Koshkin: Polka Papandreou / Ballads / Prelude and Waltz

Featuring

Elena Papandreou
Nikita Koshkin

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Recording & Production

This album was recorded in Länna church, Sweden, using Neumann TLM50 microphones and a Genex GX8500 MOD recorder, with Martin Nagorni as balance engineer and producer.

Composer Biography

Nikita Koshkin, the composer, decided to pursue music as a career at age fourteen after his grandfather gave him a guitar and a recording of Andrés Segovia, a legendary guitarist.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Nikita Koshkin's music typically combines drama with humor and parody, often referencing legends, fairy-tales, literary figures, and musical forms from other civilizations.

Critical Reception

Elena Papandreou has received enthusiastic reviews internationally, with critics like Alirio Diaz and Leo Brouwer praising her musicality and poetic interpretation, and The Washington Post calling her 'a poet of the guitar'.

Compositional Technique

Like other composer-performers such as Paganini and Chopin, Koshkin has expanded the technical limits and expressive vocabulary of the guitar.

Performer Biography

Elena Papandreou, the guitarist on this album, has won first prize in three international competitions and was honored with the prestigious Spyros Motsenigos Prize by the Academy of Athens.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Koshkin's compositions incorporate avant-garde effects, reflections of popular music, and a distinctive Russian blend of romantic fervor and melancholy.