, fast passages, and chromatic melodic motion, being almost atonal in some fragments.
Composition History
Angelo Gilardino, an Italian composer, guitarist, teacher, and musicologist, was presented with the Artistic Achievement Award by the Guitar Foundation of America in 2009 for his outstanding contributions to classical guitar.
Compositional Technique
The third movement of Konstantin Bliokh's Sonata No. 6 'Kharkiv' is a meditative Adagio based on a pentatonic scale and ostinato chords involving open bass strings.
