Béla Bartók, a Hungarian composer, grew up in modest circumstances and was a talented pianist from a young age.
Composition History
Bartók and Vaughan Williams both collected folk music by traveling through villages, recording unnotated songs with phonographs to incorporate into their works.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Benjamin Yusupov's musical philosophy centers on combining Eastern and Western musical styles, drawing from his roots in Tajikistan and his study of Western music.
Composer Biography
Benjamin Yusupov, born in Tajikistan, studied composition, piano, and conducting at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Both Béla Bartók and Ralph Vaughan Williams shared a deep national pride, which heavily influenced their musical compositions.
Composer Biography
Ralph Vaughan Williams, an English composer, was the grandnephew of Charles Darwin and grew up in a wealthy family, studying music at the Royal College of Music in London.
Performer Biography
Marija Bokor, the pianist on this album, was born in Switzerland into a family of Serbian musicians and began piano lessons at age five in the Russian piano school tradition.
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