Nikolai Medtner's older brother, Emil, exerted a Svengalian influence over him, acting as a would-be creator whose own artistic ambitions were thwarted.
Composer Biography
Nikolai Medtner was involved in a bizarre love triangle with his brother Emil and Anna Bratenschi, whom Emil married, but Nikolai and Anna later married after Emil's acquiescence.
Performer Biography
Violinist Chloë Hanslip made her BBC Proms debut in 2002 and her US concerto debut in 2003, performing in major venues worldwide.
Critical Reception
Medtner was often accused by detractors of 'thinking with his fingers,' implying his keyboard writing was merely improvised, but his manuscript drafts show painstaking counterpoint sketches.
Performer Biography
Pianist Igor Tchetuev won the Grand Prix of the International Vladimir Krainev Young Pianists Competition at age fourteen and the First Prize of the ninth Arthur Rubinstein competition at eighteen.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Medtner's music, despite intermittent preoccupation with myth and legend, is primarily self-referential, focusing on human transience, memory, and loss.
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