Kabalevsky deliberately avoided using a grand piano while composing, only consulting it to check his written work, believing this method led to bolder and freer results.
Performer Biography
The Stenhammar Quartet, founded in 2002, is a prominent Scandinavian string quartet known for commissioning works from Nordic composers and performing Viennese Classical and contemporary music.
Composition History
Sergei Prokofiev, a fellow composer, advised Kabalevsky on the coda of his String Quartet No. 2, suggesting he combine major and minor themes while keeping their original tonality.
Composer Biography
Kabalevsky held numerous influential positions, including editor-in-chief of the journal Soviet Music, a leading figure in the Soviet Society of Composers, and president of the Soviet section of the International Society for Music Education.
Composer Biography
Kabalevsky studied composition at the State Conservatory, first with Georgy L. Katuar and then with Nikolai Myaskovsky, and earned a gold medal for his piano examination in 1930.
Composer Biography
Dmitri Kabalevsky, the composer, was the son of an insurance mathematician and was described as a "Soviet human being after the manner of the Renaissance" by musicologist Boris Yarustovsky.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Kabalevsky dedicated sixty years to musical early education and wrote a book, "A Story of Three Whales and Many Other Things," which explains that music rests on three fundamental "whales": song, dance, and march.
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